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Saturday, July 26, 2008

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Stream Music from Any Application to Airport Express

I recently hooked up an Airport Express with speakers connected so that I could stream music to it from any of my computers. When I purchased it, I didn’t realize that by default OS X only lets you stream music from iTunes to it, not any application. I wanted to stream music over the internet through Firefox, and felt dead in the water until I found Airfoil.

With Airfoil you can take audio from any application and send to your AirPort Express units, as well as Apple TVs, and even other Macs and PCs running Airfoil Speakers! Transmit audio from RealPlayer, Windows Media Player, QuickTime Player, and other media players. Send audio from web-based applications like Pandora, Last.fm, and more. You can even stream audio from audio devices like RadioSHARK, XM and Sirius radios, all around your house.

The description on the website sounded very promising, so I downloaded it and gave it a whirl. After the install I fired up Airfoil, which found my Airport Express and its attached speakers immediately.

To stream music with any program to an Airport Express with Airfoil:
1. Click the speaker button next to the name of Airport express. The status word “Available” should now read “Active.”
2. Select the program from the drop down menu that you want to hear on your speakers.
3. Give it whirl! You should now hear audio from the program you selected over your wireless speakers
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