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Sep 13, 2004, 08:16 PM
 
does anyone know of a way to get sound support without using iTunes? i.e., if i want to listen to a baseball game from mlb.com which doesn't go through iTunes and have it sent to airport express through the speakers. is there any way of doing this??

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Sep 14, 2004, 06:39 PM
 
Not that I have heard of. From what I understand itunes encodes the audio to be sent to the APEx unit that converts it back. The program you would use would need that ability to encrypt and send.

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Sep 14, 2004, 11:04 PM
 
There is a method of using another program to capture the sound that would have been output to the system speakers, turn it into an mp3 stream (shoutcast), and then connect to that stream through iTunes and then into the APE.... all on one computer... I don't remember the software's name at the moment, and it is a bit convoluted...
     
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Sep 14, 2004, 11:59 PM
 
Originally posted by larkost:
There is a method of using another program to capture the sound that would have been output to the system speakers, turn it into an mp3 stream (shoutcast), and then connect to that stream through iTunes and then into the APE.... all on one computer... I don't remember the software's name at the moment, and it is a bit convoluted...
if anyone knows what this program is I'd be very interested in knowing........thanks for the tip
     
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Sep 17, 2004, 03:27 PM
 
nobody??
     
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Sep 22, 2004, 10:01 AM
 
Interestingly if you watch a video from the iTunes Music Store even if you have the sound selected to go to the Airport Express unit it still outputs it from the computer.

It seems iTunes does not convert the sound from a QT video stream into the lossless format and onto the Airport Express. Which is a pity.

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