Airfoil problem

I have just purchased Airfoil to stream audio to my external speakers and I can't get it to work properly with my iMac 2.4 Ghz Core 2 Duo as it constantly breaks up/drops out. However, I've installed it on my MacBook and it appears to work perfectly so it's obviously a problem with some setup on the iMac but has anybody any ideas what settings I should be looking at? I really don't know where to start. They're both running Snow Leopard.

How did you set it up? When I try to run Front Row with Airfoil (version 2.1d1), it gives me this error message:
AudioHijackKitErrorDomain (Error #5382)
Other apps seem to work nicely with Airfoil, only Front Row is causing problems for me.

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I can see my Airport Express in iTunes 10.4.1 and can select it via the Airplay button. iTunes even detects whether or not a speaker is connected to the Airport Express. But when iTunes tries to connect, it comes back after a while saying "An error occurred while connecting to the Airplay device xxx. An unknown error occurred (error -15000)."
A similar problem happens with Airfoil from Rogue Amoeba that I use to stream music from other apps such as VideoLAN to Airport Express on the same laptop. I can see that my Airport Express is available but when Airfoil tries to connect, it comes back saying "It appears that a firewall on this computer is preventing Airfoil from connecting to xxx Airport Express. Please check your firewall settings and try again."
I've set both Airplay and iTunes as exception programs in my Windows Firewall setting, and even added TCP ports 5000 to 5005 and UDP ports 6000 to 6005 to the exceptions as recommended by Airfoil. I've also disabled Symantec Endpoint Protection that Ihave installed. The only thing I can't disable is McAfee Endpoint Encryption, since I also use the laptop at work and I don't have permission to disableMcAfee. I use this laptop to connect wirelessly with other devices such as HP wireless printers, NAS drives and other laptops on my home network and have never had any issues, so i think that this issue is specific to the Airplay software being blocked by some firewall (I am assuming Airfoil also uses Airplay).
I've tried this on different wireless networks and I have the same issue with Windows XP on my Dell Latitude E4300. I've also set up the network with no security, but the problem doesn't go away.
I also tried downgrading iTunes to 10.3.1 but won't work. I think it's an Airplay issue, not a specific iTunes issue, since I'm facing the problem with Airfoil as well.
How do I trace what is going on that is preventing iTunes and Airfoil from streaming to the AirportExpress within Windows XP?
I also have another Dell Inspiron laptop on the same network running on Windows Vista, and have no problems streaming music from iTunes or Airfoil to the Airport Express on the same network, even when the network is WPA-2 Personal (TKIP+AES) protected (I've seen other postings where WPA has been an issue, WEP has not, but in my case, this is not an issue). Ditto with my iPad2.
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I have the same problem with Windows 7 64bit. ITune can see AE and stream Music well. Airfoil, TuneBlade (airplay soft) can also see AE but can't connect and stream music. I ' ve already tried to setup firewall Exception list, even turning off firewall off both windows and antivirus but still got the same problem with the message 'Airfoil was unable to connect to the remote speaker " ... 's Airport Express". Please check the firewall on the computer where " ...'s Airport Express" is running and try again'. Any help would be appreciated !.

AIrport Express / Spotify / Airfoil streaming problems

Hello world! Hoping you can help....
I have a Mac Book Pro and two hifi systems connected to my wireless network via two separate Air Port Express units.
I downloaded Airfoil to allow me to stream music to these Airport devices from Spotify.
Unfortunately the music constantly drops out, sometimes for minutes at a time. I can see the music is still playing on the Spotify App and the blue bar on the airfoil app is moving to show music is streaming through that too (before you ask I've checked volume and ensured Spotify is the chosen output!).
Occasionally one audio system will play music whilst the other is silent, but usually both airport express units will fail at the same time.
I live in a large block of flats, and I have always assumed that the problem was due to the number of wireless networks in the building... but then that wouldn't explain how the music is still playing on the app.
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P.

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Hello all. I'm hoping you can help me out here... I'm running the new Apple TV and it's working fine through my wireless Airport Extreme. It recognises my computer and will play the contents of my iTunes library without any problems (and I'm liking it a lot!).
However, I can't get Airfoil to recognise it. This is odd because I tried the free demo of Airfoil and it seemed to work fine but then I purchased a license (primarily to allow me to route Spotify through the ATV and into the home audio setup) and now the ATV just won't appear on the Airfoil list of devices.
I realise that this is almost definitely an Airfoil issue and that that is a third party app but I'm not getting any joy from them and I know a lot of you use Airfoil - So I thought it worth an enquiry...
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I've got an Intel Core 2 Duo Macbook, about 4-5 years old, running 10.5.8. It's set up with two logins, one each for my wife and I. We're having problems with several things:
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I'm not a computer guy, I just want to have a reliable machine I can use every day without having to sit down and reconfigure some settings to get it to work. I have no idea whether these problems are related, or totally random, or a result of something I did. I half want to just forget it and replace the laptop and the one AX I can't get to work, but if it's a relatively simple fix, I'd realy prefer not to spend the money right now.
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AirTunes with AirportExpress cut or drop out problems - my solution...

I buyed 2 of the Airport Extreme one month ago (Firmware 6.3, Itunes 7.1.1), never got them working fine, till yesterday...
I have A Zyxel ADSL WLAN Router Switch. WPA-PSK as I wanted a secure Network. Both of the AX were connected with static IPs. WLAN was always working fine, but I had many cut outs with airtunes. I wanted a solution with lossles streaming audio with the possibility to connect my Receiver digitally. That's why I bought my first Apple hardware, as I was always told, Apple=Plug'n play. Very frustrating!
I tried other switches, Routers, WLAN adapters and cards, nothing worked. Airfoil does not support multiple speakers yet, so it's useless for me.
In the FAQ of the Airtunes, Apple mentioned to use lower security, as some Computers probably do not have enough power to stream music flawlessly. But my Computers really do have enough power! I think the AX does not have enough power to do that. So I created another wireless network with one of my AX. I set the security to WEP-40bit key and joined this new Network with my other AX. Not the best solution, as I'm now connected to the Internet or to the AX to use Airtunes. Cables could fix that problem, but then I could use a wired system instead...
I use Channel 11 for the AX WLAN (the only clean channel in my area), Multicast to 11, only G mode for Wireless and a 5 characters WEP-40 key and no WDS. Seems to work at the moment.
I hope this will help others with the cut or drop out problem. If you have a working AirTunes system, please post your setup. Mostly I'm interested in a Setup with working WPA...

Thanks, I hope I can help others with this annoying problem...
Sorry, I forgot to write about the RF Interference. Belive me, I spent hours and hours searching for a solution in the Internet and every checkbox the Admin utility offered me to try out... I'm working as a system engineer, and supporting computer systems since the early 90ties, so I'd say I have a bit knowledge about all the networking, WLAN, Audio... In school we had the Apple Mac I with the 12" monochrome monitor and appletalk for networking quite funny!
But back to the RF interference: At the moment I activated it on both AX I own. I have a microwave, wireless phone and I'm living in a Area with many WLAN access points. I can choose between 6 networks!
I'm the only one with a network higher than channel 6, so this area is clean at least.
As my AirTunes do work at the moment, I'm not going to try if I could also deactivate it.
Next step is to try if I can connect the AX Router to the internet. A connection to my ADSL router should do that, but up to now I had very strange behavior when plugging in a ethernet cable to the AX. If this will work, it will be my final solution, at the moment I only see it as a workaround...

Airport Express no longer playing audio from iTunes (airtunes) or Airfoil

My Airport Extreme recently died so I set up a new wireless network with my 2wire modem from AT&T (Uverse). The new wireless network is fine - laptop connects just fine, Apple TV hasn't had any issues, Netflix through my PS3 hasn't had any problems. However, I'm having problems with the Airport Express in my bedroom. It shows up in airport utility with a green light. It has a green light on the unit itself. It shows up in the multiple speakers pop up in iTunes and shows up in Airfoil's list of available speakers. The problem is whenever I connect to it (from iTunes or Airfoil) it plays audio for one second, then nothing.
It worked fine with my old network set up. It doesn't seem to be a connectivity issue as I can see it with no problems and things connect to it fine. Is it possible that it just happen to die at the same time that the Airport Extreme died? So when I set up the new wireless network, it was dead? I'm on 10.7.4.
Any help would be appreciated.
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some times the electricity blinks in the house... have you tried restarting both units... just unplug it for ten seconds then plug back in.

Windows 7 and iTunes 9 - problem connecting to Airtunes to stream music

I have a new laptop with Windows 7 and iTunes 9. iTunes recognizes my Airport Express (AE green light lit, and shows up in lower right of iTunes when choosing which speakers to play), but I cannot connect - just hangs on "Connecting to User's Wireless Music Airport Express" (name of the Airport Express network added to my existing Wireless network). No error message. Thus, unable to listen to my music through my hi-fi stereo. It's killing me!
Tried a few things: disabling firewall, unplugging, resetting AND reconfiguring the AE, no luck.
Anyone else having this problem? Any suggestions? Thanks

Figured it out - just needed to add iTunes to 'trusted applications' in Kaspersky Antivirus/Firewall..
Simply launch Kaspersky > Settings > Threats and exclusions > Exclusions Settings > Trusted applications > Add > "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunes.exe > select all exclusions > OK.
Also added Airfoil and now able to stream Pandora through my stereo!

Airport Express no longer visible from iTunes (Utility and Airfoil work)

I've see a couple of people getting errors when trying to use AirTunes, but since I upgraded to iTunes 10, iTunes won't even display my Airport, nor is there any visible way to select multiple speakers (it was in the bottom right previously).
"Look for remote speakers" is checked in iTunes.
Windows firewall is off, and in the firewall I do use, iTunes and all associated apple networking software is set to have full access (send and recieve).
The Airport Express is visible and useable from Airfoil, and also works with the setup utility.
I have just removed all traces of iTunes and anything Apple from the computer and did a fresh install. Still no joy.
This was working perfectly before iTunes 10 - what's changed? It's not my setup, as Airfoil works, as does the setup util.
UPDATE:
iTunes Diagnostic result shows an odd driver duplicate that's got an error:
UPDATE:
iTunes Diagnostic result shows an odd driver duplicate that's got an error:
Microsoft Windows Vista x64 x64 Ultimate Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 6002)
System manufacturer System Product Name
iTunes 10.1.1.4
QuickTime 7.6.9
FairPlay 1.10.14
Apple Application Support 1.4.1
iPod Updater Library 10.0d2
CD Driver 2.2.0.1
CD Driver DLL 2.1.1.1
Apple Mobile Device 3.3.0.69
_Apple Mobile Device Driver not found._
Bonjour 2.0.4.0 (214.3)
Gracenote SDK 1.8.2.457
Gracenote MusicID 1.8.2.89
Gracenote Submit 1.8.2.123
Gracenote DSP 1.8.2.34
iTunes Serial Number [removed]
Current user is an administrator.
The current local date and time is 2011-01-27 17:00:49.
iTunes is not running in safe mode.
WebKit accelerated compositing is enabled.
HDCP is not supported.
Core Media is supported.
Video Display Information
NVIDIA, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
** External Plug-ins Information **
No external plug-ins installed.
iPodService 10.1.1.4 (x64) is currently running.
iTunesHelper 10.1.1.4 is currently running.
Apple Mobile Device service 3.3.0.0 is currently running.
** Network Connectivity Tests **
Network Adapter Information
Adapter Name: {46722114-D927-44EC-8C09-E46CDDE18F31}
Description: NVIDIA nForce 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet
IP Address: 10.0.0.5
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 10.0.0.3
DHCP Enabled: No
DHCP Server:
Lease Obtained: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970
Lease Expires: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970
DNS Servers: 10.0.0.3
Active Connection: LAN Connection
Connected: Yes
Online: Yes
Using Modem: No
Using LAN: Yes
Using Proxy: No
SSL 3.0 Support: Enabled
TLS 1.0 Support: Enabled
Firewall Information
Windows Firewall is off.
Connection attempt to Apple website was successful.
Connection attempt to browsing iTunes Store was successful.
Connection attempt to purchasing from iTunes Store was successful.
Connection attempt to iPhone activation server was successful.
Connection attempt to firmware update server was successful.
Last successful store access was 2011-01-27 16:58:59.
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Message was edited by: davetrouser

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I use an Airport Express to stream music from MacBook Pro (10.6.8) to our home theater system. Has always worked fine (with both iTunes 10.7 and Airfoil 4.7.6) -- up until recently. Now iTunes no longer has the button to switch speakers and Airfoil no longer has any speaker options.
The MBP itself sees and connects directly to the AE with no problems. Good, strong signal but it is no longer being detected by iTunes (or Airfoil).
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Has something gone bad with the iTunes on the MBP... and also with the Airfoil at the same time?
Any possible solutions to this problem?
Thanks so much.

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