Airport Express, prise audio

Il y a toujours une lumiere rouge qui sort de la prise! je sais que c'est pour les cables optiques, mais je veux le brancher avec un fil audio normal...

The program you're looking for is called Airfoil. It's not freeware though. It does cost $25. But depending on your needs it could be worth it.
But there is a sync issue with local play back. You might want to wait for version 3. They've corrected the sync issue with Video for playing on Remote Speakers.
http://rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/
Hope that helps a little.
AL

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    Just thought I'd waste a bit more of my time here again.
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    I'm new to Macs and Airport but so apologies for my ignorance... but I want to know is it possible to send all audio to my airport express connected speakers or can it only be done with itunes. At the moment i have my speakers connected to my airport express but when i want to watch videos or dvd's or anything else with sound eg Skype I have to unplug my speaker and connect them to my computer again. Any clues would be great... Thanks

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    AL

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    The system itself is rather new and with 1,5 GB of Ram it should be running like a rocket...
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    No neighbor networks here, no microwave however there is a satelite dish cable, but this must disturb Aiport even when running in Single Mode, do I think wrong ?
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    What I am asking is that my Xbox 360 does not have audio (audio cables seem to not work) and I wonder if I can stream the audio through my speakers wirelessly from my Airport Express.
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    not familiar with this, what is a third party router? I have one main router for adsl and digital tv, + trying to get airport working for music...
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    Hi all
    I'm new to the forums, so hope you're going to be able to help me!
    We have 2 airport express's in our apartment. One downstairs and one upstairs. Our main router is downstairs. Our living area is upstairs.
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    Whilst playing music, it constantly cuts out, sometimes for many seconds at a time, making music impossible to listen to.
    We also have the latest apple tv, and we've tried streaming the music from the iPad to that, but it does the same thing again. The apple tv is also connected to the amplifier.
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    10dB to 15dB SNR = Very low signal
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    My question is this...if I purchased a 2nd Airport Express, is there a way that I could connect the audio output to an AE (through the 3.5 mm jacks) by the baby's camera, and then have the audio wirelessly transmitted to the AE in our bedroom (hooking up a small set of speakers to the AE in the bedroom as the output for the audio)?
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