Applescript Support for Airplay?

Does anyone know if there is direct support for controlling Airplay speakers in iTunes via Applescript?
I know there are hacks to select the desired Airplay speaker using keypreses and manipulation of the speakers via the iTunes UI. However, this isn't a great way to do it, as the ordinal references to the UI elements can change with each iTunes update, and the context you are in (e.g. Album list view, or tracklist view) can affect the ordinal reference of the Airplay button too.
An Applescript one liner would be nice to control Airplay speakers if the command is being called from the osascript utility.
Any suggestions welcome. Thanks!

Apart from the hacks you mention, I don't know a way to script iTunes' Airplay choice.
However, Rogue Amoeba's Airfoil is scriptable - so if you use it to grab the iTunes output you can direct the sound where you wish using AppleScript.
Not ideal, but it does work.

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PeterBreis0807 wrote:
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Hello
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