Audio to Airport Express

Is it possible to send audio to my airport express wirelessly, without using iTunes?

Yes, if you use Airfoil for Mac.
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Streaming audio to Airport Express via AirPlay?

I have wired HDMI sending throughout my house, all my media equipment is in my lounge, Apple TV 2, PS3 and Cable TV, my audio is analogue for all but ATV2 which I just bought not realizing that there is digital audio only, d'oh!
Sadly my projector upstairs where I want to watch my media has zero audio capabilities, video is great, audio for ATV2 is non existent.
Can ATV2 stream audio to Airport Express? Every other iDevice I have can so I'm sure the hardware is capable, the old ATV could do this but I suspect Apple would like me to purchase an ATV2 for each room but i dont want to drop another £101 for hardware I already have.
Thanks

Aw, that's what I thought, thank you for confirming Rudegar. Back to the drawing board..

No audio video audio using airport express?

does anyone know why you cant listen to music video audio thru airport express. music works fine...not audio.

Chris--
I'm sure it's the same reason you can't listen to audio through Airtunes and on your computer's speakers at the same time: there's a significant delay as iTunes processes the audio, sends it over the network, and the Airport Express decodes it and sends it to your stereo. The video on your computer would be out of sync with the audio from the speakers.
best,
charlie

Can I send Apple TV 2 audio to Airport Express

I can't seem to find an answer for this respect to the ATV2. Everything I read talks about using Airplay to stream from iTunes on a computer to either the Apple TV or to an Airport Express. However, what I'd like to do is have the audio from my Apple TV (whether it's Netflix, Internet Radio, rented movies, etc.) sent from the Apple TV to my home stereo. I have no way to get a wire all the way from the TV to the stereo so I was hoping to get an Airport Express and plug it into my stereo and then hopefully the audio from the Apple TV could play through it. I just can't confirm that it will work. The chat guy at the Apple Store said yes but I have no confidence in that answer because he couldn't give any details on how it would be set up.
Does anyone have an answer? If it won't work with the Airport Express, does anyone have a solution that I could implement to get the job done? I'd like the have better audio when watching movies or playing slideshows with music.
Thanks.

Sorry, but unlike an iTunes host, the Apple TV is not a Media Server and, as far as I know, you would not be able to stream from it ... at least not yet. Interestingly, with the Apple TV 2 using iOS as its operating system (the older version used a slimmed-down version of OS X), there may be an app developer out there that will come up with the means to do so in the not too distant future.

Bad sound quality streaming audio via Airport Express

I am streaming audio from iPhone to Apple Airport Express (Airplay). Via optical cable the signal goes to Cambridge DacMagic and then to Stereo Amplifier. Sound is not good, there's some kind of 'chattering'.
When using AirFoil instead of Airplay sound is much better, but then gaps appear from time to time.
Please tell me, what can be the reason for it? And how to solve?
Thanks in advance.

Mr. Tessarex,
I use the Airport Exreme as router and Airport Express (2011, direct plug-in model)
Some facts I learned from the Airport-app on my iPhone:
Wireless clients from Airport Extreme:
iPhone 150Mb/s (802.11 a/n) connection: excellent
Acer laptop 144Mb/s (802.11 b/g/n) connection: excellent
The Airport Express:
240Mb/s (802.11 a/n) connection: good
I bought the song "Love Me Like You Do" (Ellie Goulding) via iTunes.
As you adviced me I tried to play it via iTunes, and streamed it from iPhone to Airport Express.
Especially listening to the bombastic part of the song (from 3:14). Sound was tolerable.
Playing the song from iPhone via Spotify: sound is awfull, totally overloaded.
Playing the song from laptop via Spotify (Airfoil): sound is good.
Playing the song from laptop via iTunes (Airplay): sound is good.
The song never plays 'Excellent' in any way. I Think the song was recorded 'over the top'.
Even when you listen to it via headphone, it sounds very messy, "on the edge...".
I am happy that most songs sound good. So far playing Spotify via laptop and Airfoil gives the best results.
According to the figures from the Airport-app, it seems I will never get optimal bitrate with my current system.
As amplifier I use the Luxman L505u, usually connected tot Airport Express via Cambridge Dacmagic,
but during testing via normal analog cable (without Dacmagic). So far I think the Dagmagic is not the problem.
What do you think, after reading my story?
Thanks in advance
Peter

Apple tv audio via airport express?

I want to play apple tv output sound from airport express attached speaker, because my led monitor don't have any speaker
What should I do

Sorry, but what you are trying to do would not be possible. Instead, you would need to connect the Apple TV audio output directly to an audio receiver that supports the appropriate format based on which version Apple TV that you have.

Streaming audio to airport express

With iTunes there is an option to send your audio to the Airport Express router. Is there a way or app to send audio (master output) from Logic to the Airport Epress? This would be very usefull to listen to my mixes on my home stereo without using long cables...

Yes, there is. I use Airfoil along with Airport Express for this purpose.
You can download the program here: http://rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/
The only thing is that this program cost a few bucks, but that is a one-time charge, if I am correct. Works fairly good I must say. Sometimes I get a few drop-outs, but that is rare.
You can stream any audio source through AE with this program too.
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Digital audio cable airport express

What digital audio cable do I have to buy to be compatible with Airport Express?
And where can I buy it?
I have to connect it to my amplifier that has a digital input.
Thanks
Giovanni

You would connect it to the audio port of your AirPort Express.
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Movies audio using airport express via i-tunes

Hi guys
Have no trouble at all listening to music through air tunes using separate speakers, however when i go to watch a movie or watch a podcast using i-tunes no sound can be heard from the external speakers connected via my airport express? Is this me or is it just the way it is?
Cheers
Nick

ok, after some reseaerch it seams that there is a lag between video and audio unless you use the supplied airfoil video player. You can drag video files in to airfoil video but not movies purchased from i-tunes.....happy to be proven wrong on that one mind!
Anyway, a nice little app IMO!

Audio from Airport Express

Someone told me they thought the new Airport Express has a fiber optic toss link audio jack as opposed to the standard audio jack for better sound quality. Any truth to this? Doesn't look like if on the apple store website but thought maybe I'm missing something.
The old jack just doesn't offer good sound quality like fiber optic.
Thanks

The AirPort Express (AX) has always had an optical audio output as well as an analog output.
www.apple.com/airportexpress/specs.html states "3.5-mm audio minijack for analog or optical digital sound".

HT1515 How to setup laptop use both 3G internet and audio via Airport Express

Laptop connected to internet via 3G mobile phone network, but when connected simultaneously an Airport Express to stream audio, the laptop can not connect to internet as it try to connect internet through Airport Express. So how to setup to use both.

Thanks jakeloveslucy.
I tried to setup the network by using Airport Utility, the problem is Airport Utility can not find Airport Express while I can use Airport Express to stream music very well. Can you suggest to fix this.
I use windows 7 64 bit sp1 ; Airport Utility 5.6.1.
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Wi-Fi Car Audio from Airport Express

Rockford Fosgate makes a car stereo with a 20GB hard drive that you can upload songs to while your car sits in your garage. No toting your ipod around.
The bummer is that it doesn't appear to be mac compatible. Anybody know of a product for mac that can do what this does?
http://usatoday.jiwire.com/rockford-omnifi-dmp1-compare-prices.htm

The AirPort Express (AX) has always had an optical audio output as well as an analog output.
www.apple.com/airportexpress/specs.html states "3.5-mm audio minijack for analog or optical digital sound".

Stuttering audio from airport express...

I installed my first airport express yesterday. Had some problems: my main computer couldn't load the Airport Utility (see http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7132922&tstart=0), and I've gotten things configured through another computer but I'm getting lots of stuttering audio when I attempt playback.
There's a pattern to it: the song starts fine, and then about 3 seconds in it starts stuttering. A buffering issue?
No problems on the network that I'm aware of.
I tried setting Quicktime to "safe mode waveout", but no help.
Any tips?

Typically, "stuttering" can be a result of either low signal strength or high signal noise values, or both.
It is very possible that you may have some form of Wi-Fi interference in the immediate area that is preventing your AirPort Express Base Station (AX) from getting a good clean signal.
I suggest you perform a simple site survey, using utilities like the following to determine potential areas of interference, and then, try to either eliminate or significantly reduce them where possible:
For Macs:
o MacStumbler
o iStumbler
For PCs:
o NetStumbler
o WiFi Manager

Apple TV2 airplay audio (via Airport Express) works well with music, but won't work with any video.

I have an ATV2 and Airport Express connected to speakers all connected to the same network. It all works with music, but won't work with any video audio. In my ATV's settings I've selected my AirPort Express speakers. It works for music, why not everything else? Is there a fix or work around?

Netflix is first on that list...What I mean is, if there is a feature that allows for a wireless audio connection to the Apple TV, why wouldn't the developer allow it. To keep me from enjoying a more convient connection? I can have the same listening experience on a wired connection...

DTS (5.1) Audio Through Airport Express: Not Working

I imported some DTS-encoded WAV files into iTunes, to stream to my audio system via an Airport Express. The AE is connected to the preamp via optical, the WAV files were not converted or modified in any way, and the volume is @ 100% in iTunes.
The preamp receives the files and the DTS icon lights up, so all seems to be good... except the audio output is 2.0 only. As a test I converted the files to Apple Lossless (since I know the AE has to make that conversion), same result.
As another test I turned down the volume in iTunes and the audio became white noise, another indication that the files are DTS.
If I burn an audio CD using iTunes and the same WAV files, and play them on my OPPO player I get 5.1, the final and conclusive proof that the files are properly encoded.
I know I've read that streaming DTS-encoded audio via the Airport Express is possible, so I'm not sure what I might be doing wrong.
Any ideas?

Hi,
I experienced some DTS files in iTunes, with my AirPort Express some months ago, it was working fine on my Marantz receiver. A few days ago I wanted to listen to them again, only white noise... I wanted to rip by myself a DTS-CD, therefore I found this out. Apparently since AirTunes has been turned to AirPlay, it's not working anymore (?) / the same way.

Is there a way to play my macs computer audio through airport express?

I have a stereo receiver that only plays through the auxillary port, and i have been using airport express to play my music and movies in itunes through it. Some of my other movies however are neither in itunes or playable through itunes. Is there a way to send the computer's audio output (not just itunes) through airport express and thus into the stereo receiver? Much help would be appreciated, thanks!

Try using Airfoil.
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