Can iTunes stream movie audio via airport?

Is there a way to do that? A bit disappointing when a video (even when purchased in iTunes store) is not being streamed to the airport.
Thanks,
andreas

iTunes will not, mainly for synchronisation issue between audio and video. but Airfoil will allow it to you. it can virtually take the audio output of any software out to your AirTune and it works pretty well;
http://rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/mac/

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This is more a suggestion to Apple engineers rather than a request for assistance but any comments in support (or otherwise) are welcome.
So, it goes like this, I use my iMac as my TV, entertainment centre, etc at home and I stream audio from there to an Airport Express hooked up to my stereo. Using Airplay in iTunes and third party apps like Rogue Amoeba's Airfoil this works for just about anything: my music library, live TV through EyeTV and non DRM movies...but I like to download rental movies from iTunes and for some reason I can't stream audio from iTunes movies. I understand that this is a documented limitation of iTunes and Airplay, and there can be some issues with audio and video getting out of sync due to the buffering, but if Airfoil can do it, why not iTunes? The Airfoil video player is pretty basic, but it compensates for the buffering delay without any problems, and I can even use VLC to manually add a delay into the video track.
Would it be possible to include this as part of a future iTunes update? I mean, I'd much rather rent movies legitimately through iTunes than resort to other more nefarious means to be able to enjoy watching movies on my Mac. What's more, I have this pathological antipathy toward hooking things up with cables, so Airplay is the perfect solution for me and loads of other people as well, I'm sure.
So come on Apple, show you really do care about Airplay and let iTunes stream the movie audio so that I can enjoy my entertainment in High Fidelity.
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Joe.

Well, here's some good news!
Looks like a feature of Mountain lion that didn't make the front page solves my problem. To get movie audio over Airplay, on OSX 10.8 go to Audio and MIDI Setup app, make sure you have the Audio Setup window open (Window - Show Audio Window) and if your Airport or other Airplay device is online it should appear in the list of audio IO devices on the left hand side.
Right click on the Airplay icon and select "Use this Device For Sound Output" and away you go. iTunes (10.7 at least) seems to be smart enough to realise that it is playing audio to a streaming device and buffers the video accordingly. Viola! Glorious hifi sound sans wires.
J

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The couple times I've tried renting videos from iTunes, it goes into download mode which depending on the movie can be up to 2 hours, then you have another 1-2 hrs to watch. I just don't have that kind of time to wait around especially when you can stream elsewhere immediately upon purchase.
Am I doing something wrong or is this the way Apple/iTunes works for now. Download only? No Streaming?

Gee Varjak, I didn't realize you were in charge of what is "germane" here or not. Did I break any rules by asking a question and stating my thoughts on how I feel about streaming?
And if you are not interested in discussing the topics here, might I suggest you not reply? I'm posting to try to help move things forward. You seem more in tune with promoting a restrictive negative forum regardless of your 134k points.
I make good use of the Feedback links, thank you very much. And unlike you, I feel this is an EXCELLENT forum to present to iTunes users, movie buyers and renters using competitors to Apple so that they have a place to comment and also send Feedback to Apple as a means of bringing more income to Apple.
I really think Varjak, with all due respect, you've over reached telling us how and where we should post. These are "our" collective forums. Not yours and I did not break any rules. I love Apple passionately and simply feel streaming would serve the cloud community, mobile community and potentially bring in more income for Apple. That's certainly not a bad platform or point of view in my book.
Unless you have a positive comment about advancing obtaining film content in the fastest best quality way via the Internet, may I suggest you not hijack this thread to discuss how you feel threads should be worded or used especially since no rules have been broken here and you have turned this thread into a criticism of me instead of staying on point about content delivery. Please excercise some restraint and refrain. Thank you.

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JasonFromSK wrote:
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