Itunes 7.6 / osx 10.3.9 / airport /remote speaker / airfoil - bad combo

since latest upgrade to 7.6 iTunes will not connect to remote speaker on airport express base station. Translated into English iTunes says something like:
"The remote speaker (insert airport name) is not available with this version of iTunes"
So I figured Airfoiling the audio would do it, but guess what - now Airfoil also skips and hangs in the audio stream.
Extremely annoying - anybody know a fix or know if Apple is going to fix all these 7.6 issues soon?

turns out that a firmware update (6.2 -> 6.3) on the airport express bassstation solved the problem. Why isn't such information passed along with an itunes update?

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I have had an ongoing issue that requires a weekly reboot of my Airport Express N router.
Fairly regularly, usually every 7 days, my Airport Express will vanish from the remote speaker list and vanish from Airport Utility. This unit is my gateway and my internet connection through it is not interrupted.

turns out that a firmware update (6.2 -> 6.3) on the airport express bassstation solved the problem. Why isn't such information passed along with an itunes update?

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I have been using airportexpress for the last 9 months with no problem. I used to use Windows Vista (32bit) to play itunes music and stream the music to the airportexpress which connects to my living room AV system.
Couple of days ago, I rebuilt my machine now running Win7 (64bit). Since then, I am not able to stream the audio to the airport express. Whenever I select the remote speakers, wait for about 30 secs and I get this error : An error occurred while connecting to the remote speakers "livingroom". An unknown error occured (-150000).
Does anyone experience this ? From the same machine, I am able to connect to the airport express using the airport utility. Wireless is working fine. I just not able to stream my music to it.
Regards
Moehadi

moehadi, Welcome to the discussion area!
This is typically caused by a firewall or Internet security software running on your PC. Please read the comments in "Error -3256 or -15000 when streaming to AirPort Express base stations using iTunes".
Also there is "iTunes 8: Unknown error -15000 when attempting to stream music to devices connected to AirPort Express with AirTunes".

Who's kidnapping my airport remote speaker?

Every once in awhile, right in the middle of listening, I get a window that says: "The remote Airport speaker is currently being used by someone else. Please select another speaker from the menu at the bottom of the iTunes window"
What the heck is this?? How can MY speaker be used by somebody else? How can I get rid of the kidnapper?
r

Hi there!
I'm not sure if another thread here hasn't answered your inquiry to some
extent or another; but one does address a question concerning what
computers are in the wireless network and some older software utilities:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=711260&tstart=0
The above link leads to a download for "airport management tools" v 3.4
and AirPort Management Utility asks for Airport 3.4 or Later, & won't go;
so when I check, my system is well beyond (and at one time had) the
asked for part. Other tool works fine; tells the user information about
the bandwidth and up/down speeds; that says it's a Client Monitor.
If you can make it all work, post back!

Remote speaker is not compatible with this version of iTunes?

I'm having a problem connecting to my remote speakers when I want to play some music through iTunes. A display message appears stating: The remote speaker is not compatible with this version of iTunes.
I have the newest version of iTunes i.e. 7.0.2 and an Airport Express base station with all my software updated.
Does anyone have any ideas what I should do?
Cheers,
--VesaM
1.25 GHz Powerbook G4 15" Mac OS X (10.4.8)

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=822543&tstart=0

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Arggghh, I just upgraded to itunes 7.1.1.5 (as suggested by Apple), and now I can't connect to my Airport Express Base Station from itunes. I get the following message:
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I have the latest firmware upgrade 6.3 for the base station. It worked fine for months on itunes 6 and 7.0, don't understand this. Help! (FYI I'm not running bonjour on my PC, and I dig Archers of Loaf.)
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OK I got it working again. I'm not sure exactly what did the trick, but I'd recommend the following:
1. Repair your wireless modem connection via your taskbar (rick-click on the Wireless Network Connection, Repair)
2. Start itunes while the Airport Express Setup Assistant is running
3. Restart your computer
4. Keep trying, after 2 days it's working again (???)

ITunes 8: I can no longer connect to remote speakers via Airport Express

Cannot connect to my remote speakers, worked before iTunes 8"
I have restarted the computer, iTunes, QT 7.5.5, run disk utility
I get the following error code (-3256) Apple KB research says:
AirTunes: Error -3256 when streaming to multiple AirPort Express units  You may see this message: An error occurred while connecting to the remote speaker speaker_name . An unknown error occurred (- 3256 ).This occurs with iTunes 6.0.2 or later.SolutionIf you use a third-party firewall or router, make sure that it is configured to permit UDP traffic. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303157
I followed the KB link, tried KB solution, then I sent this off to Apple.
"Mac G5 2.0 Ghz, OS 10.5.4 just installed iTunes 8, one (1) Airport Express connected to remote speakers. Firewall under Sharing in System preferences does not offer firewall access. Firewall is under Security but "Advanced" is grayed out.
Cannot connect to my remote speakers, worked before iTunes 8"
I have restarted the computer, iTunes, QT 7.5.5, run disk utility, unplugged the airport express.
My G4 PowerBook running an earlier version of iTunes connects without problem.

I just got off a 30+ minute phone call with an Apple Support rep about this. I'm getting error -3256. The rep was patient and tried hard to solve the problem, but was basically clueless. I have a case number and was encouraged to call back tomorrow to speak with a product support specialist.
This stinks. AirTunes is my primary way of playing music from my computer. With no obvious way of rolling back to iTunes 7, this is a big deal.

Itunes crashes on addition of artwork to movie folder and apple tv (2nd generation) will not see itunes while itunes plays playlist over wireless network to airport express??

I have 4 non apple pc exhibiting same issue. Whether you have ten movies on board the pc or 500 on external storage Itunes locks up after you "get info" and try to add video cover from IMDB whether the art is in my pictures on PC or off USB key / external storage. Very frustrating to the extent that I bought a macbook thinking that it may be a non apple issue and bingo same issue whether films on macbook or on nas/ external usb. Effectively itunes may be made to crash by adding artwork!
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OK - I managed to fix this. Will document for others.
I started to think it was a firewall thing. So I turned off both my Windows 7 firewall and my BT Home hub firewall. It started working!
So turned back on the BT home hub firewall - still working. So it must be a windows 7 firewall.
Went in and checked that Itunes was there as an exception... Yep. So why still not working?
Found out that the entry in my Windows 7 firewall said I-Tunes - but when you looked at the details button it wasnt pointing to a program - it was just blank.
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Help: Airport Remote Speakers No Longer Showing in iTunes

Hello!
After 2 years of streaming music to my remote speakers via iTunes and Airport Express (AX), I've had my first real issue. I have not been able to figure this out, and am at my last strand of sanity.
My AX is connected to a pair of speakers in my living room. The AX is on my home network via ethernet cable. I have a Windows XP desktop running the latest version of iTunes in my bedroom. This desktop is on the home network via ethernet. Last night, for some unknown reason, I no longer had the ability to see my remote speakers in iTunes. I tried everything. I turned off the firewalls, reset the routers, made sure that "share via ethernet" was selected in the AX admin utility, but my efforts were futile.
Ive not messed with any "network" settings. I usually leave things as is, yet I've never previously had this "disappearing remote speaker" issue before.
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I do not run any sort of windows firewall.
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Hello GeekDoc. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
The fact that your MacBook is successfully streaming iTunes to the AirPort Express Base Station (AX) is telling me that the issue is most likely not iTunes or the AX itself, but with the Ethernet path between your desktop PC and the AX.
As you may already know, iTunes uses AirTunes to stream audio to an AX. Although AirTunes sounds like it can only travel wirelessly, it actually can be transmitted by wire as well. AirTunes is based on Apple's Remote Audio Output Protocol (RAOP). What you may not know is AirTunes takes a minimum of two steps to do the audio streaming: 1) Establish a link with an AX, and 2) Send the audio data.
In order to do both, AirTunes will open ports: 5000 to establish the link, and (typically) 6000 to pass the audio data. I know you said that you are not running any firewalls, but you may want to double-check that none are running between the Ethernet path between the desktop and the AX. I suggest that you (temporarily) disable any firewalls, spyware, or antivirus programs on your desktop ... or any other program that prevents network traffic to see if this eliminates the problem.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4437
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