Playing movies using airport

Hi there
I have just bought an airport and want to play a movie (a .avi file) on my MacBook and have the sound coming out of my stereo (using the AirPort). Is this possible? I have tried to play the movie in iTunes but that doesn't seem to work. I have also tried to use Quicktime player, but without any luck as well.
I hope you can help me.
Happy new year=)

After looking around for a solution, I found a piece of software called AirFoil which you can get at http://www.rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/mac/. The problem here is, that when you play a movie there is a time delay of 2-5 seconds.
So the question is: Does Apple Apple offer a solution, how you can play movies on Quicktime or DVD player (using AirPort Express), without the time delay??

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