Streaming Music Issues

As a lot of others have have I experienced intermittent drop out when streaming itunes. (Oh, last gen iMac desktop, airport extreme as base, AXP at receiver.) Then yesterday the AXP wouldn't show up--at least 10 hard resets and always a message about failed to find the hardware after restart.
Finally uploaded prior (6.2.1?) firmware and the AXP reappears. But even though the speakers show up in itunes I can't select them. (lots of boing error noises.) The only mention I find on the Apple site is to be running the latest (6.3) firmware but we know that that doesn't work.
Anyone know what Cook's wizards of Cupertino are up to aside from generating more hw sales?

OK, success. In the hopes of helping others here's what worked for me.
As I noted, I uploaded the older firmware to the AXP. The Airport Extreme saw the AXP. I reconfigured the AXP as before. Then I uploaded the new firmware for the AXP. Streaming music and happiness ensue.
Seriously, this is a crazy, counter-intuitive workaround. It makes no engineering sense. If houses were built this way we'd all live in tents.

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but since then my media streaming device cannot stream music from the Mac
Check the developer site for Safari 5.0.1 compatible updates.
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Good idea to tell us what you've tried so we don't repeat.
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I am having issues with streaming music from iTunes on my MacBook Pro to my audio system through AirPlay. Works perfectly with my iPod Touch. The AirPlay icon appears irregularly in iTunes and when selected doesn't connect. Running latest IOS software.

Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Unsync all music and resync
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: How to back up
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.
If still problem, make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store since it appears you have a hardware problem.
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar
You said:
No, I do not want to "factory reset" my iPod. No I do not wish to do anything crazy long or hard to fix this.
That may be necessary, It is not what you want to do/not do but what is required to resolve your problem.

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Hi all, after quite a bit of frustration with my AX, which I might add, worked well for years, I installed a NetGear wireless modem and am very happy with it.
One issue is that previously, when the AX connected with ethernet cable to my router, I was streaming music around the house, something I really enjoyed. This AX has now been removed.
I assumed that it was possible to connect the second AX to my new wireless network. (created with the new NetGear)
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Ronald,
Have you reset the Airport Express?
Then try and join your new network.... which is now the NetGear...
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Intermittent issue streaming music from iTunes to airport express

I'm experiencing an issue when streaming music from my iMac to two airport expresses (1st generation). Music will be playing fine but once in a great while, when a new song starts it's like a digital bomb has gone off. It's similar to an amber alert coming through the speakers instead of music. When I stop the song and start it again, back comes the music. This has happened to many different song files so I've discounted the possibility that it's a corrupted file. I've not been able to determine any other pattern that would give me some insight into the root of the problem. The problem has existed across two different routers so doubtful that’s a factor either. All my software (iTunes and OS) are up to date and generally the system works well. Is anyone else experiencing this? Any solutions or advice? I’m at a loss on how to resolve.

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3rd generation ATV
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I tried a new approach and unplugged my ATV brought it over to my computer and connected it to my router via ethernet. This caused the airplay icon to show up on the transport bar in iTunes. I could select the ATV as an output. I disconnected the ethernet cable and reconnected the ATV to my TV. The airplay icon remains in iTunes but the ATV is no longer there as an option - only my computer speakers. Any ideas?

How can I configure AX to only stream music?

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Problem: I've been unable to get my Mac to "see" AX as a wireless device. I have it plugged into a power-strip across the room near the stereo with an audio cord to my stereo plugged into it.
Under another topic on this forum it was suggested that I configure the AX by directly connecting to it with an ethernet chord from it to my Mac. I did this, but much of the configuring process seemed to be for setting it up as an Internet router, which I don't want it to be. And anyway, after I configured it and unplugged it from the ethernet and plugged it in across the room again, the Mac still couldn't see it.
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I think that it is beginning to dawn on me that I've been thinking of the whole Airport Express model in the wrong way. I had it in my mind that you plugged in Airport Express, ran an audio cable between it and your stereo, and via the Airport card in your Mac you could transmit music from iTunes to your stereo as if Airport Express were some kind of in-between receiver/transmitter.
But, I'm now thinking that that is not the right paradigm. What one really has with Airport Express is a wireless network router which has the incidental capacity to receive music from iTunes and pass it along to your stereo.
In other words, in configuring Airport Express, what I am really doing is creating a wireless network. If you already have a wireless network in place, then the Airport Express just acts as an extension of that, and the music can be transmitted via the network from one of the computers on it to the stereo wired into the Airport Express.
Or, if you don't have a wireless network in place, you can create one in configuring the Airport Express.
BUT, if you have an ethernet network in place (as do I) then you run into the knotty issue that in configuring Airport Express you are creating an additional network. So, even if I get my Mac to "see" the Airport Express network (which remains hypothetical after 2 days), it seems probable that I'll have to 'turn off' my ethernet network when I want to pipe music through the AE network, because it seems unlikely that I can run an ethernet AND a wireless network both at the same time.
This could be solved, from what I am beginning to comprehend, by hard wiring the AE via an ethernet cable into my D-Link router, except that 1) my D-Link's ports are all already full, and 2) my D-Link is near my Mac and the stereo is across the room and the cable between the stereo and the AE is only 6 feet long. And if I were to string an ethernet cable all the way to the AE, I might as well just run a stereo cable all the way across the room between the Mac and stereo and skip the Airport Express altogether.
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Removing IOS 5 and reverting to ios 4 (iphone 4) - as it will not allow me to download apps or stream music on radio apps.

HI
i updated to ios 5 today on my iphone 4 much to my dismay it cant stream radio apps i paid for anymore because it somehow HOGS the internet, but yet when i tried to play one of the multiplayer adventure games it is fine. i dont know if its an INDIVIDUAL app issue whereby i have to enable or disable something or something within the settings to do with the itnernet i need to change?
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You can NOT downgrade iOS.
That said, millions people have updated to iOS 5 without experiencing the problems you report. Why don't you try some basic troubleshooting before you resort to drastic measures.
Restoring from your backup will NOT revert the phone to iOS 4.
First, try to reset all settings. This will re-set the network settings and clear any personalization (wallpaper, custom assigned ringtones, etc.) but you will not lose any data.
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That indicates a network issue, what exactly have you tried?

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As of last year I was able to import music into itunes, upload it to icloud, and then stream the song on the device without it physically (or at least permanently downloading to my phone). It would work when I was connected to the internet via wi-fi or using the data plan I have with my family plan. The first time I realized there was a problem was when I attempted to stream music after downloading IOS 8.0. As I was having other issues with my phone at the time (it not installing the IOS correctly, not recognizing songs being uploaded to the cloud, text messages not being sent to other apple users, it was low on my bucket list.) Eventually I did look into it and found that people often suggested that I ensure that I enable icloud on my phone, and in music settings I turn on 'Show all Music' and 'ITunes Match'. All of these were already selected and I saw no other solutions presented.
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Thanks guys, and yes, seems really weird. I hadnt merged contacts with iCloud (which is appearing to be far more trouble than its worth!) and I couldn't edit, add or delete contacts from my ipad, but as soon as I switched on this option in iCloud, they magically reappeared. I then turned it off again from mergeing with iCloud, and, for now at least, the option to edit remains!
Honestly, it really shouldn't be this difficult!
Thanks again.

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UPDATE:
I have been stress testing StreamToMe in the house and "out in the wild" and it is working very well. There are one or two clunky steps in order to switch from the in-my-house wifi to the cellular network but it's just better (to me) than uploading about 750 GB of music that is restricted by iTunes rules and limitations to "the cloud". The major advantage is that this solution plays more file formats than iTunes will. In addition, I can access music files anywhere on my mac - even if they are not in my iTunes library. Playlists from iTunes are available, too.
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Hi,
(first post )
I was recently offered a Loewe Airspeaker. I already had an Airport Express connected to a hi-fi system.
The Airport Express + hi-fi is in the living-room and the Loewe Airspeaker is in our bedroom.
Both are connected to my network via wifi.
I was trying to stream music from my iMac to both the Airport Express and the Loewe Airspeaker.
When doing this, I am able to get the same tune on both devices, but iTunes systematically freezes
=>music continues to be streamed but interface on the iMac gets the endless multicolor wheel !
Has anyone seen anything similar before, for ex. is there a similar issue when streaming music to 2 different Airport Express?
Any idea on where this is coming from?
Any idea on how to prevent this?
Thx in advance
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A few precisions on the configuration:
the iTunes library and corresponding music are located on a Mac Mini configured as a media server.
The iMac connects to the mac mini via wifi (shared folder). Home network is organized via an Airport Extreme.
Both computers run Mac OS 10.7.2 Lion and are up to date.

Well, repying to my own post... Might have found the solution: I tried to do the same with a Macbook Pro 2010 using the very same setup. And it worked perfectly! No freeze, no nothing.
One explanation I see:
my iMac is dating back to May 2007, a Core 2 Duo 2,16Ghz with 2 Go of RAM.
So the computer's characteristics (or the Wifi component or the combination of all of this) might be not robust enough to allow streaming to those 2 devices...
Anyone's got anything to add?

Will it ever be possible to stream music on iOS devices instead of having to download it?

Will it ever be possible to stream music on iOS devices instead of having to download it?

We have no idea. We are just users like yourself.
You could leave feedback about the issue.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html

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Working just fine on my system as well as the majority, there's been an issue on your system as a result of something that's been corrupted. If a restore doesn't work then take it in to be assessed.

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