Streaming music over old airport express frequently hangs

Ever since i upgraded to IT8 i keep having frequent interruption when i stream my music to my airport express whether they are tracks in my library or internet radio station.
I have never had this problem prior to upgrading. has anyone encountered or witnessed this annoying behavior ?

Lots of people are seeing it unfortunately.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1715679&tstart=0
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1704022&tstart=0
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1702916&tstart=0

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How do I get my PC to play internet music over my Airport Express?

Can you help please?
I want to play music from the internet over my Airport Express rather than the PC speakers. Playing itunes music works fine.

You will need an application like Airfoil for Windows to be able to stream any audio source on your PC to the AirPort Express.
Rogue Amoeba | Airfoil for Windows: Wireless Audio Around Your ...

Is it possible to stream music to an Airport Express using a wired connection?

I have an Airport Express (V7.6.3) hooked up to the music system and have tried everything I can find but get fairly frequent dropouts. Don't know if it's something the neighbours are running, but have pretty much given up trying to fix it. I have an ethernet that I can get to the Airport, but I can't find any current answers on hooking it up wired rather than wireless. (All previous hints at it use pretty old version of Airport Utility with options that aren't there in the latest version.)
Simply, what I want to do is connect the Airport Express using ethernet rather than wireless.... possible?
Thanks

Simply, what I want to do is connect the Airport Express using ethernet rather than wireless.... possible?
Yes of course, this is far preferable than connecting it to your router wirelessly, and doing so is almost guaranteed to fix your AirPlay dropouts.
Start by "hard resetting" your Express. If you connect it to your Extreme and try to reconfigure it without performing a "hard reset" first, the Express may cling to its wireless connection and bridge it back to your wired network, which will appear to crash everything and result in confusion.

Stream music/radio via airport express' but not using itunes

Hi,
I currently have 2x airport express in different rooms and I stream music etc from my itunes to them (via my airport extreme basestation). Is there any way I can stream net radio or music from other apps to it? E.g. I'd like to listen to the bbc radio player on my stereo, but it is only connected wirelessly to my airport express.
Being able to do this would make my mac experience near perfect!
Thanks!

Hello andypandy9999. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
Yes, check out Rogue Amoeba's AirFoil.

Lost the ability to stream music to two Airport Express simultaneously

Hello
For an unknown reason I'm now getting an error message (unknown error -3256) when trying to stream music to two AExpress's and iTunes will only play through one AExpress. This is a very recent problem as I could stream to both AE in the past. Both iTunes and OS are the latest versions.
Setup is an iMac, two AE and a remote hard drive with the iTunes Library attached to an Airport Extreme. Only recent change is the install of 2 x 1gB RAM sticks. I'm stumped. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
TIA
Warren

Hello All
Found the solution in another thread. It was the firewall settings.......had it set to "allow only essential services" set it to "allow all incoming connections" and all is well
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New Time Capsule, new MacBook, old Airport Express and Airtunes

I intend to buy a new MacBook and a Time Capsule, and I still have an old Airport Express, without 802.11n. I intend to use this Airport Express just for Airtunes, maybe to connect to a printer as well.
Now I was wondering, even though the Time Capsule is capable of using the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands simultaneously, the MacBook is only capable of using one band, right? So if I use Airtunes to stream music to my Airport Express, my MacBook would be forced to use the 2.4GHz band, thus slower Time Machine backups etcetera. Is this assumption correct?
Or will my MacBook send the Airtunes signal over the 5GHz band to the Time Capsule, which will send the signal over the 2.4GHz band to the Airport Express, thus not slowing down any Time Machine backups?

Martijn wrote:
Now I was wondering, even though the Time Capsule is capable of using the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands simultaneously, the MacBook is only capable of using one band, right? So if I use Airtunes to stream music to my Airport Express, my MacBook would be forced to use the 2.4GHz band, thus slower Time Machine backups etcetera. Is this assumption correct?
I don't think so.
Or will my MacBook send the Airtunes signal over the 5GHz band to the Time Capsule, which will send the signal over the 2.4GHz band to the Airport Express, thus not slowing down any Time Machine backups?
Yes I think this is correct. At least it seems to me that this is the purpose of having simultaneous dual-band. The time Capsule can send or receive on both bands at the same time, or receive on one band and then send on the other.

Using old Airport Express with new Airport Extreme to stream music

I recently purchased the newest Airport Extreme to replace my older Airport Express. I'm running OS 10.8.5. I like the speed of the new WIFI signal for streaming to Apple TV. No long waits or buffering interruptions while watching movies. I still want to use the old Airport Express to stream music from my iPhone to a stereo in another part of the house. I plugged in the Express module and it just flashes amber. Doesn't show up in Airport Utility either.

I suggest that you first perform a "factory default" reset on your old AirPort Express, and then, check out the following Apple Support article for configuring it for streaming.

How do I re-configure an old airport express to be used to stream music wirelessly to my receiver?

I am trying to reconfigure an old airport express to stream music to my stereo. I plugged it in and reset it using the button on the AE. Upon restart I renamed it and created a new wi-fi network. It connected to my existing wireless signal and had the green light on the AE illuminated. After turning selecting a song to play off my iPhone 5S there wasn't any option the select the network I created. Any ideas?

I plugged it in and reset it using the button on the AE.
Plugged into "what"? I take it that you mean that you plugged the AirPort Express into the Ethernet port on your router using an Ethernet cable, since that would be the only way that it could create a new network
I renamed it and created a new wi-fi network
You are telling us here that you created another different wireless network than your existing network, so you have two wireless networks now.
It connected to my existing wireless signal
The AirPort Express cannot do this if it is creating another network, as you say it is. Or, when you say "it", maybe you are referring to another device? In that case, please clarify on what "it" might be.
After turning selecting a song to play off my iPhone 5S there wasn't any option the select the network I created
You must first connect the iPhone to the new wireless network that you created, and enter the password to connect......before....you can go into iTunes and select a song to play.
Unless you really do need two wireless networks, it would make more sense to configure the AirPort Express to "join" your existing wireless network. Then, everything is on the same network. Did you consider that option?

My itunes on my imac cannot stream my music by my airport express. It says unknown error (-15006). My ipad it is no problem.

My itunes on my imac cannot stream my music by my airport express. It says unknown error (-15006). With my ipad it is no problem.
My imac has been working before.

Hello JBrans!
Did you get help for this problem. Today I got the same problem. Now I don´t know what I can do anything. I did reset AirPort Express. New konfiguration. Nothing. Thank for help!
Kind regards
Falk H.

Problems syncing Airtunes over multiple Airport Express speakers

I've recently purchased a second Airport Express to allow me to stream music over airtunes to two rooms in the house at the same time. However, the music doesn't synchronise - there is a noticeable latency between the two sets of speakers so it sounds awful when you move from one room to another.
Is there any way to address this? I'm wondering if the issue is that one AX is brand new and the other is about two years old (so is only 602.11g, not 602.11n and is also on older firmware).

Unfortunately, you're at the mercy of both the ieee802.11 and ethernet standards here, and without complex timing signals, there isn't much you can do. The latency can be affected by any number of issues. I have found, however, that having both AX's on the same type of networks (such as both on ethernet or wifi) does help. However, I did have my appleTV on wifi and AX on ethernet with no timing issues.

I want to listen to my music through my airport express but I also have a wireless internet connection!

I want to listen to my music through my airport express but I also have a wireless internet connection!
I think I might have been sold a jelly - I want to listen to my music wirelessly which is why I bought the Airport Express, but I also have a wireless internet connection - can I do both?

David1854 wrote:
I want to listen to my music through my airport express but I also have a wireless internet connection!
I think I might have been sold a jelly - I want to listen to my music wirelessly which is why I bought the Airport Express, but I also have a wireless internet connection - can I do both?
Do you mean to say you already have a wireless network setup and thought by buying the Airport Express you just could use it for wireless music alone?
The Airport Express is chiefly a wireless router first, with the wireless music and printing as extra's.
It can be used for streaming music alone, but I think it needs to talk to network time servers and thus it gets screwed up over time not being on the internet. Also by your using your computers wifi for music streaming, no internet with your other router.
So it's a all Airport Express or back to a stereo mini cable.

Old AirPort Express disappears

Using several AirPort Express points to stream music to different areas of the house. The old one disappears - believe this is ever since I upgraded to AirPort Utility 6. I get a message that this version of the Airport Utility does not support the old AirPort Express, then it disappears even though it appears to be connected to the network - I've been unable to stream music to it.
The original AirPort Express is pretty old, the second one is not quite 2-years old, and we just bought a new one (looks like a white Apple TV - having trouble connecting this one, but that's in another discussion).
Help!
larry   :-)
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Thank you, the link was very helpful. I ended up setting up a new Airport based network using both v6 and v5 of AirPort Utility. Everything is working the way I wanted it to - except I didn't expect to have to set-up a second network.   Oh well.
larry    :-)
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I want to re-use my old airport express base station but airport utility doesn't recognise it anymore (it dates from 2005) i would like to use it to connect to my speakers only

I have an old airport express base station from 2005
I would like to have a network on it so i can put it upstairs in a room and connect my speakers to it so i can send my music (from itunes) over the airport to my speakers.
I reset it and now i want to configure but the Airport utility doesn't recognise it anymore.
Can i update the firmware? has it become useless because too old or what can i do?
I work on macbook pro with macOSX 10.9.4
Can someone give me some tips please
thanks
J

Please locate the model number on the side of the AirPort Express. Hard to see.....gray lettering on a white background....so you may likely need a magnifying glass and good lighting to see it.
The model number starts with a "A" followed by four numbers. If you see A1084 or A1088, unfortunately AirPort Utility 6.x in Mavericks OS X (10.9.4) does not support these older models. However, you can still administer these models if you have a Mac.....or can borrow one for a few minutes....using Leopard (10.5.x) or Snow Leopard (10.6.x), or a PC with AirPort Utility installed on the device.

Can I stream AirTunes to my Airport Express and my windows media center?

Hello all, I am just about to install a windows media center in my lounge room and I would like to know how I can stream from my office mac to not only my airport express in the dining room, but my new windows box in the lounge.
I have iTunes installed and a wireless card on the PC and speakers attached, so just wondering how I can stream from the iMac in the office to both devices? Any advice and tips? I love streaming from my iMac to the dining room, just want to be able to get the media center in on the action now
Surely this is possible?
Thanks,
Matt

To the best of my knowledge, there isn't an easy way to stream iTunes from a Mac to a PC in the manner you desire, with the PC essentially emulating an Airport Express.
What you want to do is supported by the third party utility Airfoil (see http://www.rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/mac/ ) if the sending and receiving computers are both Macs, but I don't think the Windows version of this utility supports this feature.
I suppose you could use third party software to set up your Mac so that it streams music over your network, in a manner that your PC and (for example) Windows media player could receive - but that is a solution beyond the scope of this discussion forum.

How can I use my old AirPort Express?

How can I use my old AirPort Express (the one that plugs right into the wall without a power cable) to stream music to a stereo when I am using the new Airport Express? The AirPort Utility 6.1 will not recognize the old AirPort Express.

Apple does not make it easy for you to use an older device when they want you to buy newer devices.
See this link for tips on how to install a version of AirPort Utility on Mountain Lion that will allow you to configure your older Express:
http://www.macworld.com/article/1167965/mountain_lion_and_the_ancient_airport_ba se_station.html
This is not supported by Apple, so it is your decision on whether you want to move forward with this. It works fine for me, but I cannot guarantee that it will work for you, nor offer support if you have difficulty.

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