[CUBE] Fill my house with good music...

[atoa at krak.net]

On Sun, 8 Aug 2004, Chris Weiss wrote:

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>> 
> When you say streaming to another Mac, do you mean you're sharing your iTunes 
> library, or something else?

Yes. And via http.

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>
>>> I am disappointed that the iTunes plugin _requires_ wireless access to 
>>> send the music signal. If anyone knows of a workaround for this, I'd 
>>> love to hear it.
>>> 
>> 
>> I'm not sure I understand what you are trying to do, here. Streaming to 
>> wiredly connected computer is easy.
>
> My goal (like Mark, who started this whole thread) is to be able to play my 
> iTunes library on my stereo systems in other parts of the house. Preferrably 
> without having to hook up a computer next to the stereo system to do it. I 
> already have Cat5 next to the stereo locations, so wireless is not a 
> requirement, just a nice benefit. The Airport Express seemed like the perfect 
> solution - very small, understands the iTunes format, supports digital out in 
> case the onboard D/A converter is complete crap, is a wireless access point 
> on the side, and does WDS (using multiple units to increase wifi coverage). 
> Alas, my wifi reception is good enough for surfing and email, just not quite 
> good enough for streaming (this is from an 802.11b Cube, not 802.11g), so the 
> option to use wires to get around the bandwidth issues would have been really 
> nice.
>

Take a gander at this: 
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/004/airportexpress/airportexpress-5.html

That's page 5. The entire article is worth reading.

> Of course, I'm just guessing it's a bandwidth issues - Some things I'm trying 
> are getting the results I expected.
>
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