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Air Play Server? ?

PostPosted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 8:54 pm
by jltnol
So I use Airplay with Airfoil a lot at home, and both work very nicely with Indigo. But there are times when it would be nice to be able to stream an analog audio source thru AirPlay. Some kind of software that would use my USB audio interface for input, and then have the ability to choose what AirPlay speakers to send it to, or at least to select that app in AirFoil to do the same. While Airplay is used in a lot of devices as clients, I haven't been able to find an Airplay server.

I thought if I set up a QT recording, and used QT as the Airfoil source that might work... but it didn't work. I can get this to work using Pro-Tools, but that seems like overkill .

I'm assuming Apple is happy to license the client side of this, but doesn't won't license the server side of Airplay. But, on the off chance someone has a better solution, I'm all ears!

Re: Air Play Server? ?

PostPosted: Fri Jun 21, 2019 8:50 am
by jay (support)
jltnol wrote:
But there are times when it would be nice to be able to stream an analog audio source thru AirPlay. Some kind of software that would use my USB audio interface for input, and then have the ability to choose what AirPlay speakers to send it to


Sorry if I'm misunderstanding your request, but can't you do that in Airfoil already? It allows you to specify the audio input, including any audio input hardware sources. It allows you to specify any speakers (AirPlay, Chromecast, etc). What am I missing?

Re: Air Play Server? ?

PostPosted: Fri Jun 21, 2019 10:05 am
by jltnol
Jay you are right.. but I'm trying to find something less cumbersome than ProTools for the job. Just a lightweight app that would let you listen to audio from a USB device on your computer would be good, as I could route that thru Airfoil.

but I'm looking at Airfoil again, and see my USB device as a source, soooo that may work...

Re: Air Play Server? ?

PostPosted: Fri Jun 21, 2019 10:24 am
by jay (support)
jltnol wrote:
Just a lightweight app that would let you listen to audio from a USB device on your computer would be good, as I could route that thru Airfoil.


That's my point - Airfoil should do this directly without any extra apps required.

Re: Air Play Server? ?

PostPosted: Fri Jun 21, 2019 8:07 pm
by Korey
Like Jay says, Just select "Line In" in the Airfoil source list.