Wireless music
March 22, 2009 8:42 AM Subscribe
I have a computer hooked up to my entertainment system, and I'd like to stream music to it from my laptop. Help!
I thought about buying an Airport Express, but if I can do this with tools I already have, I'd rather save the $100. Basically, I have a Windows box hooked into my entertainment system, and I'd like to make it so whenever I play a song on my laptop, the file is streamed to the Windows box and through my stereo, rather than through my laptop's speakers. Is this possible? My laptop is a standard MacBook, OSX 10.5.6 if that matters. Both computers are running iTunes currently but I'm happy to investigate other software. Thanks!
I thought about buying an Airport Express, but if I can do this with tools I already have, I'd rather save the $100. Basically, I have a Windows box hooked into my entertainment system, and I'd like to make it so whenever I play a song on my laptop, the file is streamed to the Windows box and through my stereo, rather than through my laptop's speakers. Is this possible? My laptop is a standard MacBook, OSX 10.5.6 if that matters. Both computers are running iTunes currently but I'm happy to investigate other software. Thanks!
SqueezeCenter (formerly SlimServer) is what you want.
posted by suedehead at 9:00 AM on March 22, 2009
posted by suedehead at 9:00 AM on March 22, 2009
Response by poster: Suedehead, that looks great - do you know of a free alternative?
posted by downing street memo at 9:18 AM on March 22, 2009
posted by downing street memo at 9:18 AM on March 22, 2009
I haven't tried it, but this looks like a possibility:
Create a wireless speaker setup without AirTunes
posted by djpyk at 9:38 AM on March 22, 2009
Create a wireless speaker setup without AirTunes
posted by djpyk at 9:38 AM on March 22, 2009
downing street memo, you want Softsqueeze or something similar to use with SqueezeCenter. Both SqueezeCenter and Softsqueeze are free.
posted by wsp at 10:01 AM on March 22, 2009
posted by wsp at 10:01 AM on March 22, 2009
Response by poster: Thanks for all the help! I've managed to control the music on my server with SqueezeCenter - how can I play music on my laptop through the stereo hooked up to the server? It's probably something very simple I'm not even seeing...
posted by downing street memo at 12:34 PM on March 22, 2009
posted by downing street memo at 12:34 PM on March 22, 2009
Response by poster: odinsdream - so basically I need to install squeezecenter on my peripheral laptop as well as the server. Interesting. Hopefully I can just leave stream.mp3 open in iTunes or whatever, always "listening" for music?
posted by downing street memo at 1:28 PM on March 23, 2009
posted by downing street memo at 1:28 PM on March 23, 2009
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posted by nitsuj at 8:52 AM on March 22, 2009