Spotify to bluetooth, but nothing else?
August 12, 2015 3:12 AM Subscribe
Can I send a spotify stream through my bluetooth speaker but keep other system sounds (e.g. email arrivals) coming through my computer?
This seems like an obvious thing that users would want to do (and I know you can send iTunes through airplay this way without affecting everything else, but I don't think spotify works with airplay, and of course the speaker in question is bluetooth not airplay in any event).
Mac OS X, Yosemite. Macbook Air to JBL Spark speaker.
This seems like an obvious thing that users would want to do (and I know you can send iTunes through airplay this way without affecting everything else, but I don't think spotify works with airplay, and of course the speaker in question is bluetooth not airplay in any event).
Mac OS X, Yosemite. Macbook Air to JBL Spark speaker.
it seems absolutely f*ing obvious why you would want to do this to me. perhaps that is because i have my (non-apple) computer connected to decent speakers for music and gorcha does not.
anyway, Rogue Amoeba’s Audio Hijack Pro (not free) can do what you want according to this article. unfortunately, this comment on s.o. says soundflower (free) cannot.
(the magic google juice is "audio route")
posted by andrewcooke at 5:17 AM on August 12, 2015 [4 favorites]
anyway, Rogue Amoeba’s Audio Hijack Pro (not free) can do what you want according to this article. unfortunately, this comment on s.o. says soundflower (free) cannot.
(the magic google juice is "audio route")
posted by andrewcooke at 5:17 AM on August 12, 2015 [4 favorites]
I use AirFoil (https://rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/mac/) for this.
posted by third word on a random page at 6:10 AM on August 12, 2015
posted by third word on a random page at 6:10 AM on August 12, 2015
Five minutes after reviewing these answers, I came upon AudioSwitcher, a $1 app. I cannot say whether it works; only that it is there.
posted by yclipse at 6:30 AM on August 12, 2015
posted by yclipse at 6:30 AM on August 12, 2015
Response by poster: So you are sitting at your desk which has some speakers, and a bluetooth speaker, all in the same room, but you want some sounds to come through some speakers, and some to come through others? I can't see why you'd want to do that,
Thank you for belittling my question - truly the best of AskMe on show.
There's a few (obvious to me at least) reasons why I'd want this:
1) I work in a private office. I like to have classical music through spotify as background while I work, but setting the notification sounds to play through the same speaker either results in a jarring 'too loud' situation or 'too soft' such that I can't hear them.
2) When I work from home, sometimes I send music to our living room bluetooth speaker for my wife to listen to while I continue to work. She doesn't need to hear my computer notifications while this happens.
It's clear that Apple envisions this as necessary for some people too, since they specifically build this capability into the Airplay API. My question is simply if it's possible to accomplish the same thing through bluetooth, since spotify doesn't support airplay and the speaker in question is bluetooth.
posted by modernnomad at 6:55 AM on August 12, 2015
Thank you for belittling my question - truly the best of AskMe on show.
There's a few (obvious to me at least) reasons why I'd want this:
1) I work in a private office. I like to have classical music through spotify as background while I work, but setting the notification sounds to play through the same speaker either results in a jarring 'too loud' situation or 'too soft' such that I can't hear them.
2) When I work from home, sometimes I send music to our living room bluetooth speaker for my wife to listen to while I continue to work. She doesn't need to hear my computer notifications while this happens.
It's clear that Apple envisions this as necessary for some people too, since they specifically build this capability into the Airplay API. My question is simply if it's possible to accomplish the same thing through bluetooth, since spotify doesn't support airplay and the speaker in question is bluetooth.
posted by modernnomad at 6:55 AM on August 12, 2015
The thing you are asking for is technically possible. For instance, when you dial into a google hangout, there's a little settings icon, and that icon lets you control what camera, microphone, and audio output device you will use for the hangout. It doesn't change the default audio output device, just changes what is used for the hangout.
Unfortunately spotify does not support that feature, although it has already been suggested (see this spotify community board post )
It seems as there are other applications that will let you do this, although I have not tried any of them, and cannot even say if they are real or viruses. See, eg, Audio Hijack Pro from these google results.
posted by Phredward at 7:44 AM on August 12, 2015 [1 favorite]
Unfortunately spotify does not support that feature, although it has already been suggested (see this spotify community board post )
It seems as there are other applications that will let you do this, although I have not tried any of them, and cannot even say if they are real or viruses. See, eg, Audio Hijack Pro from these google results.
posted by Phredward at 7:44 AM on August 12, 2015 [1 favorite]
This doesn't answer your question, but THANK YOU! I had no idea that I can actually direct the output of other things to my Airplay speakers (Chrome, Spotify, etc).
So, it doesn't help with your bluetooth speakers (or maybe it does... try option-speaker to direct certain sounds to that speaker). But, it isn't true that iTunes is the only app to work with Airplay (or, in my case, a Raspberry Pi with Shairplay).
posted by pjenks at 8:32 AM on August 12, 2015
So, it doesn't help with your bluetooth speakers (or maybe it does... try option-speaker to direct certain sounds to that speaker). But, it isn't true that iTunes is the only app to work with Airplay (or, in my case, a Raspberry Pi with Shairplay).
posted by pjenks at 8:32 AM on August 12, 2015
Best answer: Does your Bluetooth speaker show up as a regular sound device? OS X can send all UI sound effects to a separate audio device from the main output. (Sound -> Sound Effects tab in System Preferences) Or does that not cover the other apps making noises?
posted by mkb at 12:09 PM on August 12, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by mkb at 12:09 PM on August 12, 2015 [2 favorites]
If the apps support "system" notifications, IE they show up under system preferences>notifications and use apples new ripoff of growl, then the solution mkb posted will work.
posted by emptythought at 3:39 PM on August 12, 2015
posted by emptythought at 3:39 PM on August 12, 2015
Response by poster: mkb's solution gets me 95% of the way there - I'd still like to be able to watch short youtube clips or whatever through the desktop speakers while the music continues to play in the background from the other side of my office, but this is nonetheless very useful. Thanks.
posted by modernnomad at 11:54 PM on August 12, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by modernnomad at 11:54 PM on August 12, 2015 [1 favorite]
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