Comments on: Adventures With AirTunes http://www.alloysoft.com/blog/2008/04/adventures-with-airtunes/ Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:30:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Matt Stevens http://www.alloysoft.com/blog/2008/04/adventures-with-airtunes/comment-page-1/#comment-3221 Matt Stevens Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:19:56 +0000 http://www.alloysoft.com/blog/?p=43#comment-3221 <strong>Wayne:</strong> Michael made a similar observation in the group and I posted a <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/alloysoft/browse_thread/thread/2fa0f54c886cb9b0" rel="nofollow">quick response</a>. Wayne: Michael made a similar observation in the group and I posted a quick response.

]]> By: Wayne http://www.alloysoft.com/blog/2008/04/adventures-with-airtunes/comment-page-1/#comment-3220 Wayne Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:35:24 +0000 http://www.alloysoft.com/blog/?p=43#comment-3220 Matt, just seen this article - http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=1425 - Looks like some competition is coming ... Matt, just seen this article – http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=1425 – Looks like some competition is coming …

]]> By: Matt Stevens http://www.alloysoft.com/blog/2008/04/adventures-with-airtunes/comment-page-1/#comment-3133 Matt Stevens Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:07:57 +0000 http://www.alloysoft.com/blog/?p=43#comment-3133 <strong>Wayne:</strong> Thanks for the kind words, I'm very glad to hear that you're enjoying the app! Airfoil integration has been requested a few times and is on the list for consideration in a future release. Streaming to the iPhone is something that's being looked at in the native app version, although there hasn't seemed to be a whole lot of interest in this. Streaming directly from the iPhone would be cool, but is unfortunately not possible today. In addition, I think having the Wi-Fi radio transmitting constantly would drain your battery life in nothing flat, so even if this becomes possible in the future it may not be practical. Wayne: Thanks for the kind words, I’m very glad to hear that you’re enjoying the app!

Airfoil integration has been requested a few times and is on the list for consideration in a future release. Streaming to the iPhone is something that’s being looked at in the native app version, although there hasn’t seemed to be a whole lot of interest in this. Streaming directly from the iPhone would be cool, but is unfortunately not possible today. In addition, I think having the Wi-Fi radio transmitting constantly would drain your battery life in nothing flat, so even if this becomes possible in the future it may not be practical.

]]> By: Wayne M. http://www.alloysoft.com/blog/2008/04/adventures-with-airtunes/comment-page-1/#comment-3124 Wayne M. Sun, 15 Jun 2008 08:30:48 +0000 http://www.alloysoft.com/blog/?p=43#comment-3124 I'd like to add my thanks and congratulations for a fantastic app. My multi-room setup plus Airtunes and Signal provides the perfect whole house audio solution for me. I do however like to dream so here is my wish list for the future; Airfoil style functionality so we can access non iTunes content; Stream video back to the iPhone from the Mac; Stream audio directly to Airtunes from the iPhone; Hope you are able to add some of these to the to do list. thanks again. Wayne I’d like to add my thanks and congratulations for a fantastic app. My multi-room setup plus Airtunes and Signal provides the perfect whole house audio solution for me. I do however like to dream so here is my wish list for the future;
Airfoil style functionality so we can access non iTunes content;
Stream video back to the iPhone from the Mac;
Stream audio directly to Airtunes from the iPhone;

Hope you are able to add some of these to the to do list.
thanks again. Wayne

]]> By: Matt Stevens http://www.alloysoft.com/blog/2008/04/adventures-with-airtunes/comment-page-1/#comment-3056 Matt Stevens Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:49:33 +0000 http://www.alloysoft.com/blog/?p=43#comment-3056 Thanks Andrew! It sounds like you're looking for the ability to queue songs in the Party Shuffle playlist rather than the Signal Queue, is that right? Although queuing into Party Shuffle is not available today, you can certainly start Party Shuffle playing through the media library interface and control it just like a standard playlist, moving through tracks with next / previous and jumping ahead to a particular track using the playlist view. Thanks Andrew! It sounds like you’re looking for the ability to queue songs in the Party Shuffle playlist rather than the Signal Queue, is that right?

Although queuing into Party Shuffle is not available today, you can certainly start Party Shuffle playing through the media library interface and control it just like a standard playlist, moving through tracks with next / previous and jumping ahead to a particular track using the playlist view.

]]> By: Andrew Smyth http://www.alloysoft.com/blog/2008/04/adventures-with-airtunes/comment-page-1/#comment-3051 Andrew Smyth Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:29:04 +0000 http://www.alloysoft.com/blog/?p=43#comment-3051 Matt, I love Signal. I have been looking for something like this ever since I adopted Itunes and Airtunes about 12 months ago. I trialled it for one day, and just had to buy it immediately! It is the final piece in the puzzle. Now I can control everything, from anywhere. I use a smartphone, and XP pc. Very non Apple background, yet it works brilliantly. If I can put in my feature request, can you add party shuffle support? (Or is it there and I am missing something?) I never listen to music in the same order twice if I can help it. Matt, I love Signal. I have been looking for something like this ever since I adopted Itunes and Airtunes about 12 months ago.
I trialled it for one day, and just had to buy it immediately! It is the final piece in the puzzle. Now I can control everything, from anywhere.
I use a smartphone, and XP pc. Very non Apple background, yet it works brilliantly.
If I can put in my feature request, can you add party shuffle support? (Or is it there and I am missing something?) I never listen to music in the same order twice if I can help it.

]]> By: Matt Stevens http://www.alloysoft.com/blog/2008/04/adventures-with-airtunes/comment-page-1/#comment-2974 Matt Stevens Sun, 25 May 2008 00:40:48 +0000 http://www.alloysoft.com/blog/?p=43#comment-2974 Thanks Paul, glad to hear you like the app! Thanks Paul, glad to hear you like the app!

]]> By: Paul H http://www.alloysoft.com/blog/2008/04/adventures-with-airtunes/comment-page-1/#comment-2969 Paul H Sat, 24 May 2008 13:17:55 +0000 http://www.alloysoft.com/blog/?p=43#comment-2969 What an awesome web app. I'm pretty paranoid (and obviously uninformed) about running 3rd party apps on my iPhone. I was falsely under the impression that one had to unlock their iPhone to get cool functionality like this. Not the case! A co-worker (who has in fact hacked an iPhone and installed all kinds of apps) showed me how easy Signal works...I bought w/o a trial version based on his demo. The install took less than 2 minutes. Support for multiple speakers works great, and is why I'm all over this. Our home audio is zoned and all controlled by any one of 4 Macs in the house. All AirTunes, of course. Thanks for a great solution. What an awesome web app. I’m pretty paranoid (and obviously uninformed) about running 3rd party apps on my iPhone. I was falsely under the impression that one had to unlock their iPhone to get cool functionality like this. Not the case!

A co-worker (who has in fact hacked an iPhone and installed all kinds of apps) showed me how easy Signal works…I bought w/o a trial version based on his demo. The install took less than 2 minutes.

Support for multiple speakers works great, and is why I’m all over this. Our home audio is zoned and all controlled by any one of 4 Macs in the house. All AirTunes, of course.

Thanks for a great solution.

]]> By: Matt Stevens http://www.alloysoft.com/blog/2008/04/adventures-with-airtunes/comment-page-1/#comment-2955 Matt Stevens Fri, 23 May 2008 14:45:32 +0000 http://www.alloysoft.com/blog/?p=43#comment-2955 Airfoil support is something that's being considered as an additional feature, but I think AirTunes control is a critical part of Signal and shouldn't require purchasing another app in order to provide it. That's why everything described in the post was gone through in order to get this in, and although it's not perfect it does work pretty well. Thanks for the suggestion though! Airfoil support is something that’s being considered as an additional feature, but I think AirTunes control is a critical part of Signal and shouldn’t require purchasing another app in order to provide it. That’s why everything described in the post was gone through in order to get this in, and although it’s not perfect it does work pretty well. Thanks for the suggestion though!

]]> By: Matthew http://www.alloysoft.com/blog/2008/04/adventures-with-airtunes/comment-page-1/#comment-2952 Matthew Fri, 23 May 2008 10:14:55 +0000 http://www.alloysoft.com/blog/?p=43#comment-2952 would it perhaps be easier to patch into RogueAmoeba's product Airfoil ( http://rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/mac/ ) than trying to manipulate AirTunes via iTunes? would it perhaps be easier to patch into RogueAmoeba’s product Airfoil
( http://rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/mac/ ) than trying to manipulate AirTunes via iTunes?

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