Saturday, 19 April 2008

Remote Speakers Output Plug-In 2.2

As promised, here is the new release of the Remote Speakers Output Plug-In with support for the new AirPort Express with 802.11n base stations. I have tested the new base station with the plug-in for everyday playback, password-protection and remote control. If anyone runs into any situations that do not seem to be behaving, let me know.

Unfortunately, Apple TV support will have to wait a bit longer. I still haven't gotten a hold of a unit and I'm unsure whether that will go into a 2.3 or a 3.0 release. Stay tuned for more details.

Posted by emilles at 9:40 AM in Software

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Friday, 4 April 2008

New Airport Express model

It recently came to my attention that Apple has released a new version of the Airport Express. This particular model supports the newer and faster 802.11n wireless ethernet standard. I was very glad to hear of this because I thought Apple was phasing out the Express and this clearly confirms that they are not. At the same time, Apple changed the AirTunes protocol slightly and it turns out to be incompatible with the current version of the Remote Speakers Output Plug-In.

So, I marched down to my local Apple store to pick one up and scope out the differences. It didn't take me too long to make the necessary changes and get a development version of the plug-in up and running. In the process of looking into all of this, I also noticed that the Apple TV has recently added support for AirTunes as well. And so I'm going to see if I can borrow my friend's Apple TV and try to get the plug-in working with that too.

If anyone out there has purchased a new Airport Express with 802.11n and was thinking of using Remote Speakers output with it, send me an email or post a comment here with contact information. I'll send you a time-limited development version of the plug-in that should tide you over until I get a new release version cut.

Posted by emilles at 11:14 AM in Software

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Wednesday, 26 December 2007

Seasons Greetings

Merry X-Mas and a happy New Year to all! Just a couple housekeeping items to notify you about. First, I updated the web site a bit to have a more consistent look, be XHTML 1.1 compliant and best of all to be ad free. The Google ads never panned out quite like I had hoped, so I figured it was better to remove them completely.

Next, winamp.com finally published Remote Speakers output v2.1. It has been quite a journey going from version 1.x to 2.x. And getting winamp.com to accept is another major milestone. So let me just take a moment to say thanks to all those who downloaded version 1.x from winamp.com and a special thanks to the few of you who left reviews. For the most part, feedback has been highly positive. Hopefully this trend will continue with the new version.

Finally, I wanted to let all of you know that work towards version 3.x will begin again on January 1st. The first, and most requested, feature I will be tackling is synchronized output to multiple remote speakers. I'm not sure how long it will take to complete this work, but I just wanted to let all of you who have purchased the unlimited major version upgrade license know that I haven't forgotten you.

See you in the new year!

Posted by emilles at 8:50 AM in Software