Remote Speakers Output Plug-In
Stream audio from Nullsoft Winamp or Ventis Media MediaMonkey to the Apple AirPort Express (aka AirTunes)
How did the Remote Speakers Output Plug-In come into being; why not just use iTunes or Airfoil?
I love the remote speakers capability (AirTunes) of Apple's AirPort Express. It has allowed me to ditch the fifty-foot audio cable that once connected my computer to my stereo receiver. However, I have a lot of audio files that will not play in iTunes because it is restricted to playing only the most popular file formats. I badly desired a way to stream audio from Winamp—which has years of input plug-in development behind it—to my AirPort Express.
I knew of Airfoil for the Mac, which could pull audio from any application and redirect it to remote speakers, but Rogue Ameoba swore they were never going to port Airfoil over to Windows (where Winamp resides). I also looked at a number of open-source projects available on the web, but none of them were very complete; they all had serious drawbacks. So, I took it upon myself to build a Winamp output plug-in for streaming audio to the AirPort Express that was feature-complete and easy to use. The Remote Speakers Output Plug-In is the fruit of my labor.
Requirements
Features
Version 1 Version 2
Streams audio to a single AirPort Express base station over wired or wireless network X X
Streams audio to multiple AirPort Express base stations over wired or wireless network(s) X
Supports full set of playback operations (play, pause, stop, seek, skip, etc.) X X
Plays multiple tracks with no gap between tracks X X
Supports mono and stereo input X X
Supports standard sample rates (samples per second) on input X X
Supports standard sample sizes (bits per sample) on input 16 8, 16, 24, 32
Supports new AirPort Express with 802.11n X
Supports Keyspan Express Remote control X
Supports password-protected remote speakers X X
Supports multi-homed (more than one network interface) workstations X
Discovers remote speakers automatically using zero-configuration network protocols X X
Latest Release
Licenses
  • $10 US - activation plus unlimited minor version upgrades (i.e. 2.0, 2.1, ... or 3.0, 3.1, ...)
  • $25 US - activation plus unlimited major version upgrades (i.e. 2.0, 2.1, ... and 3.0, 3.1, ...)
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