Question about Airport Express/Air Tunes

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ticalianticalian
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
Hey, I just recently purchased my first mac (Black Macbook W/ Free Ipod Touch) about 2 weeks ago after growing up using windows and after getting used to a mac life i am loving the switch.



I have the mini DVI to VGA adapter so i can hook my mac up to my 40" Samsung LCD and would like to get audio coming through my home theater for movies as well as just listening to music as the laptop speakers just dont cut it. Does air tunes play whatever audio comes from your mac or just specifically your iTunes library???



Thanks

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  • Reply 1 of 6
    areseearesee Posts: 776member
    Air Tunes works with just audio tracks from iTunes. All other audio, including iTunes video play though the laptop speakers or its audio jack. AirFoil will route this other video to Air Tunes for you.
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    ticalianticalian Posts: 6member
    Excellent!! thanks a lot!
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    mr. hmr. h Posts: 4,870member
    The MacBook has optical digital audio out, why don't you just hook that to your amp? If the audio track is dolby digital the optical out will pass that through.



    You need a cable like this (that's the first one I found on Google, not saying it's the best value), assuming your amp has "standard" optical inputs, or you could use a standard optical cable and an adaptor.
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    ticalianticalian Posts: 6member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Mr. H View Post


    The MacBook has optical digital audio out, why don't you just hook that to your amp? If the audio track is dolby digital the optical out will pass that through.



    You need a cable like this (that's the first one I found on Google, not saying it's the best value), assuming your amp has "standard" optical inputs, or you could use a standard optical cable and an adaptor.



    Thanks but I went for the Airport express as i dont want a bunch of wires running from my macbook...

    Now i just have to get this damn thing on my existing wireless network instead of its own!
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    mr. hmr. h Posts: 4,870member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ticalian View Post


    Thanks but I went for the Airport express as i dont want a bunch of wires running from my macbook...

    Now i just have to get this damn thing on my existing wireless network instead of its own!



    Oh dear. Good luck getting the video and audio to sync. properly. Please let us know how it goes...
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    atomichamatomicham Posts: 185member
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    Oh dear. Good luck getting the video and audio to sync. properly. Please let us know how it goes...



    Exactly. AirFoil now has a video client that is *supposed* to sync them; however, it doesn't work well enough for me. There is an ever so slight delay and it is far too disconcerting to watch.



    Only use airport express for audio. Works great.
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