And that's all I'm saying Dane; you don't have to use iTunes to use AirPlay.
Lynne On 28 Sep 2011, at 03:43, Dane trethowan wrote: I try for a third time, Airfoil and airfoil Speakers use airplay so yep, third parties can use airplay and this is also true for the new Pioneer Surround-sound amp I'll be buying, it is "airplay Compatible" thus its compatible with Airfil, Itunes, compatible devices such as Surround-Sound receivers, Apple TV'S and so on. On 28/09/2011 12:37 PM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello Dane > > No, you're still getting me slightly wrong. I'm not talking about iTunes, I > am talking about "Air Play". It's my understanding that third party > developers will be able to use the Air Play API's to develop their own > applications to take advantage of the protocol. So forget iTunes; I'm not > talking about iTunes at all. I'm talking about "AirPlay". My understanding is > that Airplay does exactly what Airpoil does. Although I think that they've > taken the user interactivity a lot further. From what I have read, AirPlay is > an engine which apps can patch into to make their software compatible. > > So again, I'm not talking about iTunes. I'm talking about the Airplay > protocol. When iOS5 and Apple TV 5 come out very shortly, you'll be able to > do exactly that with those devices. yes, I'm sure that Apple's offering is > iTunes. But I happen to know that third party developers are already at an > advanced stage of working on AirPlay compatible applications which will > spread across all devices, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Mac and PC running > Windows. > > Lynne > > On 28 Sep 2011, at 03:26, Dane trethowan wrote: > > Again, nothing much to do with Itunes though you can Hajack Itunes of > course<smile>, for want of a better description Airfoil takes advantage of > Airplay and does so much more than Ituens does, Airfoil is like Airtunes with > a whole heap of extra features. > > Airfoil is supposed to allow remote control on various devices - I assume > w're talkin things like Apple TV and Airport Express here - I've not been > able to figure out how this remote control system works. > > You can also stream video but I've not tried this system as yet. > > > > ======================================= > > The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus > and worm-free > > To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web > pages located at > http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at > either of the following websites: > > http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html > > Or: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> > you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > --------------------------------------- ======================================= The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> --------------------------------------- ======================================= The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> ---------------------------------------
