Airport express to stream internet radio

[karlsmacpro]

Hi folks, I'm thinking of buying an airport express to play music stored on my macbook pro through iTunes to my Hifi. Does anyone know if I could also stream internet radio from my macbook through the Airport express? Thanks, Karl

 

[mchalebk]

If I understand it correctly, you can only stream audio from iTunes, unless you get a 3rd party app like Airfoil. The good news is that Airfoil works great. You can stream audio from pretty much any source (any app, line inputs, etc.) to any Airplay device.

 

[blevins321]

Above poster is right - out of the box, only iTunes can Airplay from a computer. However, if you have an iPhone or other iOS device, most apps have Airplay functionality built in.

 

[karlsmacpro]

Thanks very much for this helpful pointer. I've taken a look at the Rogue Amoeba website and see I can access grooveshark, pandora etc (just discovered and so good news!) but I now have one further "clarification question" which isn't 100% clear from the website. Is it possible to stream live broadcasts of, say, BBC radio? Thanks again, in anticipation.

 

[Enzedder]

Yes, Airfoil will hijack and 'airplay' the audio on any application you select on your Mac.
I use Radium's AirTunes streaming capability to play BBC radio through my AE.

Thanks very much for this helpful pointer. I've taken a look at the Rogue Amoeba website and see I can access grooveshark, pandora etc (just discovered and so good news!) but I now have one further "clarification question" which isn't 100% clear from the website. Is it possible to stream live broadcasts of, say, BBC radio? Thanks again, in anticipation.

 

[karlsmacpro]

Thanks for all this really useful help. I've bought my airport express and will be setting it up in the morning.