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Right now I'm listening to one of my iTunes playlists in my living room. iTunes is running on my MacBook Pro in the study and the music is living on a hard drive connected to my Airport Extreme on the other side of the room. The music is being streamed into my home theater system through my Airport Express. The coolest part is that I'm controlling the whole thing while sitting on my couch far from my laptop. I can just tap a few buttons on my iPhone to go from song to song, and can browse my entire music library thanks to Signal. I'm just using the demo version for now. I might wait for some updates before I decide to shell out $30, but damn this is cool. I've basically set up a whole-house audio system controlled from a remote that I can use anywhere. There are some other applications that can do similar things, so I might give them a try soon.
Jerad posted this in iPhone | Comments (3)
How do you connect to the reciever? I have my HDD networked as well and that's why my CD's are quickly being outsourced via half.com. Just want to buy a backup drive just in case.
Curious to hear how you have yours networked...
Let me know,
G
Posted by: greg at July 22, 2007 02:18 PM
It's also very nice to have your laptop networked and connected to my altec lansing IM5 external speaker system/ipod dock.
To connect to your reciever, do you have to use a playlist....or is it better to buy a cheap/old iMac and have it hooked up to your reciever and then have it wifi connected to the HDD to have full control.....
ALSO,
Can you network it so you can control iTunes on your TV? that would be dope.......
Enough questions...
Posted by: greg at July 22, 2007 02:22 PM
Well, if you want to control your music directly from the TV, that's just what the Apple TV is for, although I'd rather just put a Mac Mini in the living room and have complete flexibility. I'm streaming my audio from iTunes on my laptop and the control stays on my laptop. The audio is streamed over my network to an Apple Airport Express, which is just another item connected to my wireless network. In iTunes, then I'm given the option to play out of the on-board speakers, Airport Express, or both.
Posted by: Jerad at July 22, 2007 07:11 PM
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