Use Iphone as an speaker for airtunes

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Use Iphone as an speaker for airtunes

Hi,

I would like to know if there is a possibility to use my IPhone as a speaker for airtunes, or if it is possible to build an IPhone app and get it into the store to do this?

I do not mind the lesser quality of the sound, just to enjoy my music from my IMac through airtunes from my IPhone speaker in my garden.

Kind regards,

Marc

IMac dual core 20Inch screen, Mac OS X (10.6.2), Iphone 3g (latest software version)

Posted on Apr 10, 2010 3:09 AM

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Answer 1

mikuk

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Apr 10, 2010 9:55 AM in response to Marc.de.Kwant

Hi Marc,

One suggestion is to use the application Airfoil ( http://www.rogueamoeba.com/) in combination with the free iPhone application. This would give you exactly what you want. I've been doing this for some time and it works great!

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Answer 2

ronnyl

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Apr 15, 2010 10:10 AM in response to mikuk

What we really need is the other way around.. Send sound from iPhone/iPad to airtunes. Please Apple..

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Answer 3

mikuk

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Apr 15, 2010 10:43 AM in response to ronnyl

I'm no Airfoil evangelist, however it will do what you request. It will take any audio-in and send it out over the network; I do this to broadcast SIRIUS radio, and the MLB audio from my office to wherever I may be in the house/yard. Check them out, it's a really good piece of software.

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Answer 4

ronnyl

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Apr 15, 2010 11:08 AM in response to mikuk

Yes, Airfoil for Mac and Airfoil for Windows will do that. I am a happy user of Airfoil for Mac, it's fantastic!

But what I ask for is an application like that for iPhone/iPad.

Airfoil speakers for iPhone is the other way around, it's for sending audio to iPhone. Unfortunately, rogueamoeba is not able to make an app that sends audio from iPhone/iPad to airtunes, ref http://www.rogueamoeba.com/support/knowledgebase/?showArticle=AirfoilforiPhone

So it's up to Apple to give us this functionality, that IMHO is really strange they haven't included from the beginning. After all, all items involved are Apple products.

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