Q: Airplay Music Streaming
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Jan 1, 2014 11:49 AMby Alley_Cat,AppleTV can output audio via Airplay to an Airplay speaker or multiple speakers, but you probably won't be able to control audio levels etc with it directly.
When you say you Airplay from imac do you mean you use the Computers icon on AppleTV to stream through Home Sharing?
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Jan 1, 2014 12:02 PMby matthewfox1972,Yes, I stream through the Apple TV by going to the computer icon. No problem on the volume control as the speaker through the TV is independent to the Airplay speaker I am considering. I just want to run music on the Apple TV and have it play through the Airplay speaker also - as well as through the TV.
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Jan 1, 2014 12:07 PMby Alley_Cat,See:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5517?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
I can't check currently if you can output from AppleTV to TV and to an Airplay speaker at the same time but assume you can - hopefully someone will confirm.
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Jan 1, 2014 12:36 PMby matthewfox1972,Sorry, not sure I'm clear on this. What do you mean by "express & speaker" ? I'm looking at a Bose Soundlink which is a wireless Airplay speaker. Are you saying that if I start to play music via the Apple TV which is connected to the TV audio it will not be played via the Bose speaker at the same time ?
Thanks.
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Jan 1, 2014 12:52 PMby Alley_Cat,Just tried - multiple speakers are not supported from AppleTV.
You would need to use iTunes multiple speakers option or Remote app on iPhone/iPad to control iTunes and send to AppleTv and another device.
Selecting another AppleTV as the Airplay speaker deselected the AppleTV I was using and cut the audio from the TV.
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