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samsc
26-10-2004, 06:32 PM
Not related to catalyst - but i was just interested.

How to send audio to the airport express.

Geeks only:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20041023154910602

Encouraged by the success of channeling sound to iTunes and then AirTunes with NiceCast, I thought I would try doing the same thing with VLC, since it also can stream audio. VLC's interface is almost purposefully cryptic, and it's hard to find a reference to it streaming 'Shoutcast' (the stream that iTunes can receive), but Shoutcast's ICY protocol is so simple that you can replicate it just by telling VLC to stream an MP3 to HTTP with raw (no) encapsulation.

VLC's streaming configuration panel doesn't really work (or at least I can't figure it out), but after significant googling, I deciphered their MURL scheme enough to write my own streaming MURL. Here it is: