Comments on: Thoughts On Airfoil for iPhone

By: Paul Kafasis

Paul Kafasis — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:31:19 +0000

Eric: What you’re describing is exactly what we mentioned in the opening paragraph – Airfoil Speakers for iPhone. It’s what we’re working on currently, so stay tuned.

Dan Lynch: As the article right above your comment indicates, currently, it’s not too much to ask but it is outside the realm of what’s possible with Apple’s restrictions. What you’re describing is Airfoil for iPhone.

By: Andre Mullan

Andre Mullan — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:13:08 +0000

Hi,

I have a home server that uses iTunes to play music through the house through various speakers connected to Airports, and/or other pc’s/Macs running Airfoil Speakers. I then use Airfoil on the home server to direct the music to the desired target(s).

I also use iPhone Remote to control the music being played. What I would love, and have been quietly hoping for, is an “Airfoil Remote” that works alongside the iPhone’s iTunes Remote, and allows me to control the Airfoil instance on the home server.

By: Dan Lynch

Dan Lynch — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:12:49 +0000

hey, i bought an App called WhiteNoise and it plays beach sounds and stuff, but the volume out of the iPhone is tepid at best. I want it to go to my speakers just like my Mac via Airfoil. Too much to ask?

By: Mike McCarthy

Mike McCarthy — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 21:05:20 +0000

Regarding Airfoil Speakers for the iPhone, has anyone tried using Simplify Media? I use it to stream/control music from iTunes on my Mac and PC to my iPod Touch. I can also stream my iTunes Library over the internet while I am sitting at Wifi Hotspot. Granted, this solution does not allow you to stream other sources (Pandora, LastFM, Slacker Radio) from your Mac or PC to your iPhone/iPod Touch, but there are apps dedicated to this.

I would definitely love the ability to transmit audio from my Touch to an Airport Express or Apple TV, so here’s hoping Apple relaxes their restrictions for App developers.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:31:30 +0000

Could you create an app that would allow me to stream audio running on my mac TO the iPhone via the wireless using airfoil. Essentially turn the iPhone into high quality Wifi remote headphones. This was if I have Rhapsody or a DVD, etc playing on my mac as I wander the office/the house I can hear using the iPhone.

By: Paul Kafasis

Paul Kafasis — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:10:15 +0000

DJJ: Nicecast is a workable solution, but it’s far from ideal. As for Radioshift Touch, it can’t currently tune in to an arbitrary URL, just those found in the Guide. That’s likely to change in the future, but it’s not there yet.

Bill: A remote for Airfoil is a nice idea, but you need much more than that. You need remote control of both Airfoil (”Send audio to X output”, “Lower volume of Y output”) and the source it’s pulling from (”Play next track in iTunes” or worse “Skip this song on Pandora”). There are a good dozen or two likely sources being used with Airfoil, and hundreds more that are less used but still popular.

While a remote app is a good idea, it’s far from simple.

By: Fishstick Kitty

Fishstick Kitty — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:17:11 +0000

I just bought an airport express and I kind of assumed this would be possible…seems like low hanging fruit to me. I suppose you could do a hardware solution, right? I mean you can route audio out of the doc connector…I dunno…apple needs to allow this :-)

By: Rocklin Da Jatt

Rocklin Da Jatt — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:42:41 +0000

I’ve been waiting for this since I got iphone back in ‘07 and have had airport express for almost two years now. I think its greener (environmentally friendly) too, because one doesn’t need to have their computer on all the time and just use iphone instead to play music. So remote app from apple doesn’t cut it, airfoil for iphone app will, and all one needs to have on is their iphone, airport express and a audio system hooked up to the AE.

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:49:52 +0000

I still think it would be valuable to at least be able to control the airfoil server FROM my iPhone. there’s an iPhone app called iPeng that does this for logitech’s squeezebox and although the UI needs a lot of work, the concept is sound and useful. why can’t we just start there for now? if you had that, you could pretty much do everything the squeezebox system can do for a fraction of the price.

By: DJJ

DJJ — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:49:33 +0000

Capture and stream your audio (iTunes, Rhapsody, YouTube, etc) with Nicecast and tune to the stream in your iPhone/iPod Touch (anywhere in the world) with Radioshift Touch. Tested.