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basically just that... is it possible? If not, are there 3rd party apps that would serve the same purpose? Thanks!

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Ironically you can do it on PC through Windows Media Encoder. Hmm... I'll be looking for a way to do it from Mac too.

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http://www.aspecto-software.com/WiFiTunes/WiFiTunes.htm

Originally Posted by WiFiTunes

This application will discover via Rendezvous any iTunes running on Macs or PCs on your local network and allow you to browse the library or playlist and then stream MP3s directly to your PDA.

Enjoy :) :approve:

the only problem is i dont think it supports AAC...YET

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Good point, thanks. But yeah - no AAC makes it as useful as a 20 inch LCD on a wristwatch.

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This might work:

http://www.videolan.org/streaming/

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Or this one maybe:

http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_features.html

And a bunch of streaming players here:
http://www.pure-mac.com/audio.html

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hmm, those do look promising :)

for me that link i gave you works since my whole collection is MP3 :p

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I tried WifiTunes and doesn't seem to load large libraries, but I was able to get it to see several playlists. You can listen to one song via WFT, while listening to another on the actual Mac.

A pseudo Airport Express.

The app will use the full height, but not width of the screeen in VGA mode.

In the past I tried QTSS, and was rather appalled that Apple hasn't done a better job making it straightforward.

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I use resco File explorer to play my mp3 files. I am not sure if it will work with itunes songs or not.

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That's not really "streaming". It's more of a brutish cram of the data over the network in an uncontrolled mangled fashion... But it WOULD actually work in conjunction with the player from 40th floor software, for non-DRM AAC files.

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WOW - I would have left it at that but too short to post.

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i must be ignorant on the subject also... i don't see what the difference between using a streaming program and just bowsing and choosing songs from Resco file explorer is.

is there an advantage to using streaming? i.e. less bandwith, less battery usage, anything that makes it better? or is it just not "as smooth?"

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Betaplayer plays unprotected AAC files just fine.

Originally Posted by GooberGrape

I use resco File explorer to play my mp3 files. I am not sure if it will work with itunes songs or not.

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Originally Posted by crash613

i must be ignorant on the subject also... i don't see what the difference between using a streaming program and just bowsing and choosing songs from Resco file explorer is. is there an advantage to using streaming? i.e. less bandwith, less battery usage, anything that makes it better? or is it just not "as smooth?"

streams make channels that are neat and orderly when they play through your network, when you just select the file with something like resco file explorer, it is just transfering the file unorderly and usually can create lag Streams are devoted to bringing video/audio over to your pda and are more efficient at it

Hard to explain, but thats kind of the idea of it

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Internet Radio is an example of a stream. You "subscribe" to the service and it fires traffic your way in a controlled fashion. So you'll be getting a stream of 128Kb/s radio for example. Every second they will send you 128Kb to tell you what to hear. When you've finished listening (or watching) you just unsubscribe (close the session) and you're done. It's typically a controlled consistent bitrate service that you ask to participate in. So whether it's a LAN or the Internet - you know what you're getting. In fact - even better than that - you can choose the quality by selecting the stream that is suitable to your current network conditions.


Opening a file over the network the PPC says "Give me the file. Now" and the PC starts sending it. The PPC can be playing it while it's open, but there is no real control on the network. Over a LAN it's going to be fine, often enough. Over a dodgy Internet connection you could see unpredictable results.


An example of where this approach fails is a decent video file. Let's say you had a very large file with a high bitrate. Open it over the network and you'll find that the PPC is doing so much work getting the data, decoding and displaying it that the effective throughput of the connection (and PPC) is less than the bitrate of the file. You'll see artifacts and loss. Had you streamed it....

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