Studio304 needed a way to send audio to the main speakers… this is easily accomplished in itunes with just audio. Have you ever tried this with any type of movie, including DVDs though?
The solution is Airfoil.
Airfoil allows you to send the audio of ANY program [including system audio] via your airport express remote speakers.
This is useful for countless projection environments, there are so many applications where having a wireless sound signal makes setup more flexible and enjoyable. The software is well priced.
Airfoil seems to be the holy grail of this process, however it has one issue worth mentioning…. There is an audio lag created from using the Airfoil “hyjack” process. This means that programs [such as safari] without the “Audio Delay” function cannot sync [align the audio and video perfectly].
VLC allows you to change the “Audio Delay” allowing you to sync pretty much anything!
The latency is -1950 ms on my macbook pro. To do this in VLC:
- press “f” until the display reads Audio Delay = -1950
Rogue Amoeba is an amazing software company for multimedia production! Keep checking back for great multimedia tips.
Peace,
frost