[raduray]

I've been using Airport Express (AE) and Airfoil for some time to redirect the output of Windows Media Player via my home wireless network to an Airport Express connected to my home stereo system. I use the mini-tosklink digital output on the AE and connect it to one of the optical digital inputs on my pre/pro. Works like a charm.

Recently decided to try the same configuration for foobar2000 as I wanted to play some flac files. Foobar2000 works well when I use my headphones, but when I try to redirect the output to AE using Airfoil, I get maybe one or two seconds of clean sound and then it goes into a slow reverb. My laptop is running the latest version of Airfoil and has updated XP SP2.

The foobar2000 settings are default:
Output Device: Primary Sound Driver
Buffer Length: 1000 ms (I tried 2000 to no avail)
Output data format: 16-bit
Dither: Off (I tried ON to no avail)

Any suggestions?

Radu

 

[raduray]

I should have also mentioned that this problem is exhibited with both flac and MP3 files

 

[raduray]

This is the response I got from Rogue Amoeba, the Airfoil developer:

"Unfortunately, Foobar2000 outputs audio in a non-standard way, and Airfoil doesn't currently support it. We've attempted to contact the developers on this issue and suggested a potential fix, but have yet to hear back. We hope to work with it in the future, but currently it is not supported."

I'm hoping someone can suggest a work-around as I'm sure I've read on some forums of instances where foobar, airfoil and AE played nice together.

Radu

 

[jmmtn4aj]

Have you tried using other versions of Foobar?

 

[raduray]

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmmtn4aj /img/forum/go_quote.gif Have you tried using other versions of Foobar?

No I have not. I had just updated to Foobar v0.9.4.2 prior to trying Airfoil. I have just now set it up for ASIO output using the ASIO4ALL driver for my Sigma Tel C-Major soundcard and it works fine using my hardwired speakers at work. I'll try to see if this fixes the Airfoil problem when I get home tonight.

Curiously, I can still use the Windows volume slider. I thought that was bypassed when using the ASIO output.

 

[raduray]

No joy with the ASIO output. Airfoil doesn't interecept it and the music just goes to the laptop speaker.