Could scripting/event support be added to this plugin to control multiple Airtunes devices? It seems crazy that it cannot be done now. I have 2 Airport expresses and an apple Tv. Each control a separate zone. It would be nice to be able to enable/disable each zone from an event or script.
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I'm not too familiar with Airtunes. My understanding is you can redirect the output from iTunes to stream to one of those devices, correct? Does Apple allow you to stream to multiple devices? We experimented with a multi-zone version of the plug-in early on. It requires multiple instances of Quicktime running for multi-zone support... got kind of kludgy so we didn't pursue it. Is that what you're looking for?
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Some third party SW has added this support via reverse engineering.
http://www.alloysoft.com/screenshots.html
All I'm looking for is ON/OFF Controls for each airport. I have an airport in each room and I'd like to enable and disable then via script.
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They have done this using scripted mouse clicks. This is NOT a suggested method for programming. There are a lot of things that can go wrong.
In reading the developers blog... you can also see that they struggled with the same issue:
http://www.alloysoft.com/blog/2008/0...tunes/#more-43
Thanks,
Dave
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I believe the AE's may disassociate with iTunes if they lose power... but you could try.
Here is what I am thinking... If iTunes does not lose them when losing power... then plug the AE into an appliance module and use that for On/Off.
I think I have tried that once before and found that the AE would show up in iTunes but would not be selected as a speaker. (I suppose I should try again).
- Dave
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Thanks for the ideas but I still want to be able to maintain control from the iPhone's remote application for iTunes. With that app, I can easily turn on/off each zone in my house. Loading a webpage to access homeseer to switch on a module or relay is just too kludgy. I wanted homeseer to add support to turn on/off airtunes zones so that it could be done based on motion or voice.
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Originally posted by madmax View PostI wanted homeseer to add support to turn on/off airtunes zones so that it could be done based on motion or voice.
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