VLC and AirTunes

[badstorm]

Hi,
I read that with the versione 1.0.0 of VLC it is possible streaming with AirTunes. But I don't understand how does it works! There is some guide?
Thanks

Marco

[VLC_help]

Remote Audio Output Protocol stream output
--sout-raop-host=<string> Host
Hostname or IP address of target device
--sout-raop-volume=<integer [0 .. 255]>
Volume
Output volume for analog output: 0 for silence, 1..255 from almost
silent to very loud.

http://wiki.videolan.org/VLC_command-line_help

So maybe something like

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--sout='#transcode{acodec=alac,channels=2}:raop{host=hostname}'

I don't know for sure.

[peterfoliant]

My guess is that the host-address for raop is not enough. I have an airport express base station. It is configured with a password. With the airport configuration utility I can not get rid of the password, it is mandatory. Therefore somehow there should be a way to set the password that is to be used with raop. Unfortunately I do not know how.

[VLC_help]

Only raop options listed in help file are host and volume. So I don't know if passwords are supported or can VLC use them with raop.

[VLC_help]

Raop password support will hopefully be in 1.1.0
http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/v ... 63000.html

[peterfoliant]

Thank you for your answer. Following the link I see that the password is (based on) a HTTP-password. I have been to the Apple support website and seen that the password (I referred to) is needed for the protection of the settings of the Airport Express basestation. So I am not sure if it is used in the RAOP protocol, because I assume RAOP will not change the settings of the basestation.

[thedzy]

Put this in your default output stream:

# transcode {acodec = alac channels = 2, samplerate = 44100}: raop{host=your_airtunes_ip,volume=255}:display

I have not worked out how to get the video to still display but all audio is routed to the airtunes. If anyone can add to this it would be great.