re-create-it
04-08-2006, 10:16 PM
I am posting this here as I think my problem may be OS related - but if you know about Airports, please read on! Any pointers appreciated...
I have set up my Airport and it's working. The bit before this is a whole 'nother story about LAN, WPA, paperclips and firmware! However, as of now, I am streaming music into the room directly below me at the moment, no worries.
The next thing I want to do, and the reason I bought this device, is play tunes in the study (from the desktop PC) and the living room (stereo, airport) at the same time. In theory, this is possible but I have a problem that I have yet to read about on the web.
Here's the problem:
Whenever I select BOTH 'My Computer' AND 'Living Room' from the multiple speakers menu, the audio cuts in/out or 'pahses'. It appears that the music is played on one source, then the other, then the first - in an alternate manner, for about 2-3 seconds per burst. Highly frustating.
I have tried all sorts of troubleshooting, even down to reconfiguring my wireless network and closing every single spare app down on the PC (including firewall and virus scanner). No joy.
My desktop machine is an Athlon 3200+, 1GB ram and Windows x64. A fairly quick machine - no resource issues.
Here's where it gets more confusing...
I can connect, using my ancient laptop and wireless card, share the library off the desktop machine and access the airport. Music can be streamed successfully from the desktop hard drive via iTunes on the laptop to the airport AND played on the laptop speakers, at the same time, no problems, no clipping/phasing/dropout, whatever you call it. This is what I am trying to achieve on the desktop.
The wireless network is the same, in fact the desktop is wired into the router. The only difference I can see is the OS:
Desktop - Windows x64
Laptop - Windows 2000
Next troubleshooting step is to dual-boot the desktop with 2000 or XP and see if that fixes it. I find it strange to think that it could be the OS though, went it's doing everything else fine!
Any clues?!
I have set up my Airport and it's working. The bit before this is a whole 'nother story about LAN, WPA, paperclips and firmware! However, as of now, I am streaming music into the room directly below me at the moment, no worries.
The next thing I want to do, and the reason I bought this device, is play tunes in the study (from the desktop PC) and the living room (stereo, airport) at the same time. In theory, this is possible but I have a problem that I have yet to read about on the web.
Here's the problem:
Whenever I select BOTH 'My Computer' AND 'Living Room' from the multiple speakers menu, the audio cuts in/out or 'pahses'. It appears that the music is played on one source, then the other, then the first - in an alternate manner, for about 2-3 seconds per burst. Highly frustating.
I have tried all sorts of troubleshooting, even down to reconfiguring my wireless network and closing every single spare app down on the PC (including firewall and virus scanner). No joy.
My desktop machine is an Athlon 3200+, 1GB ram and Windows x64. A fairly quick machine - no resource issues.
Here's where it gets more confusing...
I can connect, using my ancient laptop and wireless card, share the library off the desktop machine and access the airport. Music can be streamed successfully from the desktop hard drive via iTunes on the laptop to the airport AND played on the laptop speakers, at the same time, no problems, no clipping/phasing/dropout, whatever you call it. This is what I am trying to achieve on the desktop.
The wireless network is the same, in fact the desktop is wired into the router. The only difference I can see is the OS:
Desktop - Windows x64
Laptop - Windows 2000
Next troubleshooting step is to dual-boot the desktop with 2000 or XP and see if that fixes it. I find it strange to think that it could be the OS though, went it's doing everything else fine!
Any clues?!