Streaming To Playmaker.

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Mr 10Percent Posted: Sat, Jan 11 2014 12:17 PM

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Hi,

Been away from it all for a while and my knowledge base has diminished somewhat. I would like to have any opinions people on Beoworld have for the following setup:-

I'm running Beolab 3's from Playmaker. I run Windows 8.1 with Beoplayer (still like it) or WMP12.

Streaming seems to be a dog and all I want to do is connect (preferably) Beoplayer so that everything runs through the PC/Network into the Playmaker. I did similar thing with a Bluetooth Logitech adapter but the quality/dropouts/disconnections was a PIA.

With WMP12, you can select the files to stream - but hardly convenient. I just want to have my entire library ready to source to Playmaker combo. I suspect I need a good Media Streamer/Player or to configure my PC better.

Anything considered provided:-

1. It has Playmaker and is WIN8.1 compatible and relatively simple/reliable

2. Does not have any Apple content.

Thanks

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Millemissen replied on Sat, Jan 11 2014 12:45 PM

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Hi Mr. 10%,

you should be able to use the 'Play To' feature of Windows 8 to stream to the Playmaker.

Have a look at this tutorial:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsappdev/archive/2012/11/16/enabling-great-play-to-experiences-from-your-windows-8-apps-and-websites.aspx

http://pureaudio.hu/downloads/shop/bang-olufsen/181_Playmaker%20Cutsheet.pdf

Greetings Millemissen

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Mr 10Percent replied on Sat, Jan 11 2014 1:00 PM

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Hi MM

Yes indeed, this is possible but requires prior selection of tracks or albums.

I require that the media player streams everything to the Playmaker without selection. i.e. acts as instead as either the PC's loudspeaker or earphone output only.

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Millemissen replied on Sat, Jan 11 2014 1:10 PM

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This is not possible with DLNA.

But you could use AirFoil:

https://www.rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/windows/

to do this with the AirPlay function of the Playmaker.

MM