The sound of silence

Tonight's task was to get Airfoil working with the Mac and Ubuntu machines. This software allows you to play any audio via a Airport Express. Via Airfoil Speakers, you can connect to another computer's speakers as if it were an Airport Express. It's a great idea in theory, but it didn't happen.

As far as I can tell Airfoil is working fine on the Mac and it connects to an Airport Express just fine. I tried Airfoil Speakers Linux and no dice. The remote machine appears in Airfoil but when I connect it crashes. Something is not right with the remote program as well. I can't see any of the text in the menus.

Plan B is to install Wine and try out the Windows version. I don't really have high hopes for this. This isn't a very high priority task, so I'll probably come back to it later.

The Little Things

It isn't much, but I set up a print server on the old Dell. So Now I can print wirelessly from the Mac. This page described what to do exactly. It's actually unsettling how easily this went.

Previously I had been using an Airport Express in this role. I also found a cable to connect the audio output of the Dell to my AV receiver. Everything seems to be working there as well. Eventually I'd like to set up Airfoil Speakers on the Dell so I can relocate the Airport Express to somewhere else.