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And the other protocols, like Spotify Connect, Chromecast etc, just send the URL of the stream and make the speakers themselves handle it. It's such a better ap
by dbbk 8y ago
And the other protocols, like Spotify Connect, Chromecast etc, just send the URL of the stream and make the speakers themselves handle it. It's such a better approach that I'm baffled AirPlay 2 still has not adopted it.
- asadlionpk 8y agoDoesn't that mean speakers open a separate request, consuming double the bandwidth. I just remember that chromecast's protocol was actually unusable on a slower connection.
- millstone 8y agoHow does this work if the stream isn't a URL? I often use AirPlay with files on my password-protected SMB share.
- dbbk 8y agoIt could fallback to the current behaviour just fine.
- tinus_hn 8y agoOf course AirPlay and AirPlay 2 support this, if the application sending audio supports it. The problem is synchronizing the streams, not the bandwidth used by an MP3.