Once again I’m trying to go from the Airfoil to the Airfoil Pro Plug-in. I just got a new MacMini which brings me to Mojave. I’d rather not be, but I have no choice. I’m stuck on Indigo 7.1.1 because 7.2 brakes the old Airfoil plug-in. When it came time to renew my Indigo subscription I tried to see if some one could translate one of my Airfoil routines to an Airfoil pro routine to do the same thing. I use Apple script. The only thing I heard was how bad apple script was and that it would go away in future OS’s. OK, fine, then how do I get the same results using Airfoil Pro? I didn’t renew my subscription because why should I pay a yearly subscription when I’m locked into 7.1.1? I don’t really need Prism. Since moving to Mojave it seems that every day a schedule (never the same one) doesn’t run as planned, never had that problem with the old computer (High Sierra, going on a week with the new system). Maybe it’s just a coincidence, but I’m thinking that 7.2 might fix that which 7.2 isn’t an option without Airfoil Pro. So once again I’m wading through the directions trying to get Airfoil Pro to do what works flawlessly with Airfoil. I would probably renew my subscription if I weren’t land locked in 7.1.1.
In the directions it says, “Note: this plugin requires v1.5 or later of the Airfoil API. This was delivered in Airfoil 5 . . .” I’m running Airfoil 5.8.6. Is the API within the app or is this a separate file? I only have an Airfoil and Airfoil Satellite files in what I got from Rogue Amoeba. I went on their site to see if there was an API file and couldn’t find one. Is this something that I’m missing?
I hit new in the home window. On the Create New Device window under type, I select Airfoil Pro which brings up the Add Airfoil Instance dialog. My only option as an instance is my computer name. OK, now what? I have no image files and I’m not using iTunes. Here is a routine that if I can translate it to Airfoil pro maybe I can get everything else over to it.
I use:
Airfoil 5.8.6
Play Sound
Phillips AD7000W/37 Fidelio SoundAvia WiFi Speaker
At 6 PM to denote coming out of Peak Electric time so the house can come back to life, Westminster Chimes Play from an .aif file first on the computer then on the WiFi Speaker.
The 6PM Action:
Airfoil changes audio source to indigoserver
apple script has Play Sound play the .aif file which plays on the computer.
Then Airfoil changes the audio source to Play Sound
apple script plays the .aif file which plays the WiFi speaker.
As archaic as apple script is, this has worked for years. I’ve tried to use Airfoil Pro since it first came out. Every time I read through the setup my eyes roll into the back of my head. I’m not computer illiterate, I’ve been using computers since the first home computers came out (Interact was my first computer, then Commodore, Amiga, Mac and unfortunately windoze) I’ve designed and built TV studios and edit suites, I can handle complicated but Airfoil Pro . . .
Can someone please tell me how to engineer this simple 6PM Action in Airfoil Pro. Am I missing the API file? Do I need to use iTunes? If so does it need to be up and running all the time? Basically at such and such time or at such and such trigger I need to play (however needs to be) an .aif file to the computer and to the WiFi speaker. Hey, maybe Airfoil Pro can play both places at the same time! That would be wonderful but so far, in as long as pro has been out there, I haven’t gotten it to play anywhere.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.