Who owns an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch and even a MAC computer can take advantage of the functionality of the Apple AirPlay program (formerly called Airtunes) which allows the computer to listen to iPhone music, from the speakers of the Mac, without having to do file transfers. The same thing can also be done using the Windows computer thanks to a small free program that replicates the features of Airplay and allows you to take advantage of the computer speakers to listen to music from iPod or iPhone .
Obviously, this connection is wireless and therefore wireless and wireless.
This function is useful when a friend comes home and wants to listen to the music of his iPhone or iPod or iPad from the PC speakers.
All of this also becomes a good way to hear music from the iPod with the speakers of any computer if you don't intend to buy additional speakers.
Airplay turns the iPhone or iPod into a remote control to use the PC as a stereo.
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Shairport4w does one thing and does it well, it allows the Windows PC to act as an AirPlay receiver .
AirPlay (previously called AirTunes) is a function that allows the computer to stream music played by iPod, iPhone or iPad via wireless connection .
Shareport4w requires that the Apple Bonjour service that is included in Itunes be installed on the computer.
If iTunes is on the Windows computer, Bonjour is active and Shairport4w should do it all on its own.
If Bonjour is not present, the web page will open to download the service from the Apple site.
From the main interface just write the name of the computer and decide whether to keep the program active and hidden or whether to set it to start automatically.
Just launch iTunes on any Apple computer or portable device such as iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch connected to the same wireless network and, in the AirPlay menu, you will be able to see the name used to identify the computer.
On iTunes you can enable AirPlay from the Edit menu -> preferences -> Devices, selecting the Search speakers options ... and allow control of iTunes from remote speakers .
AirPlay on iPhone and iPod Touch is found in the iOS system updated from version 4.2 and on newer devices.
To prevent anyone on the go with an iPhone from playing music from their computer, you can set a login password on Shairport4w.
Shairport4w is a small free, open source and portable application that does not require installation and that works on Windows 7, XP and Vista, both 32-bit and 64-bit.
In another article, an easy solution to share a pc's speakers with other computers without speakers
