Mac OSX Lion Itunes Airplay

[iprince]

Got the same issue described above - boxee shows in airplay devices on iTunes, but it cannot be activated. I'm running lion with iTunes (not beta).
Installed Airfoil and got it working that way. tested iTunes & spotify. Reemote for Airfoil is an option for a remote control from iPhone (display song info and artwork, controls volume, play/pause, next/prev song on iTunes and spotify)

[ChazMichaels]

I was able to get iTunes to stream to the boxee box using Airplay on a Mac OSX Snow Leopard machine. I'm hoping someone more computer savvy than myself may be able to interpret why this is necessary but through various searches for non-boxee box airplay problems I came up with this:
1) Open System Preferences -> Network -> Advanced -> TCP/IP
2) Set 'Configure IPv6' to 'Off'
3) Open iTunes -> Preferences -> Devices
4) Turn on 'Allow iTunes audio control from remote speakers'

After closing iTunes and reopening. I started a song, and then selected 'boxee' from the Airplay selection, iTunes said 'Connecting to boxee', Boxee box stopped what it was doing, went to the audio screen and said 'Streaming', then the song started playing.

To say this was finicky may be an understatement, the box crashed several times when trying a couple of different things. Generally worked when all I was trying to do was play a song. I tried turning Configure IPv6 back to 'Automatic' and it wouldn't connect.

Not sure what any of this means, but maybe some other people can play with it and figure out what needs to be done or bugs that may be present with the box.

[scamit]

I tried this method for iTunes on Lion and did not work.

I was able to get iTunes to stream to the boxee box using Airplay on a Mac OSX Snow Leopard machine. I'm hoping someone more computer savvy than myself may be able to interpret why this is necessary but through various searches for non-boxee box airplay problems I came up with this:
1) Open System Preferences -> Network -> Advanced -> TCP/IP
2) Set 'Configure IPv6' to 'Off'
3) Open iTunes -> Preferences -> Devices
4) Turn on 'Allow iTunes audio control from remote speakers'

After closing iTunes and reopening. I started a song, and then selected 'boxee' from the Airplay selection, iTunes said 'Connecting to boxee', Boxee box stopped what it was doing, went to the audio screen and said 'Streaming', then the song started playing.

To say this was finicky may be an understatement, the box crashed several times when trying a couple of different things. Generally worked when all I was trying to do was play a song. I tried turning Configure IPv6 back to 'Automatic' and it wouldn't connect.

Not sure what any of this means, but maybe some other people can play with it and figure out what needs to be done or bugs that may be present with the box.

[iprince]

Thanks!
Worked for me using Lion and iTunes 10.4 (not beta). I now stream using iTunes.
However, Lion doesn't give you the option to turn off IPV6 using the system preferences. You should edit /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist and change the IPv6 ConfigMethod's string to __INACTIVE__ manually for the appropriate adapter:
<key>IPv6</key>
<dict>
<key>ConfigMethod</key>
string>__INACTIVE__</string>
</dict>

Save the file and restart *both* your boxee and mac. This will turn IPV6 off and will solve the issue.

I was able to get iTunes to stream to the boxee box using Airplay on a Mac OSX Snow Leopard machine. I'm hoping someone more computer savvy than myself may be able to interpret why this is necessary but through various searches for non-boxee box airplay problems I came up with this:
1) Open System Preferences -> Network -> Advanced -> TCP/IP
2) Set 'Configure IPv6' to 'Off'
3) Open iTunes -> Preferences -> Devices
4) Turn on 'Allow iTunes audio control from remote speakers'

After closing iTunes and reopening. I started a song, and then selected 'boxee' from the Airplay selection, iTunes said 'Connecting to boxee', Boxee box stopped what it was doing, went to the audio screen and said 'Streaming', then the song started playing.

To say this was finicky may be an understatement, the box crashed several times when trying a couple of different things. Generally worked when all I was trying to do was play a song. I tried turning Configure IPv6 back to 'Automatic' and it wouldn't connect.

Not sure what any of this means, but maybe some other people can play with it and figure out what needs to be done or bugs that may be present with the box.

[stevo81989]

Huh...the only way that makes sense is if airplay for some reason prefers to send data out IPv6 first and then out IPv4. The beauty of IPv6 is that it has an ip address (the link local) address already configured. If you are on the same subnetwork you can ping and send data to any machine running ipv6 even without dhcp or a router accepting ipv6 transmissions. The IPv6 header is much more efficient (although much larger). It also has built in ipsec encryption...

So maybe airplay prefers sending on IPv6 before it sends IPv4 and Boxee is set to receive in IPv4??? I dont know, im just fishin here.

Thanks!
Worked for me using Lion and iTunes 10.4 (not beta). I now stream using iTunes.
However, Lion doesn't give you the option to turn off IPV6 using the system preferences. You should edit /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist and change the IPv6 ConfigMethod's string to __INACTIVE__ manually for the appropriate adapter:
<key>IPv6</key>
<dict>
<key>ConfigMethod</key>
string>__INACTIVE__</string>
</dict>

Save the file and restart *both* your boxee and mac. This will turn IPV6 off and will solve the issue.

[iprince]

I'm still having issues with the box freezing when i disable the stream, then enable it again. need to restart the box.
I'm not having those issues when I use Airfoil to stream the iTunes app, instead of directly streaming it.

And maybe I should mention:
1. My mac is on a wired connection while my Boxee is on a wireless connection (same network).
2. I've tried other IPv6 config options using the system preferences dialog but nothing worked except manually editing the plist file and setting it to disabled.

[scamit]

Wow, just turned off IPv6 via plist and it works fine now. Thanks bud!

Thanks!
Worked for me using Lion and iTunes 10.4 (not beta). I now stream using iTunes.
However, Lion doesn't give you the option to turn off IPV6 using the system preferences. You should edit /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist and change the IPv6 ConfigMethod's string to __INACTIVE__ manually for the appropriate adapter:
<key>IPv6</key>
<dict>
<key>ConfigMethod</key>
string>__INACTIVE__</string>
</dict>

Save the file and restart *both* your boxee and mac. This will turn IPV6 off and will solve the issue.

[scamit]

Im just finding that the audio will drop for like 0.5 seconds, happens about 4-5 times during a 4 minute song. Tried various different mp3s with different bitrates, same issue.

Wow, just turned off IPv6 via plist and it works fine now. Thanks bud!

[Lukecro]

Using iTunes 10.4 on Snow Leopard (I'm probably not upgrading to Lion until tomorrow), I too see Boxee listed as compatible Airport Express speakers in iTunes Airplay options. However, like everyone else here, I'm not able to actually select Boxee from the Airplay list.

I also tried Airfoil 3.5.6 (Airfoil used to be one of my favorite apps, but I haven't needed it much since Apple introduced Airplay, so I haven't bothered to upgrade to Airfoil 4) . . . Sounds like some people are having luck with getting Airfoil to send audio from a Mac to the Boxee Box, but so far it's not working for me. Just like Airplay, Airfoil shows Boxee as being an available speaker, but when I select it nothing much happens -- it tries to connect, but then it times out.

However, I'm maxing out my network with downloads right now, so maybe it's partly a network issue. I'll test again later when the network isn't as busy. Or maybe it's an issue with Airfoil 3.5 -- is it possible that Airfoil 4 is needed?

I also haven't tried turning off IPV6 yet -- I figure that's a last resort workaround. Maybe later.

All that aside, I'm LOVING Boxee's "experimental" Airplay support -- and I hope they keep experimenting with it and Apple doesn't squash their attempts at making Boxee Airplay/Airtunes compatible.

Although a bit buggy (some freezes, some audio drop-outs), the iPhone-to-Boxee part of the Airplay functionality is really awesome. Whether it's an Internet file/stream on my iPhone or a local photo/video/music file on my iPhone, I'm able to quickly toss it onto my TV via Boxee with click on the Airplay button on my i-Device; create music-backed photo slideshows on the fly; shoot a quick video and then toss it to the TV screen. So friggin' cool. No Apple TV needed, when you've got Boxee

[SleazyC]

I'm able to get Airplay on my MBP (Early 2011) running Lion working using Airfoil. Audio is a bit glitchy at times (pops and crackles) and I've run into the Airplay connection just dying after 2-3 songs played at times.

Even with all that this is some incredibly cool functionality and I hope the Boxee team pursues development on it.