From my desktop PC (Windows 7) I'm running iTunes over Airplay - either wireless to the speaker, or (as Airplay sometimes drops out) to the Airport Express, which has a cabled connection to the PC and also is hooked up to the speaker from its own sound output. I don't have the speaker hooked up to the PC's normal sound out, as I have other speakers for that (which allows me to hear what comes out from the PC on the PC speakers, while having iTunes play on the Airplay speaker).
This has worked for years, but after being away from my PC for two weeks it has stopped working. Specifically, when pressing the Airplay logo in iTunes, I have my normal 3 speaker options:
My Computer (which is the output for my PC speakers, which I don't want to use for this)
My A7 (wireless Airplay)
My AEX (my Airport Express)
At the moment 'My Computer' is the chosen output, and no matter which of the other two options I try to select, it won't change the output. I can click them, but it 'doesn't take' - nothing happens - same if I try the 'Multiple Speakers' setting - I won't allow me to change from or add to the 'My Computer' output.
I've restarted the Airport Express, restarted and re-added the Airplay speaker to my wi-fi network (it can still receive music from my phone over Airplay just fine), reinstalled iTunes (I use an older version for reasons, but it has worked for years). I also tried an earlier restore point in Windows, from when it worked normally, but that didn't work either. And I've tried disabling the firewall.
I also followed the suggestions here https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5345005 with no change (even though that seemed to be more about the Airplay logo missing than my specific issue).
From my research of this, I've also come across suggestions of switching from "Direct Sound" to "Windows Audio Session" in iTunes (as mentioned here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6811403 ) - but that "Play Audio Using" option under Edit>Preferences>Playback is missing from my iTunes! (Of course, I don't know if it was ever there, in the iTunes 10 version I've used for years - problem free, until now.)
I've re-installed my iTunes twice now and reset the Airport Express, seems like the problem must be somewhere else.
If anyone have any ideas it would be much appreciated!
tl;dr: What on a Win 7 PC could have changed so it's no longer possible to change the audio output in iTunes, even though the options still show up.
This has worked for years, but after being away from my PC for two weeks it has stopped working. Specifically, when pressing the Airplay logo in iTunes, I have my normal 3 speaker options:
My Computer (which is the output for my PC speakers, which I don't want to use for this)
My A7 (wireless Airplay)
My AEX (my Airport Express)
At the moment 'My Computer' is the chosen output, and no matter which of the other two options I try to select, it won't change the output. I can click them, but it 'doesn't take' - nothing happens - same if I try the 'Multiple Speakers' setting - I won't allow me to change from or add to the 'My Computer' output.
I've restarted the Airport Express, restarted and re-added the Airplay speaker to my wi-fi network (it can still receive music from my phone over Airplay just fine), reinstalled iTunes (I use an older version for reasons, but it has worked for years). I also tried an earlier restore point in Windows, from when it worked normally, but that didn't work either. And I've tried disabling the firewall.
I also followed the suggestions here https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5345005 with no change (even though that seemed to be more about the Airplay logo missing than my specific issue).
From my research of this, I've also come across suggestions of switching from "Direct Sound" to "Windows Audio Session" in iTunes (as mentioned here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6811403 ) - but that "Play Audio Using" option under Edit>Preferences>Playback is missing from my iTunes! (Of course, I don't know if it was ever there, in the iTunes 10 version I've used for years - problem free, until now.)
I've re-installed my iTunes twice now and reset the Airport Express, seems like the problem must be somewhere else.
If anyone have any ideas it would be much appreciated!
tl;dr: What on a Win 7 PC could have changed so it's no longer possible to change the audio output in iTunes, even though the options still show up.
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