AIRPLAY OVER MULTIROOM

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By accident I found the following page: 

In the app, select a product, chose Configure , Settings, Beolink, Sound Synchronization

There you will see the check box for enabling AirPlay to be distributed via NL

After that:

You can distribute the airplayed sound (from the Core) either through the ‘Join’ function on the BS35 respectively the ‘Join’ command from a B&O remote to the device.....

......or you you can add the device to the ongoing session in the multiroom section of the Bang & Olufsen app.

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

Millemissen wrote:

After that:

You can distribute the airplayed sound (from the Core) either through the ‘Join’ function on the BS35 respectively the ‘Join’ command from a B&O remote to the device.....

......or you you can add the device to the ongoing session in the multiroom section of the Bang & Olufsen app.

MM

There is a tv - and there is a BV.

That’s great. Unfortunately, it doesn’t allow to mix an AP multi-room with an NL multi-room though (given required delay to activate above feature.

Maybe B&O will add a feature to “tap” to join AP streams. This would solve my issue not being able to use “old” B&O through APE in multi-room whole maintaining the “tap to join” feature for new speakers.
steve1977 wrote:

That’s great. Unfortunately, it doesn’t allow to mix an AP multi-room with an NL multi-room though (given required delay to activate above feature.

Maybe B&O will add a feature to “tap” to join AP streams. This would solve my issue not being able to use “old” B&O through APE in multi-room whole maintaining the “tap to join” feature for new speakers.

You can tap to join other B&O NL products to an Airplay stream happening elsewhere

For example, I often Airplay to my A9, and then tap to join my BS2, or either of my BV'S

By APE, do you mean Airport Express? In which case, is it software updated to AP2?

Anyway, you should be able to do what you are describing that you want
Sandyb wrote:

You can tap to join other B&O NL products to an Airplay stream happening elsewhere

For example, I often Airplay to my A9, and then tap to join my BS2, or either of my BV'S

By APE, do you mean Airport Express? In which case, is it software updated to AP2?

Anyway, you should be able to do what you are describing that you want

I don’t think i can, but wish i’m wrong.

Yes, APE is updated to AP2. I can play to an APE and a BS1 in-sync. But only as soon as i disable the feature that allows AP to be distributed via NL. Enabling this feature introduces a delay. So, AP2 to BS1 ans APE only works as long as i disable this feature :(

The choice is yours!

You can not mix AirPlay2 and the BeoLink distribution of an airplay session.

Find out, what suits you best.......probably AP2 as long as you depend on having the APE in the setup.

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

Millemissen wrote:

The choice is yours!

You can not mix AirPlay2 and the BeoLink distribution of an airplay session.

Find out, what suits you best.......probably AP2 as long as you depend on having the APE in the setup.

MM

There is a tv - and there is a BV.

My preferred scenario would be AP2 with B&O supporting “join” :)

Maybe I dont understand.

What is your APE connected to?

Surely the easy use case is to Airplay to an Airplay 2 enabled B&O speaker, and then just tap to join (or use the app) to ad other B&O NL speakers.

Its worked for me for ages, and no delay - or nothing obvious.

Anyway, perhaps I'm not quite clear on what you're trying do exactly, an your exact setup.

 

 

steve1977 wrote:
Sandyb wrote:

 

You can tap to join other B&O NL products to an Airplay stream happening elsewhere

 

 

For example, I often Airplay to my A9, and then tap to join my BS2, or either of my BV'S

 

 

By APE, do you mean Airport Express? In which case, is it software updated to AP2?

 

 

Anyway, you should be able to do what you are describing that you want

 

 

 

I don’t think i can, but wish i’m wrong.

 

 

Yes, APE is updated to AP2. I can play to an APE and a BS1 in-sync. But only as soon as i disable the feature that allows AP to be distributed via NL. Enabling this feature introduces a delay. So, AP2 to BS1 ans APE only works as long as i disable this feature :(

 

steve1977 wrote:
Millemissen wrote:

 

The choice is yours!

 

You can not mix AirPlay2 and the BeoLink distribution of an airplay session.

 

Find out, what suits you best.......probably AP2 as long as you depend on having the APE in the setup.

 

MM

 

There is a tv - and there is a BV.

 

 

 

My preferred scenario would be AP2 with B&O supporting “join” :)

I am with you 100% here, Steve. With the very limited input options currently offered natively by B&O, it seems counterintuitive that an Airplay source played to one speaker cannot be transported via B&O Multiroom to other NL speakers.

I hate to draw the Sonos-card, but they manage this functionality very well. NO LAGS. 

For me as an Apple Music user, my preferred use case would be Airplay 2 to, eg., my Beosound 1 and a distribution of that sound via NL Multiroom to everywhere else in the house in perfect sync. Why shouldn't it be possible?

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