Thanks, Herman. I'm doin' the former, with A running iTunes accessing the shared library. I did have some dropout problems one afternoon, but otherwise it's been really good. Maybe I'll start to understand this one o' these days.
Floatin' along the iTunes stream until ...
I realize that there's something absolutely fundamental that I don't understand. Suppose you've imported your music (using iTunes) on Computer X, and that you access that remote library (again, using iTunes) from another computer. (Let's call that one Computer A.) The whole operation is wireless, with an AirPort Express (functioning in client mode) on an AirPort Extreme network. (An optical cable goes from the Express to a DAC.)
OK, that much I know. But what I don't get is this: As I run the show from Computer A, picking songs, etc., is the music streaming from Computer X to the AirPort Express, or is it somehow coming first to this computer (the one issuing the instructions) and then onto the AirPort Express.
I asked a few days ago about which Mac to use as a music server. In contemplating the considered replies to that query, I realized that there was this real hole in my understanding.
If anyone can straighten out my confusion on this matter, I'd much appreciate it.
Thanks.
Howard
OK, that much I know. But what I don't get is this: As I run the show from Computer A, picking songs, etc., is the music streaming from Computer X to the AirPort Express, or is it somehow coming first to this computer (the one issuing the instructions) and then onto the AirPort Express.
I asked a few days ago about which Mac to use as a music server. In contemplating the considered replies to that query, I realized that there was this real hole in my understanding.
If anyone can straighten out my confusion on this matter, I'd much appreciate it.
Thanks.
Howard