Airfoil 3.5.2
Released on 7/1/10
- A rare deadlock with Instant Hijack has been fixed, with Instant Hijack 2.2.7
- Other rare deadlocks in Airfoil have been fixed.
- Airfoil Video Player no longer incorrectly appears in the Applications section of the source popup.
- An erroneous 5406 error has been suppressed.
- Airfoil Speakers will now disconnect when its machine is sleeping, so it will be available to take new connections immediately upon wake.
- Overdrive on the Effects window gain control now works properly.
- Airfoil no longer delays sleep.
Airfoil 3.5.1
Released on 4/6/10
- Airfoil now has full support for Airfoil Speakers Touch running on the iPad
- The embedded Perian plugin, part of Airfoil Video Player, has been updated to version 1.2.1.
- Several other minor bugs have been fixed.
Airfoil 3.5
Released on 12/16/09
- Airfoil and EyeTV from Elgato now work great together - when transmitting audio from EyeTV, Airfoil will adjust the local video to play in sync with remote audio!
- Pulling audio from VMWare Fusion or Parallels Desktop is now much simpler - simply set Fusion or Desktop as the source in Airfoil's Source pop-up, and Airfoil will handle the rest.
- A bug where transmitting Front Row without Instant Hijack installed would fail silently, instead of presenting an error, has been fixed.
Airfoil 3.4.3
Released on 11/23/09
- Proper artwork is again sent to Airfoil Speakers Touch on the iPhone and iPod Touch.
- Volume changes are now synchronized in both directions between Airfoil and Airfoil Speakers on all platforms.
- The Instant Hijack component has been updated to version 2.2.6, curing a rarely-seen issue with excessive logging in the kernel log.
- Volume levels now default to 75%, instead of 50%, across the board.
- A potential crash when quitting or disconnecting remote speakers during transmission has been corrected.
- Minor tweaks to several error messages have been made, including selecting Airfoil as its own source, and attempting to pull audio from a source in the Trash.
- Airfoil Speaker's volume slider is now enabled at all times.
- Airfoil Speaker's volume slider now syncs back to the Mac, and saves its settings between launches.
- Several other minor issues and bugs have been addressed.
Airfoil 3.4.2
Released on 11/06/09
- The Instant Hijack component has been updated to 2.2.5, which fixes a rare incompatibility with Adobe Version Cue.
- A bug where the balance slider was shifted all the way left for new users has been corrected.
- Minor tweaks to several error messages have been made.
- Airfoil now sends unfortunately Apple-compliant artwork to the forthcoming Airfoil Speakers Touch 1.0.1.
Airfoil 3.4.1
Released on 10/30/09
- Hijacking of Safari is now much more robust, for non-English systems and cases where Safari is already active.
- Pulling audio from Front Row now works as expected.
- All background processes, including those for such applications as VMWare and Parallels, will now appear when option-clicking the Source menu.
- The Instant Hijack component has been updated to 2.2.4 for improved compatibility.
- Error handling when switching sources while transmitting has been improved.
- If Instant Hijack is not installed, the Dashboard source now correctly prompts to install Instant Hijack, instead of just failing.
- Airfoil no longer incorrectly errors when transmitting a source which is already being hijacked by another Rogue Amoeba product.
Airfoil 3.4
Released on 10/14/09
- The Instant Hijack component, used to capture audio from already-running applications, has been updated to 2.2.3 to fix a crash with quicklookd that could occur on some machines running Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard).
- With the Instant Hijack component installed, hijacking of Safari, QuickTime, and other applications has been improved to not require quitting and relaunching.
- Airfoil now captures audio from sub-processes, improving hijacking of applications like Google Chrome.
- The Radio window, for use with Radioshark USB radios, has been updated and improved.
- Dashboard hijacking is now unified, so all audio from Dashboard is pulled in.
- Airfoil now has a preference for adjusting the local audio output device.
- VoiceOver accessibility support has been improved, as has keyboard navigation.
- The metadata image sent to Apple TV and Airfoil Speakers Touch is now delayed by a few seconds to capture the target application in a more useful state.
- The metadata image sent to Airfoil Speakers Touch is now periodically updated.
- A rare bug causing endless error messages to appear in relation to auto-transmitting has been corrected.
- If Soundflower is not installed, Airfoil now properly remembers the System Audio source when it requests an installation.
- Airfoil can now better detect broken Soundflower installs and offer to reinstall.
- Software update now includes anonymous data about appliaction sources.
- Airfoil Video Player now accepts drags from iTunes into an AVP window.
- Audio sources can now be switched while transmitting, without needing to dis- and re-connect.
Airfoil 3.3.4
Released on 9/23/09
- The Instant Hijack component, used to capture audio from already-running applications, has been updated to 2.2.2 to fix an extremely rare crash.
- Audio synchronization with the Apple TV has been improved.
- The correct computer image from Mac OS X 10.6 is now properly sent to Apple TV and Airfoil Speakers Touch.
- A rare crash in the network listener setup code has been fixed in both Airfoil and Airfoil Speakers.
- An issue with stale Bonjour records causing an endless cascade of errors has been fixed.
- A bizarre bug causing licenses keys containing the sequence "2222" to be rejected has been fixed.
Airfoil 3.3.3
Released on 8/28/09
- Airfoil is now fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard).
- Airfoil now uses Instant Hijack 2.2 to capture audio from already-running applications.
- The Soundflower Extra, used to power System Audio capture, has been updated to version 1.5.1.
- Software update check now sends the processor architecture to the server.
- Airfoil Video Player now displays proper colors during DVD playback on Mac OS X 10.6.
- The Mute menu item in Airfoil Speakers now properly restores output to the previous volume level, instead of always restoring to full volume.
- The artwork Airfoil sends to Airfoil Speakers Touch now updates periodically.
- Airfoil Speakers now has a preference for adjusting the local audio output device.
Airfoil 3.3.2
Released on 7/19/09
- Airfoil is again fully compatible with Safari on Mac OS X 10.4.
- An incompatibility with the Valgrind debugging suite has been fixed.
- Airfoil now better handles hijacking of applications in the Trash, and defaults to a smarter location when choosing "Other Application..."
- Airfoil now displays a more helpful error when blocked by a local firewall.
- Airfoil Speakers now displays a more helpful error when synchronization information is blocked by a firewall.
- Airfoil Speakers now works correctly in Snow Leopard, fixing an issue with audio decoding
- A font issue with the Source menu has been corrected.
Airfoil 3.3.1
Released on 6/24/09
- Airfoil is now compatible with AirPort Express 7.4.2 firmware and Apple TV 2.4 firmware.
- Airfoil no longer works around firewalls by sending an initial fake timing packet
- The auto-transmit checkbox in Preferences now behaves properly with disappearing speakers.
- Issues with deadlocked speaker threads, caused by setting metadata on disconnected speakers, have been resolved.
- Multiple Airfoil Video Player issues have been corrected, including bad player state when a new movie is dragged in and the jumping playhead slider. The volume settings and position indicators are also now properly handled when dragging in a new movie.
Airfoil 3.3
Released on 4/17/09
- Airfoil now supports Airfoil Speakers for iPhone - transmit audio to your iPhone or iPod Touch!
- Airfoil Speakers has been updated with several improvements
- CPU usage when "Computer" speaker is not in use has been reduced.
- Airfoil automatically reconnects to speakers if they disappear from the network but reappear within 15 seconds.
- Icons for late-2008 MacBook and MacBook Pro models are now included.
- The Volume Up/Down menu items are now enabled when "Link Volume to System" is selected (using them will un-link the volume).
- Audio synchronization when transmitting to an Apple TV has been improved slightly.
- AppleScript support for FM tuning of RadioSharks has been fixed.
- Airfoil now includes Soundflower 1.4.2, which fixes an issue where System Audio could prevent RealPlayer 11 from launching.
- Airfoil now includes Instant Hijack 2.1.1, which fixes a crash in 64-bit processes with a large number of command-line arguments.
- Hijacker compatibility has been improved, with several applications added to the automatic MegaMix-mode list.
- The license window displays purchase date extracted from the registration code.
- Registration information is now written to disk immediately after entering it.
- The application's name and version shown in registration window.
- Holding Option and Shift while selecting About Airfoil will now bring up the debugger window.
- A bug where Airfoil could freeze when the Mac was woken from sleep has been fixed.
- A sensible error is now shown when connecting to remote speakers with an incorrect password.
- Two small AirTunes protocol bugs were corrected.
- A crash when debug logging was enabled while connecting to an Apple TV has been fixed.
- If the "Remember Password" box was checked but the remembered password was incorrect, Airfoil now prompts immediately for a password
- Airfoil no longer shows Dashboard group in source popup by default.
- The hijacker quit retry timeout has been increased.
- Airfoil Speakers now shows the name of the audio source being transmitted, when receiving from latest Airfoil.
- Airfoil Speakers now has a Mute menu item.
- Airfoil Speakers' status text displayed when waiting for a connection was changed.
- Airfoil Video Player has slightly improved audio/video synchronization during DVD playback.
- Airfoil Video Player now has the ability to choose the language when viewing multilingual QuickTime files.
- Airfoil Video Player now has an explicit error message when opening QuickTime files which have DRM.
- Airfoil Video Player now includes Perian 1.1.3.
- Airfoil Video Player now properly synchronizes the volume bar between full-screen and regular modes.
Airfoil 3.2.7
Released on 3/4/09
- Airfoil now (again) works correctly with attached RadioSharks on older machines.
- Mac OS X 10.4: Again shipping with Soundflower 1.3.1 for Tiger, due to incompatibilities with newer Soundflower versions.
Airfoil 3.2.6
Released on 2/22/09
- Airfoil Speakers has been updated to correct an issue with receiving audio on PowerPC machines.
- A handful of minor bug fixes and improvements are also included.
Airfoil 3.2.5
Released on 2/20/09
- Airfoil Speakers has been updated with several improvements
- Now includes Soundflower 1.4.2, with several bug fixes.
- Now uses Instant Hijack 2.1.1, fixing a crashing bug with 64-bit processes.
- Airfoil Video Player has been updated to include version 1.1.3 of the Perian playback engine, as well as provide minor improvements to DVD playback
- Airfoil now pulls audio properly from several troublesome applications, including Songbird.
- Reduced CPU usage when "Computer" speaker is not in use.
- Automatically reconnects to speakers if they disappear from the network but reappear within a few seconds.
- Added icons for late-2008 MacBook and MacBook Pro models.
- Volume up/down menu items are now enabled when "Link Volume to System" is selected (using them will un-link the volume).
- Slightly improved audio synchronization when transmitting to an Apple TV.
- Fixed AppleScript support for FM tuning of RadioSharks.
- License window displays purchase date extracted from registration code.
- Registration information is now written to disk immediately after entering it.
- Application name and version are now shown in the registration window.
- A bug where Airfoil could freeze when the Mac was woken from sleep was fixed.
- Now shows a sensible error when connecting to remote speakers with an incorrect password.
- Two small AirTunes protocol bugs were corrected.
- A crash when debug logging was enabled while connecting to an Apple TV was fixed.
- Airfoil now prompts immediately for a password if the "Remember Password" box was checked but the remembered password was incorrect.
- The Dashboard group in the source popup is now off by default.
- Airfoil no longer confusingly indicates if a given output is digital or not.
- Airfoil Speakers: The name of the audio source being transmitted is now shown.
- Airfoil Speakers: The Airfoil Speakers menu now has a Mute option.
- Airfoil Speakers: The status text displayed when waiting for a connection has been updated.
- Airfoil Video Player: When viewing multilingual QT files, the desired language can now be selected.
- Airfoil Video Player: AVP now shows a proper error message when attempting to open DRMed files.
Airfoil 3.2.1
Released on 7/16/08
- AFS: Fixed regression where spectrum meters would not display
- Hijacking: Instant Hijack updated to 2.1, with 64-bit hijacking support. Also fixes crashing bugs on G3/G4s
- Hijacking: Fixed long-standing bug where hijacker would cause audio skips when under heavy CPU load
- Hijacking: When in MegaMix mode, Effects will now correctly play through
- Hijacking: Fixed regression where Exclude List would not be honored
- Effects: Balance no longer Pans, but properly Balances
- Other: Many memory leak fixes
- Other: Updated to Sparkle 1.5b
- Other: Fixed a warning when AppleScript dictionary was loaded
Airfoil 3.2
Released on 5/22/08
- Improved support for 802.11n AirPort Express units,including better synchronization, and full password support
- Support for remote control of iTunes and QuickTime, via AppleTV Remote and Keyspan's Express Remote
- Airfoil: Various tweaks to improve streaming
- Airfoil: No longer incorrectly prevents sleep when idle
- Airfoil Video Player: Can now open VIDEO_TS folders
- Instant Hijack: Now no longer fails to load if / has incorrect permissions
- Instant Hijack: Bug where Exclude List would not be honored fixed
- System Audio: Added "Include Alert Sounds" option
- Effects: Balance now correctly behaves like Balance (instead of Pan)
Airfoil 3.1.3
Released on 3/19/08
- Includes Instant Hijack 2.0.3, to fix an incompatibility between Apple Security Update 2008-002 on Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and the Instant Hijack component, which caused ssh and related commands to crash.
Airfoil 3.1.2
Released on 3/18/08
- Setting a source via drag and drop now adds it to the list of 5 most recent apps
- Added master "On" checkbox to Effects window
- Fixed hang on hijacker failure or cancellation when
Airfoil 3.1.1
Released on 3/7/08
- Setting a source via drag and drop now adds it to the list of 5 most recent apps
- Added master "On" checkbox to Effects window
- Fixed hang on hijacker failure or cancellation when transmitting to the Apple TV
- Fixed issue with trying multiple addresses during connection
- Replaced (password required) text with a lock icon for passworded remote speakers
- No longer uses APE or APELite in any form
- Fixed hijacking of applications using garbage collection
- Fixed rare System Audio failure when using Computer speaker
Airfoil 3.1
Released on 2/20/08
- Includes Instant Hijack 2.0.2, with improved PowerPC support
- Includes Soundflower 1.3.1, with improved muting support and fixes for PowerPC issues
- Added support for AppleTV
- Local playback honors preferred output channels
- Improved hijacking of Front Row
- Improved reliability of audio playback on low-end machines and under heavy load
- Icons for Airfoil Speakers for Windows, Linux
- Fixes local playback when using System Audio
- Fixes DVD playback incompatibility with 10.5.2
- Mute menu item now checked when muted
- Speakers now sorted more sensibly
- Speaker menu item shortcuts now start with Command-1
- Improved DVD playback smoothness for PAL DVDs
- Improved reliability when connecting to remote speakers
- Improved hijacking of Safari and PandoraJam
Airfoil 3.0.2
Released on 2/8/08
- Includes Instant Hijack 2.0.1, now works with Skype and fixes a bug where it would fail to load
- Includes Soundflower 1.3 which allows changing the volume
- Airfoil Video Player: Fixed discolored and improperly sized DVDs, also supports PAL DVDs
- Airfoil Video Player: Fixed blacked out movies with .srt files, subtitles now function correctly
- Airfoil Video Player: Includes Perian 1.1
- Now supports IPv6 and is more robust when connecting to remote speakers
- Better synchronization for local playback when using System Audio
- Now correctly tracks output device changes
Airfoil 3.0.1
Released on 1/14/08
- New Welcome windows for Airfoil and Airfoil Speakers
- Better handling for old AirPort Express firmware
- Better handling for firewalls
- Minor error handling improvements for DVD playback
- Many other minor fixes
Airfoil 3.0
Released on 1/10/08
- Full Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Support
- Updated interface and improved connectivity
- Airfoil Speakers - Play audio to remote Macs
- Airfoil Video Player - Playing back local video with remote audio
- Many other updates
Airfoil 2.1 Preview
Released on 10/24/07
- Various bug fixes and improvements for Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
- Instant Hijack 1.5 (Currently only for Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger))
- Hijacking: Now supports MultiHijack (hijacking the same program more than once)
- Hijacking: Improved MegaMix options
- Hijacking: Mute now supported in MegaMix mode
- Other: Revised Help menu
- Other: Now requires Mac OS X 10.4+
Airfoil 2.0.8
Released on 7/11/07
- Now accepts TX40- license key prefix
- No longer improperly accepts HLFZ- prefix
Airfoil 2.0.7
Released on 4/17/07
- Improved connection reliability
- Now includes SoundFlower 1.2.1
- Improved error reporting on failed connections
- Updated to RASN2 License Key System
Airfoil 2.0.6
Released on 2/1/07
- Now includes SmartCrashReporter 1.2.1
- More robust connection opening
- Now supports connections over IPv6
- Increased network timeout limit
- Fixed CPU usage bug where the EQ would consume large amounts of processor time
- Improved behavior of the Mute menu item
- AppleScript now allows the audio source to be dynamically switched
Airfoil 2.0.5
Released on 10/8/06
- Fixed bug causing some audio to skip
- Fixed bug where transmissions would fail to initiate
Airfoil 2.0.4
Released on 10/5/06
- MegaMix Mode Auto-enabled for web browsers and VOIP
- Improved RadioShark support
- RadioShark 2 Support
- Miscellaneous bug fixes
- Fixed bug where Airfoil would refuse to Quit
- Other minor fixes
- Updated Instant Hijack to v1.4
- Updated Soundflower to v1.2
- New About Box
Airfoil 2.0.3
Released on 6/5/06
- Audio Sources can now be changed on-the-fly
- Optional Minimize To Menu Bar preference, to place Airfoil in the Menu Bar instead of the Dock (OS X 10.4 only)
- Updated to Instant Hijack 1.3.3 with full Intel Chip-Based Mac (ICBM) support
- Updated to Smart Crash Reports 1.2 with full ICBM support
- Updated to Application Enhancers 2
Airfoil 2.0.2
Released on 3/13/06
- Official Intel Chip-Based Mac (ICBM) support
- Can now pull audio from applications running under Rosetta emulation
- Smart Crash Reports version 1.1 beta 1
- Updated to Instant Hijack Server 1.3.2 (PPC Only)
- Volume menu items now adjust relatively
- RadioShark tuning now closer to offical Griffin tuning
- Now properly alerts when noise is overlaid, in unregistered mode
- Improved orderly disconnects
- Better handling when sleep occurs
- More widget hijacking bug fixes
Airfoil 2.0.1
Released on 1/20/06
- Airfoil is now a Universal Build, working on Intel Macs
- Fixed rare audio Effects bug, where effects had no effect
- Widget hijacking bug fixes
- RadioShark tuning tweaks
- Audio Devices no longer incorrectly revert to "Default System" anymore
- Now requires 10.3.9
Airfoil 2.0
Released on 1/7/06
- Full overhaul - it's all new!
Airfoil 1.0.6
Released on 8/11/05
- Fixed bug with unexplained lost connections
- Fixed bug with systems where IPv6 is enabled
- Fixed compatibility bug with some machines running AirPort 4.2
Airfoil 1.0.5
Released on 4/21/05
- Dock menu additions
- Preferences additions (Start transmit on launch)
- Now supports D&D of apps into window
- Updates to fix broken zeroconf names
- Improved compatibility of 'Link to System Volume'
- Now watches for QuickTime 6.5.1 (required)
- Ceases transmit on machine sleep.
- More fixing of audio droputs
- Fixed a bug where a device would be mistakenly thought to be password protected
- Improved exception logging
Airfoil 1.0.1
Released on 3/4/05
- Now properly opens application window when clicked in Dock
- Bug Fix: Sample rate bug (causing audio speed-ups and slow-downs)
- Bug Fix: 'Internal Error' objectAtIndex
- Bug Fix: Connection issues
Airfoil 1.0
Released on 3/1/05
- First release - it's all new.