Shairport4w

Shairport4w is a lightweight AirPlay emulator able to stream music between your PC and iPod, iPad or iPhone wirelessly.

Apple’s proprietary suite, AirPlay, is used for streaming your iTunes media library from your PC or Mac to your iPhone, iPod or iPad, as well as speakers and AV receivers.

The tool comes in a portable package which can be deployed on your system without having to go through installation steps. Plus, your Windows registry doesn’t get bloated with unnecessary entries.

You may copy the program on any USB flash drive or other devices and take it with you whenever you need to allow streaming of audio between devices.

The tool cannot be run if you do not have Bonjour installed on your computer, so make sure you previously download and install the service.

The GUI is characterized by an overall simplicity where the settings required for streaming the audio content can be all found in the main window. There’s also support for advanced features in case you want to tweak the process in detail.

Shairport4w gives you the possibility to add a name for the access point you are creating and encrypt your connection by setting up a password. The aforementioned parameters can be easily altered anytime.

In order to carry out the process you need a device with an iTunes library to log onto the same network as your computer. Plus, you should make sure you are using a version of iTunes or iOS that offers support for AirPlay.

You can make the program run at Windows startup and open minimized, display track info, show “Now Playing” info in the system tray, as well as start, pause or stop the current selection or jump to the next or previous file.

When it comes to advanced features, you can opt for redirecting the sound, adjust the buffering and sound card, log data to a file, and disable multimedia controls.

Shairport4w offers a straightforward software solution for making sure you are able to stream music between your Windows PC and other devices. The intuitive set of features makes it suitable for rookies and professionals alike.