To transfer Audirvana Plus from one Mac to another, you need first to uninstall it from the old one:. Use the De-authorize computer command of the Audirvana Plus menu. Delete the application file Then you install Audirvana Plus on the new Mac as you did on the old one (installing the trial version, then entering your license key) In addition, for your information, per the license contract, it is permitted to proceed to “the installation on a second computer owned by you for your exclusive use with the express condition that this second copy is not used simultaneously with the main one”. Audirvana Plus takes exclusive access of the audio device (usually your DAC) to be able to apply its advanced optimizations during playback. Thus no other application (e.g. Safari, Firefox) can play to the same audio device until Audirvana Plus is in stop mode. If another audio device is available (e.g.
Built-in output), OS X will try to fall back to this other audio device for playing the audio sent by another application. When playback is stopped, Audirvana Plus releases the audio device, and OS X gets it back for use by any other running program. Audirvana Plus can stream to an AirPlay compatible device. If you have Mavericks or later with a recent (mid 2011) Mac, you can simply select “AirPlay” as the DAC in Audirvana Plus user preferences.
Free download Sound Control forMacOSX. Sound Control lets you control the volume of your Developer: Static Z Software. License: Shareware $10. You may want to check out more Mac applications, such as Soundly, Switch Sound Converter or Table Rock Sound, which might be. There's a hidden volume control in your Mac menu bar. With volume settings, holding the option key will reveal a menu that will allow you to quickly change the input source and output device.
Otherwise you can use a third party software like AirFoil for doing that. In addition, be sure iTunes is not set to use the Airplay device, and that “Airplay” is not the selected output audio in System Preferences. There is a regression in OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) that makes the AirPlay device unavailable (it is not even listed in Audio Midi Setup application). Until Apple fixes this, there is a workaround to get it back:. Option click on the loudspeaker icon on the menu bar.
Select AirPlay in the selection menu that appears If the loudspeaker icon is not displayed on the menu bar, you can show it by going to System Preferences, Sounds page, and set the “Show loudness in menu bar” option. Unfortunately this won’t give back Airplay playback in all cases. It seems to be model dependent.
It doesn’t work on my Macbook Pro Retina, but works perfectly on the Macbook Air!. Be sure to have Audirvana Plus version 2.2 or later running, in Library mode independent from iTunes. Ensure that your Mac running Audirvana Plus and your iPad/iPhone/iPod touch running A+ Remote are connected to the same local network. There must not be any router in between.
Check your Mac firewall settings: In the “System Preferences”, Open “Security and Privacy”, then go to “Firewall” tab, and click on “ Firewall options”. There check if the option “Automatically allow signed software to receive incoming connections” is selected. If not, you have to add Audirvana Plus to the list just above of applications allowed to have incoming connections. And “Block all incoming connections” must not be selected. If you use other firewall software (or hardware), ensure it allows has open UDP port 5353 that is used by the Bonjour protocol Multicast DNS. Reboot your WiFi router as it may not forward anymore the Bonjour multicast requests (The Apple Remote app that controls iTunes may not be able to connect to iTunes as well until the WiFi router reboot).
Check that you don’t have a program preempting the remote access to your Mac such as Parallels Access. Ensure that your PC running Audirvana Plus and your iPad/iPhone/iPod touch running A+ Remote are connected to the same local network. There must not be any router in between.
Check Windows Defender settings: In Windows Settings Update and Security Windows Security Firewall and Network Security Allow an application through Firewall, check that audirvanaplus.exe is allowed to have access to the network (likely the private one). If you use other firewall software (or hardware), ensure it allows has open UDP port 5353 that is used by the Bonjour protocol Multicast DNS. Reboot your WiFi router as it may not forward anymore the Bonjour multicast requests (The Apple Remote app that controls iTunes may not be able to connect to iTunes as well until the WiFi router reboot).