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Friday, August 3, 2012

Aerodrom updated to version 1.1.7.0

Aerodrom has been updated to version 1.1.7.0. Customers will get the latest version with the automatic update feature which is triggered on startup.


This is a minor update. We fixed some bugs our customers reported especially during audio playback. There was a high CPU load which caused problems on lower performance systems. We improved audio quality as some customers reported noise or stuttering. Some customers had license key problems and therefore Aerodrom did not publish AirPlay or AirTunes. This problems are also fixed with this version.
We will continue to improve the quality of Aerodrom and we like to thank all customers who helped us with their bug reports.

Friday, June 15, 2012

Aerodrom updated to version 1.1.6.0

Aerodrom is a AirPlay server application for Microsoft Windows has been updated to version 1.1.6.0. Customers will get the latest version with the automatic update feature which is triggered on startup.


This is a major upgrade for us. We implemented a whole new video engine based on the the fantastic libraries of the FFmpeg project. Video now supports HTTP live streaming (HLS) right out of the box. VLC player is not needed anymore and all users have the same video experience without the need for extra codec packs, which should also improve support.
We also changed our audio playback to the NAudio library. This is a major quality update in audio playback and also in stability. We also changed audio playback from iOS devices to use of AAC audio. This is like AppleTV and is pimary because of performance issues on iOS devices.
Album display info ist still broken for iOS devices. We will check on that when the new iOS 6 will be available.
Again we will continue to improve the quality of Aerodrom and a big thanks to all customers who helped further development with their purchase, input and especially bug reports or beta testing.

Aerodrom Demo Version updated to version 1.1.6.0

Aerodrom Demo version updated to version 1.1.6.0.
The limitations of the demo version remain still the same as in version 1.1.0.0:
You can only use AirPlay for videos, photos and slideshows.
The full version can also use AirPlay to stream audio.


Because of the improved video engine based on FFmpeg the demo version has now no limitations on video playback compared to the full version, except for the overlays.

Download it from here.

Monday, March 19, 2012

VLC 2.0.1 brings HLS to Aerodrom

As we recommend our customers to use the VLC player as player engine, we would like to inform you, that the VideoLAN organization has released their latest version 2.0.1.
This new version fixes more than 120 bugs and brings the first time support for Apples HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) protocol to Aerodrom.
With the support of HLS, Aerodrom is now able to AirPlay videos from many more apps than before to your Windows PC.

VLC player can be downloaded from their VLC Twoflower page.

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Transition to a new Webspace provider finished!

We had some difficulties with our Webspace provider recently, which suspended their service without any warning last week. We now moved to a new provider and this transition is now done.
Automatic update of Aerodrom is working again for those custumers which are still running a pre 1.1.4.0 version.
The checkout system is also working again. It is safe to buy again.

Thank you for your patience!

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Aerodrom updated to version 1.1.4.0

Aerodrom is a AirPlay server application for Microsoft Windows has been updated to version 1.1.4.0. Customers will get the latest version with the automatic update feature which is triggered on startup.





Aerdrom displays ablum info.

Aerdrom displays ablum info.
Some of the main improvements are that AerodromMCE is now automatic detecting Aerodrom. AerodromMCE does not need to be started - it is now started automatically and it stops playing other content.
We also added album info display, which apparently worked fine as we started with this feature on iOS 4.x, but stopped working with iOS 5.0.1 (this info is not transferred anymore). Apple TV users experience also problems with this feature, but it does work partially there. Anyhow album info display still works for playing from iTunes. Hopefully this will be fixed with iOS 5.1.
Video playback is still in our main focus. The release of VLC 2.0 helped only a little, because HTTP live streaming (HLS) is still not possible. Currently we put big effort in improving support for that and other currently unsupported formats.
We put many hours of development in the support of AirPlay mirroring, but we found that without further knowledge of Fairplay DRM we will unable to support this feature.
We will continue to improve the quality of Aerodrom and a big thanks to all customers who helped further development with their purchase, input and especially bug reports or beta testing.
 

Aerodrom Demo version updated to version 1.1.4.0

Aerodrom Demo version updated to version 1.1.4.0.
The limitations of the demo version remain still the same as in version 1.1.0.0:
You can only use AirPlay for videos, photos and slideshows.
The full version can also use AirPlay to stream audio.

Download it from here.

Monday, February 20, 2012

VLC player 2.0 released

As we recommend our customers to use the VLC player as player engine, we would like to inform you that the VideoLAN organization has released their latest version 2.0. Aerodrom works with this version and it is no longer needed to install a beta version.

VLC player 2.0 can be downloaded from the VLC 2.0 'Twoflower' page.