Streaming A2DP Bluetooth from PC - possible?

[Guest petec500]

Having bought a Sony micro hifi with Bluetooth recently, i've been enjoying being able to play music from my HTC Touch through it using A2DP - works brilliantly.

This got me thinking though - even with an 8GB card on order for my Touch, i'd really like to be able to stream my entire music collection from my PC (which has a Bluetooth adapter), or better still, stream internet radio over Bluetooth to the hifi

Anyone know if/how this is possible?

[Guest Paul (MVP)]

How about Orb for that purpose?

P

[Guest petec500]

Thanks for the suggestion Paul - just had a look at the website and although it looks like a great service and one that i could use in other situations (looks like a free Slingbox!), i cant see that it will work over A2DP. The hifi works like a pair of A2DP headphones - you have to stream music to it from the source, like i've done with the Touch. So, i was hoping to get iTunes to play out over Bluetooth to the hifi in a different room from the PC. I've got 1-2-Remote on the Touch, which works brilliantly at controlling iTunes over Wifi, so i'm now looking to stream the audio over Bluetooth so i can control and listen to iTunes from a different room.

All a bit complicated, but i love technical challenges like this!!

[Guest Paul (MVP)]

Orb plays via Windows Media Player IIRC, so it should work fine over A2DP.

P

[Guest petec500]

Thanks again - but i got it all working this evening. Bought a new bluetooth dongle with A2DP support and paired it up with the hifi and bingo - streaming stereo. Reception is a bit hit and miss - i need to put the dongle on an extension lead and play around to get the best signal, but... it's working!! And i can control it remotely using wifi from my Touch.

Sorted!