Speaker Discover vs FinderQuery Client

Have a set of AirPlay speakers at home? Do you want to know more about your wireless speakers? The Speaker Discover is the best choice for you. It is a small and useful utility that lets you see detailed information about your speaker device from version and firmware informations to supported AirPlay protocols and formats and more. WHAT IS AIRPLAY AirPlay is a proprietary protocol stack developed by Apple Inc. that allows wireless streaming between devices of audio, video, device screens, and photos, together with related metadata. Originally implemented only in Apple's software and devices, it was called AirTunes and used for audio only. AirPlay receiver devices include AirPort Express, Apple TV, and third party speakers such as Libratone, Bose, Yamaha, Philips, Marantz, Bowers & Wilkins, Pioneer, Sony, and Denon. FIND AIRPLAY SUPPORTED WIRELESS SPEAKERS • Detect wireless speakers with Apple AirPlay support on your local home or office Wi-Fi network (included Bluetooth PAN connection). • Detect device vendor, model, type. Common AirPlay devices: • Apple AirPort Express base stations (802.11g [2004] and 802.11n models [2008, 2012]). • Apple TV (2nd [2010], 3rd [2012/13], 4th [2015] generations). • Apple Mac Mini (2006-2017). • Apple iMac (2006-2017). • Apple MacBook (2006-2015). • Apple MacBook Air (2008-2017). • Apple MacBook Pro (2006-2017). • Libratone wireless speakers. • Bose SoundTouch wireless speakers. • Yamaha network AV receivers, pre-amplifiers, players. • Marantz AV receivers, pre-amplifiers, players. SHOW DEVICE INFORMATION • Detect speaker model type, model number, release date, firmware version, service version, and so on. • Detect AirPlay capabilities: • Supported audio formats (codecs). • Supported metadata types (text, artwork, progress). • Supported audio quality (number of channels, sampling rate, bit depth). • Supported transport protocols (UDP, TCP). • Detect AirPlay security features: • Password protection. • Supported encryption types (clear, RSA, FairPlay, stc). • Detect wireless speaker Wi-Fi capabilities: • Detect wireless standards supported by your device (802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ad). • Detect wireless speed-up features (short guard interval, STBC, HT duplicate). • Detect wireless operation frequencies and channels. • Detect available antennas, MIMO config, spatial streams. • Detect wireless security options and modes (WPA standards and EAP modes). • Detect wireless optimization (WMM) and access features (Wi-Fi Direct, Miracast, Voice). • Detect max. physical wireless speeds. • Detect wireless speaker physical connectors: • Analog or digital audio output connectors and quality (SPDIF). • Digital video output connectors and capabilities (HDMI). • USB connectors. HOST INFORMATION • Show IP address, Bonjour and DNS hostnames, PING capability. • Show MAC address, MAC vendor, country, postal address. BONJOUR SERVICE • Show Bonjour service informations: name, type, transport protocol. • Detect further Bonjour services on wireless speaker with detailed informations. REACH UI FEATURES • Info menu with feedback and privacy settings • Use the camera icon (upper-right corner) to create and print/send/share a screenshot from the entire page. • Pull down with your finger to refresh the informations. • Long press on a cell to copy/print/send/open as/share the cell value. • Shake your device to refresh the informations.

FinderQuery Client lets you browse and access files on your Mac from your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Vision Pro—directly over your local network. Used together with FinderQuery Server (available on the Mac App Store), you can: • Browse Finder folders with icons, including hidden files • Preview files and folders on your Mac • Stream videos and PDFs instantly without downloading • Share a streaming link (URL) to open files in third-party apps • Download and view supported files directly in the app Privacy & Security Your privacy matters: • Local-network only: the app never sends your data to the internet and connects only to your Mac running FinderQuery Server • Mac-controlled access: the server never initiates connections; connections are started only from your device • Encrypted control connection: mutual TLS (mTLS) encrypts communication between the client and your Mac • Verified pairing: you can connect only after approving the connection on your Mac and confirming the client certificate fingerprint • On-device certificates: the certificate is stored in your Keychain and never leaves your device About streaming links To support opening streams in third-party apps, streamed file delivery isn’t encrypted. Access is still protected using randomized file paths and an authentication token—only someone with the URL can view the file.