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Are there any application which lets me play the music in my iPhone through the USB cable?
It will be very convenient if I can just dock the phone (while the music is playing), and the music will come out from the computer's speakers instead of the speaker in the iPhone.
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Stock iPhone dock does have a line-out jack, thanks SidneySM for reminding me.
Now the problem is, even though I have select Line In as the Sound Input in Mac OSX, there is no sound coming out from the speaker. How do I make the Speaker output the Line In audio?
agh...can it be done without buying another dock?? – deddebme – 2009-09-25T17:53:25.350
My guess is no. In Apple's eyes, that is what iTunes is for. Though I understand where you are coming from. – Mike Wills – 2009-09-25T18:06:17.370
IIRC, the stock iPhone dock does have a line-out port. The USB cable itself does not carry audio either way, so your solution needs to involve the dock connector. – s4y – 2009-09-25T22:38:36.290
deddebme: or just connect your iPhone's headphone jack to your computer's audio in. Don't need to buy a dock. – Heath – 2009-09-26T04:59:52.470
SidneySM: actually, iPhones & iPods can play back audio over USB. For example, many iPod-compatible car stereos work that way. The problem is, when the iPod is connected to a computer it expects to be talking to iTunes. – Heath – 2009-09-26T05:07:13.437
@SidneySM Yeah there is a line out in the iphone dock! The dock sat here for a long time and I forgot about it. – deddebme – 2009-09-28T05:36:25.400