Streaming music over network? - Page 2

leowyatt · 02-10-2007, 18:34

Seems I un-installed the app but have found this which might work

EDIT: result!!!!!!!

LeperousDust · 02-10-2007, 18:43

Cool looks excellent, having a play in a bit, but i does strike me like a placeshifter rather than a duplicater. I literally just want to be able to hear music on the other computers not actually control it! Nor be able to play separate music...

leowyatt · 02-10-2007, 18:49

yeah you just add all your music to a library and press play

petemc · 02-10-2007, 19:17

One long winded way would be to install iTunes on all the computers and share out the library on the main one. Then, after syncronising your watches, everyone hits play at the same time on the same playlist. It might work.

LeperousDust · 02-10-2007, 19:18

It's not really what i'm after, although it does look good for future use as a general program, i'll be keeping it.

Simply put i wan't to be able to duplicate whatever is played on one computers speakers on others over the network, thats it really, it actually seems a lot more difficult than you'd think, or i'm searching for the wrong stuff!?

Mark · 02-10-2007, 19:43

You *will* suffer lag doing that (it'll sound like what happens when you're within earshot of two different sets of speakers at a concert). No question whatsoever and no way to avoid it.

My recommendation of ShoutCast would work (it's precisely what it's designed for as a lot of internet radio stations use it), but it'd still suffer lag. If you've already ruled that out then I'm out of options anyway.

Edit: you could of course connect up the soundcards to avoid lag, but that's kinda pointless.

LeperousDust · 02-10-2007, 20:00

I know i'll experience about a few seconds of horrendous lag, thats why whichever primary computer was playing i was going to play from the network stream it was sending out too, so everything suffers the same lag...

The watch thing would be great, if it people weren't going to keep changing the music all night!

Shoutcast is like multicasting right? I don't mind doing that but i want to be able to do it from within iTunes or WMP on the primary computer....

Mark · 02-10-2007, 20:10

Even if you run all the PCs off the stream, you'll still get horrendous lag. There are at least three buffers in the way between the two PCs, and only one of them is on the server.

You can get ShoutCast to stream from the PC's 'live' output, and possibly from other outputs too, so you could still have WMP or iTunes as the front end. What you wouldn't be able to do though is play the streamed output from the main PC.

I think the answer is that you can do what you want to do, but it'll be a bodge with several ill-fitting pieces of software, and it'll sound crap. Best avoid IMO.

LeperousDust · 02-10-2007, 20:18

Ok ok i see, well i don't mind the primary computer not playing at all, thats fine. Looked at shoutcast got royally confued. How would i set this up so it just streams whatever WMP or iTunes is playing? Its probably better this way, i can leave the computer in the center of the house and have nodes around the house playing the shoutcast, quite nifty...

Mark · 02-10-2007, 23:02

Like I said, it does take some setting up.

Start with post #4, here:
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....threadid=90040

Then go here to see how to set it so you can stream from WMP/iTunes:
http://www.streamsolutions.co.uk/fla...als/Decks_mic/

If you need a FAQ, try here:
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=187583

02-10-2007, 18:34	#11
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	Seems I un-installed the app but have found this which might work EDIT: result!!!!!!! __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!" Last edited by leowyatt; 02-10-2007 at 18:37.

02-10-2007, 18:43	#12
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	Cool looks excellent, having a play in a bit, but i does strike me like a placeshifter rather than a duplicater. I literally just want to be able to hear music on the other computers not actually control it! Nor be able to play separate music... __________________

02-10-2007, 18:49	#13
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	yeah you just add all your music to a library and press play __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

02-10-2007, 19:17	#14
petemc Moonshine Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Nr Liverpewl Posts: 4,371	One long winded way would be to install iTunes on all the computers and share out the library on the main one. Then, after syncronising your watches, everyone hits play at the same time on the same playlist. It might work. __________________ Thats no hamster, its a space station!

02-10-2007, 19:18	#15
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	It's not really what i'm after, although it does look good for future use as a general program, i'll be keeping it. Simply put i wan't to be able to duplicate whatever is played on one computers speakers on others over the network, thats it really, it actually seems a lot more difficult than you'd think, or i'm searching for the wrong stuff!? __________________

02-10-2007, 19:43	#16
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	You will suffer lag doing that (it'll sound like what happens when you're within earshot of two different sets of speakers at a concert). No question whatsoever and no way to avoid it. My recommendation of ShoutCast would work (it's precisely what it's designed for as a lot of internet radio stations use it), but it'd still suffer lag. If you've already ruled that out then I'm out of options anyway. Edit: you could of course connect up the soundcards to avoid lag, but that's kinda pointless. Last edited by Mark; 02-10-2007 at 19:45.

02-10-2007, 20:00	#17
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	I know i'll experience about a few seconds of horrendous lag, thats why whichever primary computer was playing i was going to play from the network stream it was sending out too, so everything suffers the same lag... The watch thing would be great, if it people weren't going to keep changing the music all night! Shoutcast is like multicasting right? I don't mind doing that but i want to be able to do it from within iTunes or WMP on the primary computer.... __________________

02-10-2007, 20:10	#18
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Even if you run all the PCs off the stream, you'll still get horrendous lag. There are at least three buffers in the way between the two PCs, and only one of them is on the server. You can get ShoutCast to stream from the PC's 'live' output, and possibly from other outputs too, so you could still have WMP or iTunes as the front end. What you wouldn't be able to do though is play the streamed output from the main PC. I think the answer is that you can do what you want to do, but it'll be a bodge with several ill-fitting pieces of software, and it'll sound crap. Best avoid IMO.

02-10-2007, 20:18	#19
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	Ok ok i see, well i don't mind the primary computer not playing at all, thats fine. Looked at shoutcast got royally confued. How would i set this up so it just streams whatever WMP or iTunes is playing? Its probably better this way, i can leave the computer in the center of the house and have nodes around the house playing the shoutcast, quite nifty... __________________

02-10-2007, 23:02	#20
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Like I said, it does take some setting up. Start with post #4, here: http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....threadid=90040 Then go here to see how to set it so you can stream from WMP/iTunes: http://www.streamsolutions.co.uk/fla...als/Decks_mic/ If you need a FAQ, try here: http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=187583