[linux-audio-user] Feasibility of Crestron like Linux Based Whole House Audio System - Multisource / Multizone Capable????????????

[R Parker]

I thought multitple instances of jackd recently became
doable. Am I wrong?

If you start jack_xmms, jack_alsaplayer, etc, then all
that's needed is the computer setup with audio
hardware at the server and going throughout the
building. This is just one control point for multiple
audio sources and a bunch of destinations. At this
point you put dumb terminals at the destinations.

The key to multiple sources is running more than one
jack server at a time. From that point it's all a no
brainer because any source can be routed to any
destination. This is a simple setup assuming multiple
jack servers. Oh, at the destination terminals is
displayed qjackctl which is an audio routing
interface. 

I've never designed HiFi systems but have designed and
built a half dozen recording studios with sound
containment and accoustical treatment. This sounds
like a fun job.

ron

--- anahata <anahata at treewind.co.uk> wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 01, 2005 at 09:13:28PM -0500, Steve
> Vanechanos wrote:
>  
> > I'm wondering if the present state of the
> Intel/AMD powered PC with 
> > Linux is robust enough to control multiple sources
> (4, 6 or 8) like 
> > digital cable box,
> > directv receiver, XM radio, CD player(s), etc. and
> route the output to 
> > multiple zones/rooms (4, 6 or 8) in an effective
> and cost efficient manner.
> [...]
> > 
> > Once again, my apologies if I've breached any
> list/group protocol with 
> > this post.
> 
> Not at all for me, anyway. I'd be interested to see
> what's to be said
> about this as I have been having similar thoughts -
> an extension to the
> house which will be used part time as a recording
> studio will have CAT5
> LAN cable going to it, and I also want to route
> audio to/from the rest
> of the house, and I'm wondering if there's a good
> way of doing that
> over the network instead of with separate cabling.
> 
> A major use of this would be to route the output of
> a digital radio
> receiver, and as that's available as S/PDIF the
> all-digital route is
> particularly tempting.
> 
> -- 
> Anahata
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