[LAU] Sending audio to another computer

Grant emailgrant at gmail.com
Sat May 22 20:39:55 UTC 2010


>> There's a few ways, but AFAIK they depend on a local network being
>> available.
>
> Well, you could put an extra nic in each computer and use netjack over that
> while keeping the traffic off of the normal local network.

That would require setting one of the systems up as a router right?
If so, that's what I'll do, but I want to be sure there isn't a
simpler way.

- Grant


>> Pulseaudio makes it quite simple, there's also icecast (don't
>> think that's for all audio though, just for individual players).
>> net-jack does the job as well, whether that or pulse is better for you
>> depends on your requirements.
>>
>> On Fri, 2010-05-21 at 16:57 -0700, Grant wrote:
>> > Is there a way to digitally send all audio output from one computer to
>> > another where it will then be sent to the sound card for actual
>> > playback?  Maybe jack?  Could the two computers be connected via some
>> > type of direct cable method instead of going over a local network?
>> >
>> > - Grant
>
> all the best,
>
> drew


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