[LAU] Non Session Manager Distributed Session Demo

[plutek]

From: "J. Liles" <malnourite at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:51:00 -0800

> Here's another video, this one demonstrating the fact that NSM can
> manage a single session with clients spread across multiple machines
> (nsmd must be running on each system).
> 
> http://youtu.be/xzspJXbEoc0
> 
> I forgot to show that when you add a client via the GUI, it asks you
> which server to start it on. Otherwise, the behavior is identical to
> having a session on a single machine. If you just start up an NSM
> capable client on any of the machines participating in the session
> (with the appropriate environment variable set), then that client will
> join the session as normal.
> 
> This distributed session feature is just a natural consequence of the
> architecture of NSM and doesn't add any complexity to either the
> client or server implementation (just a small amount to the session
> manager GUI).
> 
> I'm getting pretty close to doing the release, but I still have a lot
> of documentation to write and update for the user interface changes.

the more i hear about this, the more it looks like a really major breakthrough in the usability of the entire linux audio "ecosystem". exciting!

thanks very much, jonathon... i eagerly await the release!

cheers!
.pltk.