[wellylug] Sound across a network - OpenBSD.

[Jo Booth]

Well... GIYF

I assume that
$ cat filename.wav > /dev/audio
does something.. and /dev/audio is a 'file' so you should be able to  
use dd to copy the audio stream via scp/ssh to another box and pipe  
it into /dev/audio on the other. I've used that for backups of files  
before with nary a lost bit, so I assume audio would work.

Of course something like VLC (VideoLanClient) probably copes better  
with latency/dropped packets etc. I've used it to play video remotely  
-- so I assume audio would be peachy fine.

<http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/145> has an article on  
abusing netcat and fifo to pipe Queen to all the machines in your  
house simultaneously ;)

Of course you could always use my solution, and re-wire a RJ45 plug  
with an audio/video jack and run sound and video down a spare pair or  
two. Of course you may need to wire your house, or just run cables  
down the hallway.

People have had some success getting the Airport express <http:// 
www.apple.co.nz/airportexpress/> working with linux.. and you can  
hang your NAS off it too.

Lots of possible solutions.

-Jo.

On 25/06/2007, at 15:58 , Mian Lin wrote:

> Hope this can give you some hints:
>
> http://www.cs.drexel.edu/~vp/EthernetSpeaker/Freenix05/
>
> Mian
>
> On 6/25/07, Joe Cook <joe.cook at xnet.co.nz> wrote:
>>
>>
>> HI there,
>>
>> Maybe a few of you use OpenBSD. Perhaps what I would like to do is  
>> managed
>> the same way on a Linux Distro. Any help appreciated.
>> I am using laptop running OpenBSD 4.1 and KDE desktop with Amarok  
>> and a Xine
>> engine to play audio. I want to forward the sound to a headless  
>> box running
>> OpenBSD 4.0 connected to an amp (and speakers of course).
>> Do you know of any methods to do this?
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Joe
>>
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