On Fri, Jun 03, 2011 at 07:47:41 -0600, Linuxguy123 <linuxguy123@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On the hardware end of things, I'm thinking one could use 1 USB sound > card plus an amplifier for each zone. If these draw power from the usb hub, you'll need to watch the total amount of power being used. > How many USB sound cards could a single i5 ish PC running linux in > console mode feed ? (MP3, wav, flac formats) Probably as many as your hardware will support. > Sometimes one will want to play the same music simultaneously across > multiple zones. Ie, during dinner, one might want to play music in the > kitchen and the dinning room. Is there a way to sync playback between > multiple USB sound cards ? You should be able to get pulseaudio to play the same stream to multiple devices. I would expect them to be relatively close to in sync. I am not sure how to easily do this. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
