On Thursday 29 April 2004 14.50, Russell Hanaghan wrote: > On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 08:24, Robert Rozman wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've managed to get some sort of thin client, but still have some > > problems. > > > > I've enabled XDMCP on my server, and run this on my diskless epia client: > > "X -query ip_of_server" > > > > and I got login screen, got into and could work as just at the server. > > But I would like to go further. It seems like that desktop is using > > resources on server (audio, graphic card). > > > > How can I get sound from server's desktop to my epia thin client ? > > Have been asking on here about some Xvnc stuff myself and not got much > help. Either off topic or something more personal like...they all hate > me! :)) We all hate you ;) Not! > > I am not an expert but I don't think any of the standard vnc / rfb > client/server solutions will do this. That is if I understand you > correctly...You want the sound from the server you remotely log to, to > port to the client machine? Even if you could do that, the sound quality > would be limited to bandwidth type issues as Tightvnc, Vnc, Xrfb, etc > are all optimized to function well over slower connections. I.E. You > sound would be poor quality. This is a very complex issue. There are a few sound-servers that are specifically tailored to do this e.g NAS and a few others (arts?). Though, you have still the problem that your sound apps need support for the soundserver you decide to use (or use pre-load trickery). Also, it is uncertain how stable the sound-servers are. But I guess the only way to find out is to try one of them :) I have thought many times to explore this area for music production usage. Music production today under linux is to a large extent made with JACK and I don't think JACK yet has a networked backend which would be one way to improve on the situation. Now that I think about it, wasn't there a networked jack-client a while ago ? Regards, Robert > > R~ > > > I'd really like to get this working cause this will be right device for > > my kids. In this way they've got TV, entertainment box (running mythtv) > > and normal PC terminal. > > > > Thanks in advance for responses, > > > > Regards, > > > > Robert.
