On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 13:54:15 +0200 "Robert Rozman" <rozman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm more or less linux sound newbie. I'm using few popular open source > projects (Misterhouse, Plutohome), that all implement some kind of multiple > audio clients using Xine, Alsaplayer, VLC and media is stored on server. Now > this scheme works quite good, the problem arises when one would like to play > single audio on multiple media clients in synhronized manner, so one would > not hear any differences between separate clients. I've got a friend who has been trying to do this for years, though mostly in the Windoze world without the level of success he's hoped for. I have been able to accomplish this, though, with some open source software under Linux. Last year I bought a SqueezeBox from the folks at http://slimdevices.com and it's a thing of wonder - I no longer need a laptop in my living room connected to my stereo to access my music server! There's a slimserver component that runs on my server, and there is a Java client that emulates a SqueezeBox at http://softsqueeze.sourceforge.net/ You can run all of this without actually having a SqueezeBox, and by running Softsqueeze on different computers on your network, you can have synchronized music throughout the house. It's unrealistic to expect synchronization in the clients you list; it's got to be built into the player, it really can't be bolted on. Good luck! -- ====================================================================== Joe Hartley - UNIX/network Consultant - jh@xxxxxxxxxxxx Without deviation from the norm, "progress" is not possible. - FZappa
