cj van den berg wrote: > On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 09:11:11AM -0500, Paul Fox wrote: > > ah -- that's good news. having just read the descriptions of > > those modules, i'm a little surprised it works, but i'll take > > your word for it. :-) to clarify: module-combine is run on the > > "source" machine, and the tunnels run to the machines with the > > audio h/w, correct? it's going to take me a while to get my head > > around the terminology and how these things interconnect. > > module-combine and module-tunnel-sink both run on the "source" machine. > The destination machines just need to run module-native-protocol-tcp. maybe i don't understand what module-tunnel-sink does, then. how is it different than a client simply playing to a remote machine? i.e., is paplay --network--> module-native-protocol-tcp any different from: paplay --> module-tunnel-sink --network--> module-native-protocol-tcp ? > > a somewhat related question: part of my current system involves > > being able to redirect a music stream from one room to another. > > i use a customized irmp3 program to control a customized mpg123 > > program. the mpg123 is sending its output to a remote NAS > > server, and can be told via irmp3 to close that connection and > > open a new one to a different NAS server. this is useful when i > > move from the living room to the kitchen to make dinner. :-) > > That sounds complicated. :) I personally use mpd which gives me one > central music player with GUIs for controlling it on every machine in > the house. (including my N800 and my wife's macbook) i've had my current system in place for almost 10 years, i think. i worked with what i had. i've looked at mpd in the past, but since it wasn't NAS-aware, it didn't serve my needs. my current setup is controllable via the web, and especially via text-browsers like lynx. but i should look at something more, uh, modern. :-) > module-remap is not what you want. You don't need any special module to > switch streams on the fly. You can redirect/mute/unmute streams with > pavucontrol, PulseAudio's volume control GUI. Or, if you prefer, you can > script things with pactl and/or pacmd. All of these tools can be used > remotely too. thanks. i feel like i'm missing some documentation. where are the pa* tools fully documented? man pages would be nice, of course, but i'm old-fashioned that way. :-) paul =--------------------- paul fox, pgf at foxharp.boston.ma.us (arlington, ma, where it's 23.7 degrees)
