[mythtv-users] (Slightly OT) Multi room Multimedia playback

[Robert Rozman]

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From: "Robert Denier" <denier at umr.edu>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 1:30 AM
Subject: [mythtv-users] (Slightly OT) Multi room Multimedia playback


> I'm curious if anyone has ever heard of a good solution to say play back
> an audio stream in many rooms at the same time, while keeping it in sync
> enough so they didn't clash.
>
> I'm guessing something like a server program running on all machines
> waiting for audio and some kind of command like
>
> AudioLink 3,4
>
> to link the computers audio in rooms 3 and 4 to the audio on whatever
> computer is running.  Once linked anything played on that computer would
> also play on 3 and 4.  I think I heard something along these lines with
> mp3's before, but I don't remember the details.
>
> For now at least I'm using a couple twisted pairs in a network cable to
> run audio to different places.  I tend to need to isolate them with
> audio transformers, and the quality is not quite what I'd ideally like,
> but it does work..  (The best way to run pure analog audio multiple
> places is likely using the differential (balanced) connections used in
> professional audio equipment, but then you get to the messy conversions
> required for normal equipment..)
>
>
Hi,

there is nice project www.plutohome.org that does multi room synhro and 
includes mythtv, but audio is treated through Xine and VLC, but in multi 
room fashion...

Regards,

Rob.



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