Comments on: Is there any WiFi (virtual) Soundcard driver software out there?

Question: Is there any WiFi (virtual) Soundcard driver software out there?

mitocan — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 03:20:42 -0800

How can I relay the sound of my computer to another computer through the WiFi network? A virtual soundcard driver is in theory feasible, but I can't find any. I know, this is more of a /. question, but I prefer to stay home.

By: Dunwitty

Dunwitty — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 03:27:44 -0800

Probably not what you want, but: remote desktop programs will do this. On Windows XP, the built in Remote Desktop will do it; other similar tools, like PC Anywhere, will also do it.

But I'm guessing that you don't want to host a remote desktop on the second computer?

By: rc55

rc55 — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 03:34:53 -0800

I'm fairly sure Winamp + Shoutcast would do it, and all the tools are free. You can get a server up and running within 10 minutes.

By: pompomtom

pompomtom — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 03:42:53 -0800

Do you want just music, or all the sounds?

By: costas

costas — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 05:37:33 -0800

You should check out VLC. Although the GUI is not pretty, VLC will stream any audio or video content (and I do mean any, even Windows or Real files) to another VLC installation on another PC across the internet even.

By: stst399

stst399 — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 07:12:27 -0800

Yeah, because if it's just music and similar media files (not all of the sounds), you don't even need to do anything fancy. Just SHARE the proper directories over your local network, and then run the files from the other computer (no need to copy them). You'd, in effect, be streaming the content from one computer to the other.

By: majick

majick — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 07:39:28 -0800

You don't really say much about the computers involved, so it's hard to answer.

KDE's aRts daemonhas network transparency features. I'm pretty sure the GNOME sound daemon does as well.

It would not surprise me if someone had cobbled together such a feature for the Mac, but if so I haven't heard about it yet.

Have you looked into NAS? There seems to be a Win32 binary out there, but it might take some hacking to get things working just the way you want them to.

By: ascullion

ascullion — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 09:38:47 -0800

if it is just music, google for the slimserver software.

By: probablysteve

probablysteve — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 09:55:42 -0800

orb?

By: suni

suni — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 09:56:12 -0800

videolan vlc is really simple, when loading files click on "stream output" in the left bottom corner and that's it

By: mitocan

mitocan — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 03:57:38 -0800

Thank You for the question, pompomtom,
The answer is: All the sounds.

By: suni

suni — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 10:20:37 -0800

a very good way to transport all sounds wireless would be turning up the volume thru vnc :D

tell us what your exact purpose is and which solution you chose : )