how to export sound to some other system?

T

trybeingarun

Hi,
I was wondering if I could play some audio file in my PC while using the speaker of some other system over the network...just like what we can do with Xorg by setting DISPLAY variable...
 
ssh user@remotepc "cat /path/to/audio/file" | mplayer -

or sometimes I use vlc.

ssh user@remotepc "cat /path/to/audio/file" | vlc -

Or just copy over the audio files. Or mount the remote audio directory to your local machine.
 
@sixtydoses
The speaker in my PC is not working properly but i have all my files in that and also codecs. The other system is a laptop in which there is a fresh ubuntu installation. So i want to find out if I could use the laptop's speaker :P

@aragon:
looks like this exactly is what i need. I will try that out. Thanks!!!
 
There's also the audio/nas Network Audio System, which does for audio what X11 does for graphics, with very similar setup. It's a lot lighter/less-bloated than Pulse, and actually works. :)

PulseAudio is a Linux hack that adds yet another layer to the audio stack in order to hide/fix issues in the lowest layers. Rarely is it needed on a non-Linux system, where audio actually works correctly. :)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top