[ubuntu-uk] Streaming Audio - Cross-Platform

[Rob Beard]

On 20/09/10 21:51, Daniel Case wrote:
> I'm not quite sure where this should be asked as it is a cross-platform
> thing. I am fed up of listening to my (Windows XP) gaming computer
> through headphones so I want to get it hooked to the stereo.
>
> Rather than use a heck of a lot of wire, I can sit my Ubuntu 9.10
> netbook on top of the stereo and stream the audio across WiFi. So,
> ideally what I am after is something to capture the outgoing audio on
> the Windows computer, stream it across the wifi to the Ubuntu netbook
> and finally play it through the speakers.
>
> I will of course need it to be cross-platform too, does anybody have any
> ideas?
>
> Daniel
>

You could try VLC, it should be able to take the feed from the Stereo 
Mix on Windows, encode it in MP3 format (or whatever) and then stream it 
over the network.

Rob