[ubuntu-uk] Streaming Audio - Cross-Platform

[Liam Wilson]

On 20 September 2010 22:14, Rob Beard <rob at esdelle.co.uk> wrote:
> 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
>
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I know you USED to be able to do this with iTunes and rhythmbox, if
you have home sharing or whatever, but i'm not too sure if this still
works, you may or may not need an iTunes account to make it work now.

Another solution (One that I'm 99% sure works) is using Limewire  -
putting your music collection in your limewire library, should then
show up in rhythmbox.

This is for music though, if your looking for in-game audio, I'm not
too sure there, sorry! :)

Liam

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Liam Wilson