Audio Streaming server - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

billcollins · 08-30-2003, 09:33 PM

Id like to set up a server to stream audio for me to listen to at work. The audio would just be analog from the audio in jack on the server at home. The server is an old intel.... likely running linux, or whatever is needed. The client is my computer at work, running a pretty stock NT4 install.

I've already tried using connecting to mp3 and Win Media streaming at work and neither of those are supported yet. I was thinking I may be able to do it in Flash (which is installed) but I'm not too familiar with it and I haven't found any resources on it. Im running Flash ver 6.0.65.0 at work and im not too sure about WMP... it's one of the newer looking ones (more recent than mplayer2.exe)... maybe v7?

Anyone have any suggestions? I seem to be at a roadblock here.

dunkelhelmut · 08-30-2003, 11:26 PM

You can strasm Mp3s through HTTP. So, for example, if you had a web server that pointed to your mp3 collection, you could simply copy the link to the file into your mp3 player, and stream that

If you want to get fancy, you can include resampling, so mp3s would be reencoded from 128+kbps down to 63 or 32 and use significantly less bandwidth at home or work.

peacy · 08-31-2003, 02:16 AM

For mp3 streaming, I'm using this:
www.gnump3d.org

It's written in perl, so you can get it working on almost every OS (I use linux). Easy configure, easy to use.

Streaming audio from an analogue source means that you have to encode it on the fly. Most probably you'd be able to do that with RealProducer and broadcast it, but it costs $$$.
I'd go with the mp3s...

ack32 · 08-31-2003, 02:50 AM

Also, if you have any suggestions for synchronized streamed/networked audio, I have a thread here that I'd appreciate your input on. thanks!

http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthr...threadid=24961

ratbastid · 08-31-2003, 06:20 PM

But your question is how to CAPTURE audio on the audio-in jack at home, and stream it out your speakers at work, right? Like a live internet radio broadcast....

The <i>second</i> part of the solution is icecast. That'll take it from the machine at home to the air molecules at work. Only thing is encoding incoming audio at home. Maybe LAME or another mp3 encoder can do that, I don't know. And if they can, maybe icecast can take its input on stdin, and you can just pipe your encoder's output through.

gnump3d is a VERY nifty piece of software, but it doesn't solve the question here.

irieemon · 09-03-2003, 04:05 PM

What about shoutcast? It's pretty to set up, dosent require much overhead, and you can cluster the streams as the audience numbers grow.

08-30-2003, 09:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
billcollins Tilted	Audio Streaming server Id like to set up a server to stream audio for me to listen to at work. The audio would just be analog from the audio in jack on the server at home. The server is an old intel.... likely running linux, or whatever is needed. The client is my computer at work, running a pretty stock NT4 install. I've already tried using connecting to mp3 and Win Media streaming at work and neither of those are supported yet. I was thinking I may be able to do it in Flash (which is installed) but I'm not too familiar with it and I haven't found any resources on it. Im running Flash ver 6.0.65.0 at work and im not too sure about WMP... it's one of the newer looking ones (more recent than mplayer2.exe)... maybe v7? Anyone have any suggestions? I seem to be at a roadblock here.

08-30-2003, 11:26 PM	#2 (permalink)
dunkelhelmut Insane	You can strasm Mp3s through HTTP. So, for example, if you had a web server that pointed to your mp3 collection, you could simply copy the link to the file into your mp3 player, and stream that If you want to get fancy, you can include resampling, so mp3s would be reencoded from 128+kbps down to 63 or 32 and use significantly less bandwidth at home or work.

08-31-2003, 02:16 AM	#3 (permalink)
peacy Crazy Location: Reading, UK	For mp3 streaming, I'm using this: www.gnump3d.org It's written in perl, so you can get it working on almost every OS (I use linux). Easy configure, easy to use. Streaming audio from an analogue source means that you have to encode it on the fly. Most probably you'd be able to do that with RealProducer and broadcast it, but it costs $$$. I'd go with the mp3s...

08-31-2003, 02:50 AM	#4 (permalink)
ack32 Tilted	Also, if you have any suggestions for synchronized streamed/networked audio, I have a thread here that I'd appreciate your input on. thanks! http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthr...threadid=24961

08-31-2003, 06:20 PM	#5 (permalink)
ratbastid Darth Papa Location: Yonder	But your question is how to CAPTURE audio on the audio-in jack at home, and stream it out your speakers at work, right? Like a live internet radio broadcast.... The <i>second</i> part of the solution is icecast. That'll take it from the machine at home to the air molecules at work. Only thing is encoding incoming audio at home. Maybe LAME or another mp3 encoder can do that, I don't know. And if they can, maybe icecast can take its input on stdin, and you can just pipe your encoder's output through. gnump3d is a VERY nifty piece of software, but it doesn't solve the question here.

09-03-2003, 04:05 PM	#6 (permalink)
irieemon Crazy Location: Right where I want to be.	What about shoutcast? It's pretty to set up, dosent require much overhead, and you can cluster the streams as the audience numbers grow.