The following was posted on the Roku site in reply by a request by a user who wants the same sort of facility - any sound on PC to be broadcast as a stream. I haven't tried it.
> > There are 3rd party programs you can use to accomplish what you want > with the soundbridge. These programs allow you to stream anything > that's playing on your speakers to the soundbridge. > > One free program is windows media encoder. > > > Windows media encoder > ----------------------------- > A. Setup Windows Media Encoder > > 1. Install windows media encoder > 2. Choose the Broadcast a Live Event wizard (whatever is playing on > your computer) > 3. Hit Ok. > 4. Hit Next on Device Options screen. (defaults to your sound card) > 5. Choose "Pull from Encoder" on Broadcast Method screen and hit Next. > > 6. Choose the Port and note the URL listed on Broadcast Connection > Screen and hit Next. > > example: Port defaults to 8080 > URL default: http://computername:8080/ > > Note: If 8080 is in use, you can hit "Find Free port" to have the > computer select another port. > > 7. Chose Audio format and bitrate on Encoding Options screen and hit > Next. > > You can skip archive screen, and then fill out the Display Information > screen. This is the name that will show up on your soundbridge. > > > B. Start Playing content on your computer. > > C. Save the URL from step 6 as a preset on your soundbridge, and start > playing. > > If the soundbridge fails to connect, you might need to make the > following changes to the URL: > > mms://computername:8080/ > mms://computersIPaddress:8080/, for example: mms://192.168.1.45:8080/ > > -- bpa ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31879 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
