On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 11:26:04AM +0100, Florian Faber wrote: > > I wonder why no company took up this idea already, it seems so sleek and > > logical. (Almost) every computer has ethernet and the ethernet standard > > is (in my experience) problem free... > > A lot of companies are working on this, but for anything but a simple > audio in/audio out you need technology that's not yet available to the > broad public - at least not to the usual prices. Check out the AVB > specification (IEEE 802.1). > > In the broadcast/studio segment, transport over ethernet is already in > use by some manufacturers.
In the segment of large fixed audio installations (airports, train stations, cruise ships, etc.) things like Cobranet have been in use for many years - the savings in wiring costs and the gain in flexibility are enormous. Ciao, -- FA Io lo dico sempre: l'Italia รจ troppo stretta e lunga. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
