bpa;690265 Wrote: > The problem here is unlike Windows which has had only one Audio > subsystem and but which needed a special program to be written to get > the WaveInput stream "playing audio" . > > Linux has had OSS, ALSA, Jack and Pulse audio systems and many distros > and but with well defined interface for which there is no need for a > special application as any application can pick up the audio stream you > want - as long as it is setup correctly and provide the correct > interface designation. Neither of which are usually obvious. > > I only have minimal experience with ALSA (i.e. I only spent enough time > to get things working) and if you look back in this thread most solution > have not been available quickly but by spending time and trying out > different possibilities. > > I'll help as far as I can. > > IIRC you were using some "bleeding edge" distro of linux. > > So first detail your setup and what you are trying to do so that we can > step back and make sure WaveInput is the best/only solution. Thanks for the offer. Frankly I think it's all a bit too hard for me. I had, foolishly, imagined that what I wanted to do would not be difficult. People seem to be streaming all sorts of stuff everywhere.
To make my need clear, the Gramophone website has a particular 'player' which it seems cannot be accessed directly as an internet stream. You have to play it via a browser on your desktop. So I want to capture the audio from there and play it through my 'Touch'. The Touch is in another room from my main desktop, so I thought to try using my laptop. That ancient laptop (a 2003 Sony) is running a debian flavour, which I suspect by now is a mix of several different ones now, bleeding or otherwise. However, it runs fine, so I'm trying to leave well alone. My first attempt was to install LMS (which went like a breeze, somewhat to my surprise - not long a go I had a devil of a job trying to get SBS to run on Llnux). I thought the waveinput plugin would then do the job. It seems it might if I knew enough about different audio software on linux - but I don't. I'm not keen to deinstall stuf like pulse audio, since something else will probably break if I fool around too much (eg Skype or some other software on the laptop). So taking a clue from you, I have taken a quick look at VLC, and some of the related threads on that subject. It looks very versatile. So versatile that it may take me months to get to anywhere with it. I can see that if I can get VLC to capture the audio and broadcast it on http, my main SB server could pick it up via http:192.168.1.n:8080, and then my Touch would play it. Getting VLC to capture the audio seems to be the hard bit. I'll investigate that route for a while. Thanks again. -- PasTim Server on Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit, 2 CPU, 2GHz, 4GB, FLAC files. Touch on Ethernet (in another room). Analogue out over 'a bit of wire' to ageing Quad Hi-Fi. An old (wireless) laptop controls the server using Chrome. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PasTim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41642 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49584 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
