Le Thu, 8 Mar 2018 09:50:49 +0000 Dave Hunt <davehuntau...@btinternet.com> a écrit:
> Hi, > > Mac Minis are not that expensive, though whether they are adequate > depends on how much audio processing is required. > > After set up you may not need a monitor, keyboard or mouse, though > these are fairly cheap and readily available now. These are only > required if something goes wrong, usually when an audio interface or > other external unit is not powered up when the computer boots.They > can be set up to boot and run a program automatically to specified > times, or to run a program when booted. > > If it is a long term install, the cost of this part of the system > becomes very low compared to other installation costs, and the daily > management of the whole. > > Ciao, > > Dave Hunt Hi Dave. I agree with you, but using mac minis (or any computer with any os) for permanent installations requires a bit more care, because if something can go wrong, it will go wrong. The software and hardware must be monitored and restarted automatically if required (unless someone can do it). I had to wrote a custom watchdog software for the mac, each OS is a bit different, and nothing of that sort is available for the "art" market. The computer could also be connected to the Internet for (some) remote maintenance. So in the end using a mac or anything else doesn't matter. What's really important is documentation for short-term maintenance, mean-term update and long-term restauration, because computers (and humans) will all fail at some point. In my experience, using the MacOS is a recipe for quasi-disaster after 5 years. Windows is (strangely enough) a bit more stable (10 years maybe). With Linux it's a different game (but I'm not going to explain here). -- Marc > On 8 Mar 2018, at 01:34, sursound-requ...@music.vt.edu wrote: > > > From: Augustine Leudar <augustineleu...@gmail.com> > > Subject: Re: [Sursound] realtime 5.1 streaming over hdmi ? > > Date: 7 March 2018 18:37:46 GMT > > To: Surround Sound discussion group <sursound@music.vt.edu> > > > > > > Yes we got it working immediately on the Mac - one channel on > > speaker.bBut obviously there's an extra cist involved for client if > > they have to buy a Mac! Its a longterm install. > > > > On Wednesday, 7 March 2018, jim moses <jmo...@brown.edu> wrote: > > > >> The Mac HDMI out sounds like your best bet. You may need to work > >> with the audio-midi-setup app to make it work (seeting the # of > >> channels and then assignments in 'configure speakers'). > >> > >> jim > > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe > here, edit account or options, view archives and so on. _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.
