On 06/02/08 16:16:36, Squirrel wrote: > > Bit of a techie one... > > As part of a multiroom installation I want to install perhaps 3 sound > cards into a PC running *nix (probably NetBSD but Linux if I have to) > and connect it to SlimServer as 3 separate Slim player devices. > > I figured this would be a nice easy way of doing things for those > rooms > (and the garden) that just need background music and don't need a > display. Can control the music in those rooms from SlimServer, or > sync > them up with another room that does have a display. > > Obviously I can do it with one copy of SoftSqueeze or slimp3slave but > how easy is it to do this with multiple instances running on one PC? >
slimp3slave does not 'play' the audio data iteslf, it just passes it on to a player, by default madplay. The -c option allows you to specify other players, I think they need to accept the data stream over a pipe (STDOUT|STDIN). If you can find a player that will... - run from the shell - read the audio stream from STDIN - allow you to select the output device You should be good to go! I also wrote a patch to allow it to detach and run in the background. -- 'ooroo stinga...(:)-) --------------------------------------------------- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] o You need only two tools. o ///// A hammer and duct tape. If it /@ `\ /) ~ doesn't move and it should, > (O) X< ~ Fish!! use the hammer. If it moves and `\___/' \) ~ shouldn't, use the tape. \\\ --------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
