On 02/10/2008 10:29:12 AM, Stewart Williams wrote:
Sorry if this has been asked before, but I thought
someone may know the exact answer quickly.
Computer A = Fedora 8
Computer B = Fedora 8
On Computer A I have headphones connected to my speaker
jack and is where I listen to my music. However, I store
also music on Computer B and have no speakers connected
to the soundcard.
What I want to know is, is it possible to say double
click on an mp3 file on Computer B and have it output the
sound through my network to the headphones connected on
Computer A's soundcard?
And also (not essential) is this also possible if
Computer A is running Windows?
I can (sort of) think of a couple of ways. If the two
machines are physically close enough, as has already been
mentioned, physically wire the speaker jack from B to the
input of A. Not terribly elegant, but simple and works.
Next up would be to remotely mount the file system from B
on A. Options include, but not limited to: NFS, Samba, and
sshfs. I use NFS personally to get my limited music
collection routed around the home network, but Samba might
be better if you plan on running sound through box A
running Windows. In either case, media files play on
machine A as if they were hosted locally.
After those two classes of approach, I guess that you could
get into some sort of streaming solution, but you're _way_
out of my league there. It also seems that PulseAudio has
network capabilities. If you get _that_ to work nicely for
you, you may meet with widespread disbelief on this list
however, as lots of us seem to have trouble with Pulse.
Hope this helps.
