 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
Windows Forum / Windows Media / Devices / May 2005streaming over my network
I have multiple computers, multiple stereos. Will windows media connect allow me to broadcast the music playing on one computer to the others within my house .. vs using a DMR. The idea being I could generate a stream on one computer playing the music and listen on another computer using Windows Media Player or some other client? > I have multiple computers, multiple stereos. Will windows media > connect allow me to broadcast the music playing on one computer to the > others within my house .. vs using a DMR. The idea being I could > generate a stream on one computer playing the music and listen on > another computer using Windows Media Player or some other client? Nope, WMC doesn't work that way. WMC is a UPnP AV Content Directory and Media Server. It delivers media "Point-to-point" to UPnP Media Renders. It doesn't use any packet broadcast technology for serving media. Regards,  SignatureAlan Ludwig Software Design Engineer Windows Media Devices Group This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Thank you. Aside from Windows Media Server, which seems like overkill, is there a MS technology that will allow this...Netmeeting maybe (if the quality is there?). > > I have multiple computers, multiple stereos. Will windows media > > connect allow me to broadcast the music playing on one computer to the [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Regards, > Aside from Windows Media Server, which seems like overkill, is there a > MS technology that will allow this...Netmeeting maybe (if the quality > is there?). You specifically asked about broadcasting a single stream to multiple recipients. That is a very specific and very limiting requirement. I'm not aware of any product other than Windows Media Server that will do that. However, I'd also say that for many uses it is also unnecessary. WMC will serve up multiple independent streams of media to multiple recipients at the same time. The biggest barrier that people will likely encounter when streaming media would be the limited bandwidth on their wireless networks. That isn't a limitation of WMC; it is a limitation of wireless networking. Regards, SignatureAlan Ludwig Software Design Engineer Windows Media Devices Group This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Ok Alan, Thanks for the clarification. I guess I'll try one more time. As your answer was 100% accurate. Assume either 1) bandwidth is not an issue, or 2) I'll do it between only two computers, one sending the other receiving. Both running XP pro. Final assumption, I am not ready to take the plunge and put server technology (either sw or hardware) on my network. I basically want to serve up one stream to another computer in my house... say I have Windows Media player on shuffle on the downstairs computer and another upstairs connected to the unlimited bandwidth network upstairs connected to the stereo. I think there is a Mac product (gasp) called nicecast that works with itunes that seems to perform a similiar function. Hardwired switched 100 MBs. > > Aside from Windows Media Server, which seems like overkill, is there a > > MS technology that will allow this...Netmeeting maybe (if the quality [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Regards, Yes, Windows Media Connect will serve media streams from your computer downstairs to your computer upstairs. Windows Media Player is not involved at either end. WMC is the server technology. For the upstairs computer you'll need software that serves as a UPnP Media Renderer. As far as software clients go your choices are fairly limited right now. I think we'll see many more of these appear over the next several months as we get closer to Holiday '05. Off the top of my head, there are three of them. First, there is one that comes with the Intel UPnP Tools (AV Media Controller). Nero shipps one as part of Nero 6 that is built into Nero ShowTime (You'll need to download the latest update, as this feature was not in the in-box version of Nero 6). The last one that I can remember off the top of my head is On2Share. A few minutes on http://search.msn.com should lead you to the locations for all of those clients. I've played about with both the Intel Tools and Nero Media Home. I can't recommend either of them. The Intel Tools are really more of an ad-hoc test tool for people developing UPnP hardware and software. The Nero client was sluggish and a bit unstable, but had a very nice user-interface and playlist building capablity. I haven't use On2Share myself but I've heard that it also suffers from stability issues. I belive that these will get better over time but as I said, the choices are limited right now. Hope that helps! > Thanks for the clarification. I guess I'll try one more time. As your > answer was 100% accurate. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Hardwired switched 100 MBs. SignatureAlan Ludwig Software Design Engineer Windows Media Devices Group This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Yes it does. Thank you. The software you recommend turns the PC into a DMR. Since Id like to have music playing in one room and the other room, hopefully in sync. I tried a few things in the meantime. I have gotten winamp and jetcast to perform this function. In testing with the wireless network , latency was huge. When I served from one computer and streamed to two others, I got better results than if I played/served and played. Im moving over to the wired network to see if thats better... Im a little surpised that P2P technology hasnt gotten a little better for this application. I cant be the first one to want to do this... > Yes, Windows Media Connect will serve media streams from your computer > downstairs to your computer upstairs. Windows Media Player is not involved [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > > > > Hardwired switched 100 MBs. I think the typical answer for folks who want to play the same music in sync in several rooms of the house is to wire speakers from the same stereo in those rooms and to get an RF remote control. It isn't very hi-tech but it is probably the easiest solution until another product comes along. SignatureAlan Ludwig Software Design Engineer Windows Media Devices Group This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Vypress Tonecast is another solution... and it does include the broadcast capability you require I use it to permanently broadcast a home-PA system over my network... my house was wired with Cat-6 but not for audio so this was the easiest solution. I use Microsoft SRVANY from the windows resouce kit to run both the server and the clients as a service so they automatically start with windows and after configuration do not require a user interface (i.e., are invisible) >I think the typical answer for folks who want to play the same music in > sync in several rooms of the house is to wire speakers from the same > stereo > in those rooms and to get an RF remote control. It isn't very hi-tech but > it is probably the easiest solution until another product comes along. Another option is to consider an IP-based solution like NetStreams' DigiLinX products (http://www.netstreams.com/fl_products.aspx?ID=2). They obtain audio synchronization within 2 mS between any of the endpoints. The down side is that they currently are not a UPnP compliant Media Renderer, so integration with WMC is not very good. Regards, =D- Derek R. Flickinger InteractiveHomesInc.com >I think the typical answer for folks who want to play the same music in > sync in several rooms of the house is to wire speakers from the same > stereo > in those rooms and to get an RF remote control. It isn't very hi-tech but > it is probably the easiest solution until another product comes along. |
Reply to this Message |
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2008 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.