Synchronized audio streaming

Synchronized audio streaming

 

What are the simple options for streaming music (home wifi situation) from a single PC, so that multiple devices can receive the same songs throughout the house? Thinking Windows PC as server, to iPhone, TV, other wired or WiFi devices.

Must be synchronized.

I'm ignorant about the issues and requirements - willing to learn! :)

Re: Synchronized audio streaming

 

What do you mean by synchronized? Do you want to broadcast the same content to multiple devices?

Re: Synchronized audio streaming

 

Yes, but synchronized - so that if (hypothetic situation) a friend enters the house, switches on his Windows Phone and detects the source, he receives "A Hard Day's Night" perfectly in synch with any other device that is also receiving it within the household.

Re: Synchronized audio streaming

 

The first thing I would try is to use Icecast or VLC for broadcasting in LAN.

Re: Synchronized audio streaming

 

Using VLC 1.1.11 on Windows 7 Ultimate, 64-bit

I've been trying the simplest of scenarios, without much success.

On the same machine, using (very brief) streaming documentation at the VideoLan website, I did manage to stream a .flv file to another (client) instance using http://localhost:8080/file.flv - but even though I was looping the stream (instance #1), after a short time the client (instance #2) couldn't locate the address.

As for sending across the LAN, I'm puzzled - especially if i want to multicast it. {strike this }

[EDIT]
Found the better How-To, and used both 1 to 1 streaming (IP addresses for two machines were 10.1.1.3 & 10.1.1.5) and also the multicast IP 224.0.0.0 - works as described with my two Windows 7 machines across a 54kbps wireless LAN (Belkin), except that the client VLC consistently crashed after just a couple of minutes, had poor video quality, and no sound. I didn't try audio only, but it's not good enough with VLC.

Similar streaming should be possible through Windows Media Player on Windows 7 machines - but I haven't discovered the docos I need.

I have no idea about the media software for iApple devices that can be a client to streams sent from the Windows machine(s), but I'll tackle that later. Still learning :)