Folks,

Does anyone know a way to broadcast music files from one PC on a home
network to other PCs on the same network? I know I can run a player program
on each computer to access the same file, but that's not the same as having
them all play in sync from one source. Am I missing something obvious, or do
I have to set up a web-type server of some sort?

--Ethan

try the shoutcast server that you set up with winamp...

burger


"Ethan Winer" ethan at ethanwiner dot com wrote in message
...
Folks,

Does anyone know a way to broadcast music files from one PC on a home
network to other PCs on the same network? I know I can run a player
program
on each computer to access the same file, but that's not the same as
having
them all play in sync from one source. Am I missing something obvious, or
do
I have to set up a web-type server of some sort?

--Ethan

try the shoutcast server that you set up with winamp...

burger


"Ethan Winer" ethan at ethanwiner dot com wrote in message
...
Folks,

Does anyone know a way to broadcast music files from one PC on a home
network to other PCs on the same network? I know I can run a player
program
on each computer to access the same file, but that's not the same as
having
them all play in sync from one source. Am I missing something obvious, or
do
I have to set up a web-type server of some sort?

--Ethan

"Ethan Winer" ethan at ethanwiner dot com wrote in message ...
Folks,

Does anyone know a way to broadcast music files from one PC on a home
network to other PCs on the same network? I know I can run a player program
on each computer to access the same file, but that's not the same as having
them all play in sync from one source. Am I missing something obvious, or do
I have to set up a web-type server of some sort?

The Windows Media Encoder can, without the media server application,
serve up to (as I recall) 6 clients. The last I used this, which was
several years ago, low-bit rate encoding from Windows Media sounded
completely dreadful. There have been updates that some claim are much
better and there's nothing to prevent you from running it at much higher
rates.

"Ethan Winer" ethan at ethanwiner dot com wrote in message ...
Folks,

Does anyone know a way to broadcast music files from one PC on a home
network to other PCs on the same network? I know I can run a player program
on each computer to access the same file, but that's not the same as having
them all play in sync from one source. Am I missing something obvious, or do
I have to set up a web-type server of some sort?

The Windows Media Encoder can, without the media server application,
serve up to (as I recall) 6 clients. The last I used this, which was
several years ago, low-bit rate encoding from Windows Media sounded
completely dreadful. There have been updates that some claim are much
better and there's nothing to prevent you from running it at much higher
rates.

Media Encoder supports pretty much any bit-rate you desire now and can
stream to up to 50 clients with a simple registry hack.

It's perfect for doing exactly what Ethan wants to do ( then again, so is
Shoutcast server ;-) ).



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"Ethan Winer" ethan at ethanwiner dot com wrote in message
...
Folks,

Does anyone know a way to broadcast music files from one PC on a home
network to other PCs on the same network? I know I can run a player
program
on each computer to access the same file, but that's not the same as
having
them all play in sync from one source. Am I missing something obvious,
or do
I have to set up a web-type server of some sort?

The Windows Media Encoder can, without the media server application,
serve up to (as I recall) 6 clients. The last I used this, which was
several years ago, low-bit rate encoding from Windows Media sounded
completely dreadful. There have been updates that some claim are much
better and there's nothing to prevent you from running it at much higher
rates.

Media Encoder supports pretty much any bit-rate you desire now and can
stream to up to 50 clients with a simple registry hack.

It's perfect for doing exactly what Ethan wants to do ( then again, so is
Shoutcast server ;-) ).



"Dick Pierce" wrote in message
om...
"Ethan Winer" ethan at ethanwiner dot com wrote in message
...
Folks,

Does anyone know a way to broadcast music files from one PC on a home
network to other PCs on the same network? I know I can run a player
program
on each computer to access the same file, but that's not the same as
having
them all play in sync from one source. Am I missing something obvious,
or do
I have to set up a web-type server of some sort?

The Windows Media Encoder can, without the media server application,
serve up to (as I recall) 6 clients. The last I used this, which was
several years ago, low-bit rate encoding from Windows Media sounded
completely dreadful. There have been updates that some claim are much
better and there's nothing to prevent you from running it at much higher
rates.

Guys,

WinAmp's Shoutcast ... Windows Media Encoder

Thanks! I'll check out both of those. The music files are in both Wave and
MP3 format, so I'd rather not decode/re-encode the MP3 stuff if possible.

Thanks again for the leads.

--Ethan

Guys,

WinAmp's Shoutcast ... Windows Media Encoder

Thanks! I'll check out both of those. The music files are in both Wave and
MP3 format, so I'd rather not decode/re-encode the MP3 stuff if possible.

Thanks again for the leads.

--Ethan