[alsa-devel] alsa virtual sound card (with networked output)

[Metyl Methylius]

The main reason I can't use pulseaudio it's because it won't even
compile on the embedded platform i'm running (openwrt). Also
pulseaudio it's overcomplicated for such a straightforward task. I was
hoping that a simpler solution would exist.

Metyl

On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Colin Guthrie <gmane at colin.guthr.ie> wrote:
> 'Twas brillig, and Metyl Methylius at 11/01/11 14:51 did gyre and gimble:
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I was wondering if its possible to just create a "virtual" sound card
>> using alsa which will just sent its audio stream to other computer
>> (using TCP/IP or UDP for example). On the other end there would be
>> some kind of server (or just nc -u -l -p 31337 | aplay ). I want to do
>> it on alsa layer because other aps using alsa will get immediate
>> support.
>>
>> It should be something like described in
>>
>> http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Network
>>
>> but with transparent support for all alsa based applications. I dont
>> care about syncronization or transmission delay. Any pointers as how
>> this could be done in alsa ?
>
> Any particular reason you cannot use PulseAudio? It support usage from
> existing ALSA apps and also works automatically with SSH by
> piggy-backing connection settings on X11 root windows which are
> accessable when the remote connection has X11 forwarding enabled.
>
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