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  • #228
    Dj Buik
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    Is there a software solution to make a point to point connection (thru tcp/ip & internet)
    to stream a MPX signal or a stereo (mp3) audio signal?

    And what is the latency between the two points?

    Thanks in advance!

    #6519
    Leif
    Keymaster

    For MPX, there isn’t — and it would be pointless. MPX would use so much bandwidth, and if you have a computer at the transmitter site anyway (to serve as the other point), you might as well run the processor on that computer instead, and run MPX directly to the transmitter.

    For MP3, it probably exists — I don’t know of a suitable solution, but I will keep my eye out.

    You should be able to achieve 1 or 2 second latency over the internet — but I wouldn’t run latency that "low" as it would easily drop out. Better to run 10 second latency and have some protection against buffer underruns.

    There is a reason why Shoutcast has so much buffering — the internet simply isn’t reliable enough for audio otherwise!

    Best,
    ///Leif

    #6520
    Anonymous
    Guest

    Look out for AudioTX this is a suitable Solution but is rather expensive 😉

    In Hardware, the Barix Instreamer/ExStreamer would do the Trick

    #6521
    JesseG
    Member

    [quote author=”Tomsen77″]Look out for AudioTX this is a suitable Solution but is rather expensive 😉

    In Hardware, the Barix Instreamer/ExStreamer would do the Trick[/quote]

    Actually, they are essentially software. The only true "hardware" is 100% analog, or the physical system that software runs on… imho. Without the software, the Barix wouldn’t work, so it’s clearly not only hardware. Or what I would call simply "hardware". In fact there’s no reason that the Barix software couldn’t run on many different kinds of hardware… not that there isn’t already the equivalent functionality several times over on most hardware.

    Anyways… I just get tired of hearing people call something "hardware" when it’s actually software and doesn’t explicitly rely on specific hardware to make it’s connection to the physical world. Like Barix. They just happen to be selling hardware that the Barix software can run on as part of the package. 8)

    #6522
    Anonymous
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    Of course, you are right.

    But i think the Barix System is one of the super simple ones.

    Plug it in, configure and forget about it – switch on-switch off – thats all.

    I am currently not using such a box, but considering to buy one for that reason.

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