[ale] Multi-Channel Whole House Audio

[Greg Clifton]

Thanks for the quick responses. For a little more information, that I
probably should have included in my original post, the current schema is to
feed the audio outputs to a RUSS Sound distribution system that actually
pipes the sound to the various zones around the house (if memory serves, it
supports 5 or 6 channels). This allows selecting of which channels to play
to which zones at will. So we will need to be able to use a remote control
to select which sound source is played to each sound card. And needless to
say, it needs to be pretty much idiot proof and as simple as possible.
Currently we are using programmable remotes such as Logitech, etc. to
trigger the necessary cascade of events to port the selected source to the
selected zone with basically a push of only one or two buttons.

Thanks again,
Greg


On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Joshua Kite <jwkite at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have set up a single channel version of what you are trying to do using
> MPD (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_Player_Daemon) with a web-front
> end.  My preferred front-end is pitchfork, but that appears to be a dead
> project.  I believe you could run multiple instances of MPD.  And each
> instance of MPD can connect to multiple sound cards.  MPD can also be set up
> to stream via Icecast.
>
> Please keep us updated on what you decide to do.  This is a very
> interesting undertaking!
>
> Josh Kite
>
> On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Greg Clifton <gccfof5 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> So we're working on a project that we may try to sell to the home
>> theater/whole house audio segment. Basically the intent is to put perhaps as
>> many as 4 (or more if possible) sound cards into a single system and be able
>> to port different audio streams out the different sound cards to different
>> zones. The intent is to be able to have simultaneous audio playback of
>> different sound files to different zones in a whole house audio system.
>>
>> Looks like it can't be done with I-tunes, but could be done with WinAmp.
>> Before I dig deeply into Linux solutions myself, I thought I should ask the
>> brain trust.  Any suggestions on feasibility and suggested approach under
>> Linux?
>>
>> Much appreciated,
>> Greg Clifton
>>
>>
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