Playing audio over LAN -- software needed
Hello everybody,
I'm looking for a solution to the following. I want to play my audio from any
device that can communicate over LAN (eth/wifi) using LAN and a central
server.
In other words, I have a Debian-based server, connected to amplifier and
speakers and I want to use that server to play my audio. So I'd need a server
software that would listen to data and output it to speakers and I'd also
need a client software that would act as a virtual sound card.
The client software should be able to discover servers that exist in LAN and
present user with a choice to either use local sound adapter (and thus local
speakers) or to use a LAN sound adapter (and thus direct the sound to a nice
home sound system). Client software should exist for Windows XP. The perfect
solution should also be able to discover more than one listening
server and switch between them.
All the solutions I've googled seem to do something opposite: allow to access
media files through LAN/Internet in order to play them locally.
I want to play files locally, but output the sound through LAN. Note, that
this should also work on WiFi, so it has to use ethernet (and maybe even
better -- IP).
Does something like this even exist?
Please help.
Best regards, KT
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