[nas] Exporting audio output

[Shardool]

> On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, Shardool wrote:
>
>> Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 17:09:49 +0530 (IST)
>> From: Shardool <shardool at iiita.ac.in>
>> To: nas at radscan.com
>> Subject: [nas] Exporting audio output
>>
>> HI,
>>
>> I am a newbie and have recently installed NAS. I came across NAS while
>> trying to find a solution to a problem which is as follows:
>> I have two systems that are connected over a network the first one is a
>> P4
>> with an 80GB hard disk. The second one is a P3 with a small 10GB disk
>> space.
>> I have to use both the systems frequently but the major volume of my
>> work
>> is confined to the first system.
>> I was looking for a way to export the X-server of the first system on
>> the
>> second one so that i could utilize to resources of the first one
>> especially while watching movies and playing games. I was able to do it
>> using XDMCP.
>> The problem is that although the x-server was exported successfully,
>> complete with the login screen etc. i was not able to get the sound
>> generated by the  applications on the first system on the second one.
>> That means when i play a movie (or any application) on the first system
>> using XDMCP i get the video output on the second one but the audio still
>> plays on the first one.
>> Is there any way i can direct the audio output of the first system to
>> that
>> of the second one?
>> Using a protocol like NFS or SMB to mount the file systems of the first
>> system on the second one is not a solution.
>>
>> I tried using NAS to somehow solve the problem. I stared nasd on the
>> second system and directed the audio output of the first system to the
>> second one using using a pipe on the first one
>> mkfifo temp
>> dd if=/dev/dsp of=temp
>> and tried to play 'temp' on the second system using auplay. But i
>> suppose
>> auplay requires a regular file as an argument.
>>
>> I also tried directing the output of 'temp' of the first system to the
>> /dev/dsp of the second system using cat and ssh.
>> by the following command n the first system:
>> cat temp| ssh -l username second_system -- dd of=/dev/dsp
>> but i got some garbled noise as the output on the second system.
>>
>> Any suggestions are welcome.
>
> You can use libaudiooss for NAS: http://www.mo.himolde.no/~knan/linux.html
> on the client side to get sound working. (However your the sound
> quality will be bad if you have low networking bandwidth)
>
> 				Matthias

I tried libaudiooss from the site you mentioned. It worked partially for
xmms but didnt't work for any other application (including mplayer).
Any other suggestions?

Regards,
Shardool