Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > On Sun, 23 Mar 2008, James Cornell wrote: >>> >> I stand corrected on the intention, but nonetheless I agree that it's >> more of a novelty for some users. It could be said that network audio >> is useful for thin clients (For a conference room for example) or for >> streaming to say a PS3 from OpenSolaris to Linux, which would be neat. > > Networked audio is useful in the same way that networked X11 is > useful. Without network audio support, X11 applications which support > audio are crippled unless they are run on the local machine (like a > Microsoft Windows PC). OpenSolaris should offer more capability than > a Microsoft Windows PC so it should offer some form of network audio > and the applications which come with it should be capable of using it. > > Bob > ====================================== > Bob Friesenhahn > bfriesen at simple.dallas.tx.us, > http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ > GraphicsMagick Maintainer, http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/ > Here's a few applications that I'd find to be great for use with networked audio:
xVM/VirtualBox/VMware (For non-Windows guests) - To rectify non-existance of sound drivers for instance. MIDI Sequencers (Reason, Logic, Rosegarden, etc) - Live demonstrations without streaming over the internet or LAN Media players (iTunes, Songbird, mpd, mpg123, mplayer, vlc) - Cheap multi-system multi-speaker setups The list goes on, but I think the virtualization one is a real good one. If the complexity can be dealt with, it'd be a really nice investment, a treat to have available. James
