On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 06:18:42PM +0200, Michael Hampicke wrote: > Am 29.04.2013 17:26, schrieb Randy Westlund: > > Hey guys, > > > > I have a nice set of speakers, but they aren't near my desk in my home > > office. I used to carry them back and forth when I wanted good music, but > > that was a pain. I currently have a RasPi running arch connected to the > > speakers -- I've been cat-ing audio files over ssh to mplayer, and that > > mostly works (no fast-forward/skip). I also tried using reverse-ssh and > > sshfs to mount my files on the RasPi, but that seems silly. > > > > What I really want is to be able to stream audio from my browser to the > > RasPi's speakers (pandora, grooveshark). I'd like to set up an audio > > device that maps to the RasPi. Something like /dev/dsp1, perhaps. If I > > could have some audio sent to the RasPi and leave mcabber's chat > > notifications on my laptop's speakers, that'd be fantastic. > > > > Does anyone have a setup like this? Know of any good options? > > > > Randy > > > I don't know what desktop env you are running, but would PulseAudio be > an option? You could send the audio from your program (browser) to the > Pi but keep the chat notification on your local machine. >
I switch between xfce and xmonad (from startx). My only experience with pulseaudio is "the weird audio thing that keeps messing up ubuntu" from two years ago when I had just gotten off windows. After taking a second look, it looks promising. Thanks. Randy
