hearing the audio from a remote system

Brent Harding bharding at ufw2.com
Mon Oct 9 18:30:11 EDT 2000


It's actually a not enough bandwidth at my end issue. Converting bitrates
would allow me to listen to stuff I never could before, but now the problem
is with msmedia streams entering the picture more than real audio. My isp
has plenty of bandwidth, but I don't.
At 11:51 AM 10/9/00 -0500, you wrote:
>As I mentioned, the bitrate on the ESD server and the play program would
>have to match, so it wouldn't convert automatically to a lower bandwith. I
>thought you were experiencing packet loss between you and the site, but
>perhaps not between other_host and the site, and not between you and
>other_host.
>
>Chris
>
>
>On Sun, 8 Oct 2000, Brent Harding wrote:
>
>> What, would the server run on the remote machine? Would it convert the
>> bitrate to something my modem can handle?
>> At 04:59 PM 10/8/00 -0500, you wrote:
>> >You might able to use the enlightenment sound daemon (ESD). Have the
>> >remote computer run its stream through an ESD server, then use esdplay or
>> >something on your local box to connect to the remote esd server and play
>> >its audio. Bitrate and such will probably have to match. And this is just
>> >an idea.
>> >
>> >Chris
>> >
>> >
>> >On Sun, 8 Oct 2000, Kirk Wood wrote:
>> >
>> >> It is quite simple. What you want to do can't be done. When you
telnet you
>> >> are working on the remote machine. Fully and completely. All commands
are
>> >> carried out the same as if you were on that machine's console (unless
>> >> prohibited or some such thing).
>> >> 
>> >> What you really want is some sort of proxy program to accept the
streaming
>> >> data and then forward it to you. As far as changing the bit rate it is
>> >> most likely a forget it situation. Not on current computers. 
>> >> 
>> >> -- 
>> >> Kirk Wood
>> >> Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net
>> >> ------------------
>> >> 
>> >> It's not reality that's important, but how you perceive things.
>> >> 
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