gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials » sound software http://www.ghacks.net A technology news blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:32:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Share The Sound Output Over A Local Area Networkhttp://www.ghacks.net/2010/01/06/share-the-sound-output-over-a-local-area-network/ http://www.ghacks.net/2010/01/06/share-the-sound-output-over-a-local-area-network/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:23:15 +0000 Martin Brinkmann http://www.ghacks.net/?p=22101 SpeakerShare is a computer program for computer systems running Microsoft Windows or Apple OS X that can be used to share the sound output of one computer system over a local area network. There are not probably a lot of situations where this is necessary but some users might be looking for a program like this. The program combines the client and server version in one interface and requires Apple’s Bonjour service to be running in the background. Bonjour gets installed with iTunes but can also be installed separately if necessary.

The client version needs to be installed on the target system that should receive the sound from the server system. All that needs to be done on the client system is to select the Share tab in the program interface and click on the share button.

That’s all there needs to be done on the client computer. The server computer needs to be configured from the Use tab in the same program interface. The computer that runs the client should be listed in the interface as speakers.

And that’s it. Sound that gets played on the server system should now be audible on the client system as well for as long as both programs are running and the connection can be established on the local area network.

The program’s readme contains additional information and some troubleshooting advice in case something is not working. The sound is buffered before it plays on the client system which results in a one second lag. It should also be noted that the server can handle multiple connected clients. The program can be downloaded for Windows and OS X at the developer’s website. (via Squeezebox)

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The program will scan the computer for sound cards and their settings and display those in the interface. Included in the overview are component types, control types, settings and the mixing device associated with the component.

To put it in other words, it will display components like master, microphone, wave or analog and display various control types like volume, onoff or mute and their settings in its interface. This can be very handy to get a quick overview of all sound card components and settings as the default Windows sound control panel divides the information into various windows.

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This is an excellent computer software program to analyse problems associated with the sound card including the dreaded “why no sound” and “why does no one her me when I speak in the microphone” problems.

Computer Sound Card Analysis is a small program with a size of less than 200 Kilobytes. It can also be useful for computer programmers to check the sound hardware setup.

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