simultaneously play a song on different computers

[Ptolemy52]

The link below is a guide to simultaneously play a song on different computers in a lan network.
I managed to download and install the programs but when it came to the point of using " edit config" Notepad comes up with several pages of information relating to the product and not the config itself so I cannot edit it as it sudjests. do you think this is possible
I am trying to play music back via my home network for our personal use in the homegroup network I have several computers on a hard wired ethernet circuit all pc run window7 and streaming only works using playto to one machine I want to be able to play back a playlist across the network so i can listen to it on all the pc's at the same time so we can have one level of sound where ever we are at the time in the house but also be able to mute the sound on the individual pc when answering the phone etc.
is there any one who could give me some more advice and help with this.



http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/...omputers-music

[SnowHow]

First, you don't NEED the vlc player. Any media player capable of playing mp3 streams will do.

1) Install Winamp on the computer that will act as your "server".

2) Install the dsp plugin

3) Install the dnas server.

OK, now we have to do some minor configuring...

I have XP, so I'm using that as a reference. Go to Programs -> Shoutcast DNAS -> Edit Shoutcast DNAS configuration. Notepad will open with the configuration file. Look for this section near the top:

; ***************************
; Required stuff
; ***************************

; MaxUser. The maximum number of simultaneous listeners allowed.
; Compute a reasonable value for your available upstream bandwidth (i.e. if
; you have 256kbps upload DSL, and want to broadcast at 24kbps, you would
; choose 256kbps/24kbps=10 maximum listeners.) Setting this value higher
; only wastes RAM and screws up your broadcast when more people connect
; than you can support.
MaxUser=30 // Number of users you plan to service

; Password. While SHOUTcast never asks a listener for a password, a
; password is required to broadcast through the server, and to perform
; administration via the web interface to this server. This server should
; consist of only letters and numbers, and is the same server your broadcaster
; will need to enter in the SHOUTcast Source Plug-in for Winamp. THIS VALUE
; CANNOT BE BLANK.
Password=yourpassword //this has to match what you put in the DSP plugin

; PortBase. This is the IP port number your server will run on. The
; value, and the value + 1 must be available. If you get a fatal error when
; the DNAS is setting up a socket on startup, make sure nothing else on the
; machine is running on the same port (telnet localhost portnumber -- if you
; get connection refused then you're clear to use that port). Ports < 1024
; may require root privledges on *nix machines. The default port is 8000.
PortBase=8000 // You can just leave this.



Make the changes above and save the file.

Now open Winamp and go to Preferences (Ctl+P). Select DSP/Effect and select the dsp plugin on the right. The dsp plugin Window will appear.

Select Output tab. Click the Connection button if it isn't already. Where it says output connection, leave address as localhost and port as 8000. In the password box, put the same password that you put in the server config. (Since it's for your local LAN, something simple such as "server" should suffice.)

Now Click Encoder tab. Select MP3 encoder and then the Kbps you want. 96Kbps will work just fine if your worried about network performance. Close the dsp plugin window and it will minimize to a happy little icon in your system tray.

Start Winamp playing something.

Now start the DNAS server. Watch the window and you will see it connect and start streaming the music Winamp is playing.

Now go to one of the computers on your LAN and install Winamp on it. Once it's installed, press Ctl+L and a Open URL box appears. Type in the address of your server machine 192.168.1.xxx:8000 and hit enter. You should now hear your stream

Good Luck!

SH

[Ptolemy52]

thanks I will try this out tonight when I get home

one other question where do I find the address of the server machine 192.168.1.xxx:8000
and also where it says users 30 I will have a maximum of 5 pc working at any one time is this the number I replace here

[SnowHow]

Originally Posted by Ptolemy52

thanks I will try this out tonight when I get home

one other question where do I find the address of the server machine 192.168.1.xxx:8000
and also where it says users 30 I will have a maximum of 5 pc working at any one time is this the number I replace here

To find the address of your machine, do this:

Start -> Run

A "Run" box will appear.

Type cmd in the box and hit enter.

A dos box will appear

Type ipconfig and hit enter

This will show you the IP address.

As for users, the number 30 was just an example. You can put whatever number suits your needs.

SH

[Ptolemy52]

OK did that got whats below is it the I Pv4 Address or one of the others

Ethernet Adapter Local Area Connection
connection-specific DNS Suffix - : private
link-local IPv6 Address ............: xxxx: :xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx %xx
I Pv4 Address ........................... : xxx.xxx.x.xxx
subnet Mask ...........................: xxx.xxx.xxx.
default Gateway ..................... : xxx.xxx.x.x

It appears to be default gateway when I use this address I then get a box asking for the password
It then connects but no sound coming from the speakers!!!! help

I get this message on the server
:
<09/27/10@19:15:41> [SHOUTcast] DNAS/win32 v1.9.8 (Feb 28 2007) starting up...
<09/27/10@19:15:41> [main] loaded config from C:\Program Files (x86)\SHOUTcast\sc_serv.ini
<09/27/10@19:15:41> [main] initializing (usermax:10 portbase:8000)...
<09/27/10@19:15:41> [main] No ban file found (sc_serv.ban)
<09/27/10@19:15:41> [main] No rip file found (sc_serv.rip)
<09/27/10@19:15:41> [main] opening source socket
<09/27/10@19:15:41> [main] error opening source socket! FATAL ERROR! Some other process is using this port!

[SnowHow]

Use IP V4

SH

[Ptolemy52]

Appears I had two dnas severs open I closed them both and started again
I now have this but still no sound on the other pc

Event log:
<09/27/10@21:27:26> [SHOUTcast] DNAS/win32 v1.9.8 (Feb 28 2007) starting up...
<09/27/10@21:27:26> [main] loaded config from C:\Program Files (x86)\SHOUTcast\sc_serv.ini
<09/27/10@21:27:26> [main] initializing (usermax:10 portbase:8000)...
<09/27/10@21:27:26> [main] No ban file found (sc_serv.ban)
<09/27/10@21:27:26> [main] No rip file found (sc_serv.rip)
<09/27/10@21:27:26> [main] opening source socket
<09/27/10@21:27:26> [main] source thread starting
<09/27/10@21:27:26> [main] opening client socket
<09/27/10@21:27:26> [source] listening for connection on port 8001
<09/27/10@21:27:26> [main] Client Stream thread [0] starting
<09/27/10@21:27:26> [main] client main thread starting
it appears to be not excepting the password
getting late got a lot to do tommorow so i will try again then its probably some thing simple cant see it at the moment

[SnowHow]

Originally Posted by Ptolemy52

OK did that got whats below is it the I Pv4 Address or one of the others

Ethernet Adapter Local Area Connection
connection-specific DNS Suffix - : private
link-local IPv6 Address ............: xxxx: :xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx %xx
I Pv4 Address ........................... : xxx.xxx.x.xxx
subnet Mask ...........................: xxx.xxx.xxx.
default Gateway ..................... : xxx.xxx.x.x

It appears to be default gateway when I use this address I then get a box asking for the password
It then connects but no sound coming from the speakers!!!! help

I get this message on the server
:
<09/27/10@19:15:41> [SHOUTcast] DNAS/win32 v1.9.8 (Feb 28 2007) starting up...
<09/27/10@19:15:41> [main] loaded config from C:\Program Files (x86)\SHOUTcast\sc_serv.ini
<09/27/10@19:15:41> [main] initializing (usermax:10 portbase:8000)...
<09/27/10@19:15:41> [main] No ban file found (sc_serv.ban)
<09/27/10@19:15:41> [main] No rip file found (sc_serv.rip)
<09/27/10@19:15:41> [main] opening source socket
<09/27/10@19:15:41> [main] error opening source socket! FATAL ERROR! Some other process is using this port!

OK, let's back up...

First, some basic networking --

The Default Gateway is your router -- that's not the one you use. You only use that when you are configuring static IP's in your LAN which is not what we are doing here.

You need the IP V4 address of the server machine. That is the address that you input into the url box as posted above into the client machine on your network. If you have your server running as posted above and you put the IP address into the url box into the client machine as posted above then everything should work. I can't make it any simpler.

Hope this helps...

SH