Streaming to my Hi-Fi

caseydoug · 4th February 2003, 21:38

Assuming a Rhapsody subscription from Listen.com, I think the path is something like the following:

Rhapsody server (probably some flavor of WMA) ---> Internet ---> Rhapsody Client on my computer (wave output) ---> Windows mixer device/volume control ("mute all" on playback, "What U hear" on record) ---> WinAmp/SHOUTcast Source plugin ("input from sound card") ---> SHOUTcast DNAS ---> Lansonic (listening on port 8000 of networked computer, D-A converter, analog output) ---> stereo line-in jacks

That's a lot of steps, but it does work. So the question is whether WinAmp converts wave back to MP3 before sourcing signal to DNAS, and if so, whether there is a reasonable way to skip any of these steps.

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4th February 2003, 21:38	#5
caseydoug Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 4	Assuming a Rhapsody subscription from Listen.com, I think the path is something like the following: Rhapsody server (probably some flavor of WMA) ---> Internet ---> Rhapsody Client on my computer (wave output) ---> Windows mixer device/volume control ("mute all" on playback, "What U hear" on record) ---> WinAmp/SHOUTcast Source plugin ("input from sound card") ---> SHOUTcast DNAS ---> Lansonic (listening on port 8000 of networked computer, D-A converter, analog output) ---> stereo line-in jacks That's a lot of steps, but it does work. So the question is whether WinAmp converts wave back to MP3 before sourcing signal to DNAS, and if so, whether there is a reasonable way to skip any of these steps.