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Re: redirecting sound
- From: Alexander Gottwald <alexander dot gottwald at s1999 dot tu-chemnitz dot de>
- To: Cygwin/X <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 23:26:59 +0200 (MEST)
- Subject: Re: redirecting sound
- References: <86ll5zz1dz.fsf@zihua.cmconn.net>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On Sat, 28 May 2005, Christopher Mark Conn wrote:
> I'm using Cygwin/X on my Win2K laptop to connect to
> my FreeBSD box and I'd like to redirect the sound
> from Rhythmbox (or other music players on the FreeBSD
> box) to the laptop.
>
> Here is how I connect from the Win2K laptop:
>
> startx -> brings up an xterm
> ssh <bsd box> on the xterm
> run bsd commands on the xterm
>
> I can do this easily but the music now comes out of
> the speakers on the FreeBSD box. Since it's a wireless
> connection I'm not always where the speakers are.
>
> Thanks for any advice,
ESound (or ESD) is designed for this purpose. I think it is available
as cygwin package. Check the documentation of that package on how to
setup the sound forwarding.
bye
ago
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