Re: Office Mp3 streaming

["Mark Harrison \(Yahoo!\)" <mph@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I use the videolan client in "multicast" mode to stream
synchronised audio
(and sometimes video).

Works very well, and because it's properly multicast, it doesn't eat up
bandwidth.


BTW, on the subject of headphones, there's a certain trap that your company
may just have fallen into.

If they have told you that you can't use headphones, but CAN use speakers
to
play music, then they are legally obliged to get a PRS licence for the
office. This is because this licence is required by any business that
provides music, or music replay equipment to staff.

The normal way that clever companies get round this is to NEVER mention
anything about music replay in their policies.

They can then claim that they are not providing music equipment.  They are
providing COMPUTER equipment for the sole purpose of work. The fact that
the
computer equipment comes, out of the box, with other functionality is
immaterial. Companies are NOT obliged to monitor whether computers are used
for such unauthorised purposes :-)

However, by issuing a policy about what music replay is acceptable, even
verbally, they have admitted that music replay equipment is provided....
hence a licence is required :-)

That, at least, was the way that our lawyers explained it to me....

M.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ho Yin Ng" <yahoogroups@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 1:37 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Office Mp3 streaming


> Just had an idea .. that I think should be possible but not sure where
to
> start so I thought I might run it by you guys first before I make a
fool
of
> myself!
>
> Everyone in my office complains that either they can't hear the music
or
it
> is too loud.
>
> We all have new computers in the office with sound cards so I was
thinking
> of doing the following.
>
> One computer streams music to all the computers and each computer can
> output the sound through their own speaker.
>
> Would this work? Or would it kill the network? We are on a 100mbit
switch.
>
> So I am looking for a software that would run on the PC. Something
nice
and
> simple at the front end so that people could pick songs and perhaps
queue
> them up on the playlist through a webbrowser or something.
>
> It needs to be really easy to use.
>
> Is this possible? What should I look at first? Xlobby? Does this do
streaming?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ho Yin
>
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