RE: Multiple soundcards in 1 pc, remote controlled ??? Don't know how to start

[Marcus Warrington <marcus.warrington@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I am doing something similar except I'm using Xlobby with a
touchscreen
for control rather than IR.



I have 2 old SoundBlaster soundcards in the AV PC and use KxProject
drivers instead of the standard drivers. Once setup this allows each
card to present itself as 3 stereo sound cards i.e. 6 in total



I then run several instances of foobar2000 instead of winamp, as I find
it MUCH less resource hungry (memory and CPU), each configured to
playback on one of the "virtual" stereo soundcard. At the moment
I only
have two zones up and running but it works great.



HTH



Marcus

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From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of egelbeertje
Sent: 06 December 2006 11:26
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Multiple soundcards in 1 pc, remote controlled ???
Don't know how to start



Hi,

current config : laptop with external soundblaster running winamp
2.91 with an infrared receiver. Xantech stuff controlling the IR,
external soundblaster connected through distribution amp to 5
amps/rooms, all ir controlled through the xantech kit.

Problem : winamp playing = same song all through the house and swimbo
and I have different tastes - now this is a challenge since I
actually managed to get her into selecting songs/playlists - in the
end maybe not such a bright idea.....

Question 1 : can I run multiple instances of winamp on the same pc
using the same IR controller through the serial connection?
Question 2 : can I put multiple soundcards (or externals on usb) (I'm
considering upgrading the lappie to a full tower or rackmount) and
how do I tell winamp to use what card ?

Alternatively I would use a squeezebox or so in every room but the
amps are in node 1 and I have only speaker cable and ir cable running
through the house. Even thinking about using the squeezebox as a
wireless controller/display since I don't have a local amp but that's
another story.

rgds Rob





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