[pulseaudio-discuss] PulseAudio - Network Streaming to sound card issues.

[Colin Guthrie]

'Twas brillig, and hyperstream at 16/02/10 12:08 did gyre and gimble:
> run pacmd in a terminal:
>>>> load-module module-tunnel-sink server=hyperstream-laptop
>>>> list-sinks
> 
> (THIS IS WHERE I GET LOST, i was asked to take note of the 'name of tunnel sink' and the 'local sink')
> 
> 2 sink(s) available.
>   * index: 0
> 	name: <alsa_output.pci-0000_00_06.1.analog-stereo>

>     index: 1
> 	name: <tunnel.hyperstream-laptop.local.alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo>

These are the two names here.

>>>> load-module module-combine master=alsa_output.pci-0000_00_06.1.analog-stereo slaves=tunnel.remote.sink
> Module load fails.

Your slaves name is wrong. It's not the name assigined to the sink
itself which you listed above.

Also, I believe that the combine sink no longer needs a master argument
and you can support all the devices as slaves.

 load-module module-combine
slaves=alsa_output.pci-0000_00_06.1.analog-stereo,tunnel.hyperstream-laptop.local.alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo#

> As you can see, i cannot find a name for the local sink tunnel, so im using the name of the index 0 sink.

No you're not, you're using a made up name :p


> PLEASE NOTE: on the after the last steps, the desktop is sending 180KB's outgoing. the laptop is not receiving anything.

Does the tunnel work by itself? Have you made sure that it is physically
working before you try and use it as a slave of the combined sink? You
should test each stage.

You can test easily via:

PULSE_SINK="tunnel.hyperstream-laptop.local.alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo"
mplayer /path/to/a/file.mp3

(or any PA application)

You could also just produce some sound locally then move the stream to
the tunnel from the "Playback" tab in pavucontrol.

Hope this helps.

Col




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