Sync two sound systems up

[xrAph]

Hey, I have a roommate and I was wondering if there is a program to help us play a song with both our computers at the same time? So when I hit play, it will start the song on both our computers at the same time. Do you guys know of a way? Thanks.

 

[phide]

I can tell you how to sync up just about anything, but not this.

Why do you want to do this?

 

[scottatwittenberg]

tell us why you want to do this.. and maybe we can think of an alternate way to do what you want..

for example.. if you want to have the same music playing in 2 different rooms because you are having a party or something, then you could link up both stereos somehow..

i am thinking, that maybe you could do some trickery with RDC.. where you connect to one computer from the other.. and somehow hack it so it plays the sounds on the local and remote computers at the same time..

 

[Stuey83]

Yea, I don't get it either. You could always hard-wire the two speaker systems to a single computer.

 

[xrAph]

It's for parties and such. Our two computers are in different rooms, and to make it louder we would like to use both sound systems (Logitech Z-5500) at the same time. I tried VLC out, to stream all sound output to his VLC client, but the sound was off by a few seconds, so it didn't work out. Any thoughts?

 

[Omegaslast]

http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...&cs_id=1021802&p_id=667&seq=1&format=2&style=

+ 2 of these:
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...&cs_id=1021802&p_id=646&seq=1&format=2&style=

= sound to both speakers at the exact same time.

 

[Unknown-One]

Split the audio output on the first computer, plug one end into its normal speakers, and run the other end to the "Line-in" on the second computer.

Once you have this set up, just un-mute the line-in jack on the second computer and any sound you play on the first computer will come out both computer A's and Computer B's speakers.

Edit: Added a diagram made with my L33T MsPaint skillz

 

[slightlyawesome]

If your computers are networked, and too far away for ^direct line connection^, you can set up a Shoutcast server on one, then listen to the stream on both computers with Winamp. To keep in sync both computers may have to be connected to the server computer's external IP. You can control the music from the server computer directly, and from the other computer through a RDC or other terminal service.

 

[xrAph]

Thanks guys. I'm going to try the software solution first..as the computers are kinda far away to hook up via cable.