play music over a network

[nick.arnott]

i have 2 comps with XP pro. 1 is a laptop and has bad speakers and the other has nice speakes. How can i play music over my network to the other comp's speakers without pulling the music fron the one comp and playing it on the other?

[M_Six]

Put the music in the Shared Music folder on the laptop, map to it from the other PC, and open the music from the shared folder.

[nick.arnott]

yeah thats wat im doing
i want to play music on comp 1 and have it come out of comp 2's speakers without touching comp 2

[EvilCrow]

If you're using a router or some sort of connection between the 3 PCs, just share the folder over your network. Then access the laptop's shared folder on your PC with good speakers and play the music.

[Creatures]

well in linux you could send the other PC a command to start the music but i have no idea how you should do that in windows, i tried to find something over altavista and google but had no luck (maybe used the wrong keywords )

Creatures

[D4rk5t4r]

with windows its really easy isnt it?
you just have to share the files' directory and then (dont put the computer off) go to the other computer an look for the directory and play the songs.

[Cyberlore]

Just open the songs on the other computer through a shared folder.

Sorry, everyone else told you that so I figured I should as well.

If they both have XP Pro, set up the remote desktop connection on the 'good-speakered' computer and then you can use it through your laptop. You can also use a program called Real VNC that is pretty much the same thing as the one built into windows with some added features and some say it runs faster.

Lastly, there was a winamp plugin being developed (netcast or something like that, I cant remember the name) that would sync people's winamps on multiple computers so you can have music playing in sync from multiple sources. I dont think that's what your looking for and I'm not sure if it would even work for you need it for, but I just remember it being really cool. My dorm was trying to get everyone pounding the same song together...good times...

[willy_ph]

As cyberlore has already suggested, VNC (Virtual Network Connection) could possibly be a solution.

Essentially, VNC allows you to control one computer from another. After loading the program on PC 1 it will open a screen with the desktop of PC 2, allowing you to control the computer as if you were sitting in front of it. This will allow you to open winamp, or whatever other audio program you are using and play the music on PC 2, coming out of the speakers attached to PC 2.

i believe cyberlore is refering to http://www.shoutcast.com/

would work great over a lan

[nick.arnott]

thanks a lot!!!