Hi all,
Looking to crowdsource some ideas. We are trying to stream live audio from one room to another across a local-only* wireless network.
*this is of particular relevance as we have had issues with getting certain devices, especially iOS ones to stay on a local-only network.
We are looking to use a MacBook Pro as the source/sender, which takes a feed from our PA desk into a USB sound card (a Behringer UCA202).
What we have tried:
1) VLC - this supposedly allows you to stream any file or capture device across a network, for example capturing your sound card and making it available via a HTTP stream which we can then receive using any other device able to access such streams (often a version of VLC on a mobile/tablet). We managed to get this working really well using VLC on Windows and receiving on VLC for Android (tablet - Nexus 7), but with VLC on Mac we had major issues. The rest of our workflow for presentations etc. is all based on Mac, so we really want to get it working on that machine. Often the stream refuses to start, giving constant errors. On the one occasion I did managed to make it work (I've still yet to work out how), the audio stream seemed to be pitch shifted lower and slowed down. :-/
2) Airfoil (Rogue Amoeba) - this was quite promising as it's really simple to use, but this time we had issues on the receiving end (using Airfoil Speakers app). The iPad (fully updated) we tried refused to stay on our local-only network and I could not find a way to stop it disconnecting. Even then, often it would fail to locate new receivers on the network. The Android Nexus 7 we tried would just crash when the stream tried to start. Bit disappointed as we had paid for this.
So, any bright ideas or alternatives before we give in and go to a wired, non-computer based solution? (The room layout makes this less appealing, but if needs must...)
Regards,
Stephen
Looking to crowdsource some ideas. We are trying to stream live audio from one room to another across a local-only* wireless network.
*this is of particular relevance as we have had issues with getting certain devices, especially iOS ones to stay on a local-only network.
We are looking to use a MacBook Pro as the source/sender, which takes a feed from our PA desk into a USB sound card (a Behringer UCA202).
What we have tried:
1) VLC - this supposedly allows you to stream any file or capture device across a network, for example capturing your sound card and making it available via a HTTP stream which we can then receive using any other device able to access such streams (often a version of VLC on a mobile/tablet). We managed to get this working really well using VLC on Windows and receiving on VLC for Android (tablet - Nexus 7), but with VLC on Mac we had major issues. The rest of our workflow for presentations etc. is all based on Mac, so we really want to get it working on that machine. Often the stream refuses to start, giving constant errors. On the one occasion I did managed to make it work (I've still yet to work out how), the audio stream seemed to be pitch shifted lower and slowed down. :-/
2) Airfoil (Rogue Amoeba) - this was quite promising as it's really simple to use, but this time we had issues on the receiving end (using Airfoil Speakers app). The iPad (fully updated) we tried refused to stay on our local-only network and I could not find a way to stop it disconnecting. Even then, often it would fail to locate new receivers on the network. The Android Nexus 7 we tried would just crash when the stream tried to start. Bit disappointed as we had paid for this.
So, any bright ideas or alternatives before we give in and go to a wired, non-computer based solution? (The room layout makes this less appealing, but if needs must...)
Regards,
Stephen