Re: Playing Audio Cd's remotely

[Richard Harvey Chapman <hchapman force stwing upenn edu>]

On Tue, 1 Dec 1998, Vineeta wrote:

> I want to know if there is a way to play an audio cd mounted on linux
> on a Solaris box ?
> I don't have sound card on linux but have inbuilt speakers on solaris box.
> Is it possible to do this?

Not with any standard programs.  The way it normally works is you cd-rom
plays the cd and the sound goes directly to the sound card via that cable
between them.

So, if you wanted to play a mounted CD remotely, you'd have to get a new
type of player that would read the mounted CD like a file and then play it
something like an mp3.  The other alternative is to use the copy of
pnserver that came for free on the RedHat 5.0 CD.  It's simple to setup.
Set it up to serve your cd-rom.  Then, use real audio on your other
computer (w/ speakers) to listen.


I hope that was clear (I just woke up).

R.