Greetings & Salutations,
I work for VMware and am always looking for ways in which to use our technology. I was doing backflips when I first laid eyes on the Sirocco!
My plan is to set-up 4 XP virtual machines (VM) on ESX Server each running the Sondigo Sirocco CP. This first step is complete. I have not yet received my Siroccos yet, but once I do, I plan on deploying 1 in each of four zones across my living space(kitchen,living room,garage & patio). Each XP VM will control its respective Sirocco.
In order to minimize my costs, I have deployed the following combination of speaker/amplifier in the 3 areas(kitchen,garage & patio)where I do not have existing sound equipment:
- Sonic Impact T-Amp - integrated amplifier http://www.tnt-audio.com/ampli/t-amp_e.html
- Jensen J052W Indoor / Outdoor Speakers
Once the system is deployed, I can remote-in (RDP) into my XP virtual machines - simultaneously - connect to each of 4 Siroccos, and let lose the tunes!
Pros:
I can stream 4 different streams to each zone.
I have full Admin control over all Sirocco's.
I can manage any Sirocco from anywhere.
Cons:
I can't send 1 stream to all Siroccos w\o noticeable lag.
I'm posting this in order to get feedback and ideas on what I can possible do to expand this concept.
The beauty which made this all possible is the C-Media Wi-Sonic Wireless Audio Driver.
Kudos to the Sondigo Team!
CAVEAT: I have tested this design with the Sondigo CP and driver on my Virtual Machines and is working as expected. I have yet received my Sirocco yet so the final and most important aspect has not been fully tested. Just an FYI.
J
Hi Jindi, That is a really
Hi Jindi,
That is a really cool idea- I never thought of using multiple VMs to stream to different Siroccos from one machine. Please do let us know how it works out, sounds like you'll have a neat setup when your Siroccos arrive.
-Aaron
That's really cool,
tried "concurrent sessions",which I posted as a suggestion on another topic, it won't work!!!
3 problems: second driver,program for the second driver, and the program itself
should work with some technical skills, but not with mine ;)
your's seem to be easier, but needs more cpu power!!
jindi
Soooooooo ..... surely you must have received your Siroccos by now. How is your idea working?
does it work?
I'd like to drive the Sirocco from a virtual machine as well, but under Parallels on a Mac, so I'm curious if it works for you with VMWare.
It works like a charm...
Hi All,
Sorry for the tardy reply. Been kinda busy ;)
Works like a charm. I fired-up my VM's with CP and connected to my audio stream via FF. (no IE allowed on my vm's). connected and...gorgeous music. The driver worked very well and continually connected and disconnected from the the Sondy perfectly.
I had my VM's running on an ESX Server which is what give me the biggest grin b\c there is no physical snd card.
A buddy of mine owns a Thai restaurant and was looking to sire-up his place from sound. I show-cased my set-up and he was sold. He ordered his goodies and is going to run his Sondy-Machs(vms with CP) from the free VMware Player to provide music to his patrons.
Many people have told me, including my manager, that there are so many systems out there that do this now. My answer is that it's just too much fun to DIY.
Cool beans folks. If I can help in anyway lemme know.
äääähm, what about
äääähm,
what about synchronized playback?
The idea is to intall "´Softsqueeze" on any virtual machine. This peace of software supports synchronized playback with other installations of itself. in the network.
The question is: Will the Sirocco Devices play everything synchronized with that?
Greatz
I'm not familiar with
I'm not familiar with Softsqueeze, so I am only qualified to guess, but I'd say that as long as your buffer setting is the same across Siroccos, this should allow you to get within 5-10ms of syncronization.