Hi, I'd love to run foobar on my laptop, and output its sound via TCP/IP on another soundserver machine in the network.

So, the idea is to output foobar sound via LAN to a remote computer -- the sound server in my LAN with the audiophile soundcard, right by my stereo

There are several sound protocols that are "network transparent" (i.e. a music program must not run on the same machine as the soundserver), mostly for Linux:
* ESD / ESounD / Enlightened Sound Daemon
* PulseAudio / PolypAudio
* Arts / Advanced Linux Sound Architecture / now Phonon
* Jack
* Network-Integrated Multimedia Middleware (NMM)

For some of them, for sure ESD, a Windows driver is available, so that -- if foobar had a foo_out_ESD component -- music could play straight from foobar2K to the ESD sound server.

Anyone underway with the same idea? It would be so great to play foobar on a remote sound server via LAN!

I might try to develop foo_out_SoundServer myself... IF the foo_out library was OK to use, but last time I checked, further development on foo_out was disencouraged.

What do you think: are there some remote sound solutions for foobar on Windows already underway? Is it worthwile to try develop it?

Thanks!
Ulf

If there is a Windows driver for ESD or PusleAudio, is it necessary to develop a plugin for each application? Can't foobar take the ESD driver for a real soundcard, then let ESD do the network stuff?