RSYNC - Syncronize and backup media data over the network to XBMC

thios discussion was moved from its original posting spot of xbmc feature request

i have no idea why it was moved either


jaxter, me making a suggestion like this that could take xbmc to the next level could be considered contributing, btw

and, for name callings sake...
"ahem. well just got home and im up for a bit more flaming so here goes:"

so when you go out, do you spend time flaming? can i infer this from your statement? cause now i see why this feature is pointless to you. you & your boyfriend listen to neil diamond, watch queer eye episodes, and play barbie adventures with each other. you wouldnt need sync capabilities cause you're normally on his lap?

from online discussion at winamp.com - someone wants to do the same w/pc's, which is probably harder since all diff hardware.

thankyou for all your replies. i guess what i am asking for is pretty difficult. to my knowledge there are no network protocols that are concerned with the time the packets arrive (to do this packets would not only have to know when they left the server, but also when they arrived at other machines on the network), only with the order they arrive. there isn't anything currently out there that will allow simple and inexpensive synchronisation of the audio output of multiple lan (or wan) connected computers.

i have to assume i'm not the only person who has this desire, or whom, in this increasingly pc literate world has a multimedia computer in multiple rooms, or a computer as the hub of their media entertainment system. so i'm thinking there's a market out there for a software product that can do this.

allowing for modern networks at 100mbit or even wireless at 54g it should be possible to broadcast packets with a sync timestamp thats updated by machines already playing the stream, so that when additional machines are switched onto the stream they can sync, not only with the order of packets but with the prescribed output time, thinking that involves just to build in an initial delay to allow machines to sync, have feedback from machines already playing with what their delay is, then to start playing in sync once they have buffered enough. should be fairly simple... ;-)

so go to work you developers out there, and drop me an email when you get it working :-)

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good luck.

packet or no packet.

the packet has to be taken apart by hardware...ram, hard drive, cpu, soundcard...as i already mentioned.

since every computer (even with the exact same parts) handles this data at a different spead...the only way to get it to be syncronized is to bring the audio in through the computer and out through a hardware receiver (ie; speaker wire).

there is no other way, and will be no other way untill you can syncronize hardware between multiple computers...which is highly unlikely to be high on anyones to-do list.

head down to fred meyer and get yourself a 14.99 fm transmitter. it will send your 1 computers audio to all stereos in your house. it will also keep your computers free for things other then bandwidth hogging.

so airport express seems to be the way to go until this gets implemented

i don't know if the your time sync problem is entirely true. if all of the xboxen are synced to the same time source, it may be trivial to broadcast the start time of the media x, and then through simple calculation figure out the amount of time to skip to the current spot in the media;

skip forward(time(now) - x)

seems like this might work, and doesn't assume the calculation of network packets.

i kind of envision it like xbox live friends screen



where friends name = xbox nickname (you could name them according to room in house)

i dont think it needs to indicate stuff outside of xbmc; the list could just be a list of xbox's currently in xbmc. so in that regard, it would say if the user on what box is in my music, etc etc...

maybe expand it to more than 1 line & show artist/track info

maybe have a line for "currently sync'ed to [xbox name]"

is it possible to control other xbmc's from another? cause that would be cool to sync up all xboxes from one!

if you guys would quite flaming each other and join the ajax discussion you might actually get what you are asking for...

i'm discussing this with liquidice (dev for the ajax interface) and he is going to work on mult-zone audio. i bought a 2nd xbox just for this purpose.

so quite bitch'n & fight'n and get over there.

like i stated before...
ajax interface for xbmc discussion

bitching is fun

and for the record, you started the flames

nsmoller, none of your ideas will come trough if you don't give some respect. ask humbly for features, and maby devs and others, won't use their time ganging up on you.

btw, i like the idea of syncing xboxes.

holy shit, dude your not my mom.

the first post was sarcastic.

you're existing members started the shit.

14 year old power trippers man