Hi Marc, The processing involve dhere is not too CPU intensive - rather its whether the graphics card is capable of transmitting 8 channels of audio over HDMI that I am wondering about . Marc - its a commercial project and we will be connected online to update/make changes if necessary. As mentioned its possible to automatically tell the max patch which drivers ot use etc. I totally agree with you on "if it can go wrong it will" and it has to be rock solid - the last permanent install we did the cleaners kept unpluggin it - - we'd get the call "its not working !!) - wed drive two hours to ge tthere and switch it back on. Lessons learnt. Linux would be my prefferedd choice for stablitiy but it doesnt have the software tools to do what is needed in this instance (Im a big fan of soundscape renderer on linux ) nor are those involved in the project profficient in Linux. I have however found windows 10 to be a complete pain in the ass for anything thats installed for more than a couple of days. This will be for a year. best Gus
On 8 March 2018 at 09:50, Dave Hunt <davehuntau...@btinternet.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Mac Minis are not that expensive, though whether they are adequate depends > on how much audio processing is required. > > After set up you may not need a monitor, keyboard or mouse, though these > are fairly cheap and readily available now. These are only required if > something goes wrong, usually when an audio interface or other external > unit is not powered up when the computer boots.They can be set up to boot > and run a program automatically to specified times, or to run a program > when booted. > > If it is a long term install, the cost of this part of the system becomes > very low compared to other installation costs, and the daily management of > the whole. > > Ciao, > > Dave Hunt > > > On 8 Mar 2018, at 01:34, sursound-requ...@music.vt.edu wrote: > > > From: Augustine Leudar <augustineleu...@gmail.com> > > Subject: Re: [Sursound] realtime 5.1 streaming over hdmi ? > > Date: 7 March 2018 18:37:46 GMT > > To: Surround Sound discussion group <sursound@music.vt.edu> > > > > > > Yes we got it working immediately on the Mac - one channel on > speaker.bBut > > obviously there's an extra cist involved for client if they have to buy a > > Mac! Its a longterm install. > > > > On Wednesday, 7 March 2018, jim moses <jmo...@brown.edu> wrote: > > > >> The Mac HDMI out sounds like your best bet. You may need to work with > the > >> audio-midi-setup app to make it work (seeting the # of channels and then > >> assignments in 'configure speakers'). > >> > >> jim > > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, > edit account or options, view archives and so on. > -- Dr. Augustine Leudar Artistic Director Magik Door LTD Company Number : NI635217 Registered 63 Ballycoan rd, Belfast BT88LL -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20180308/daa765d8/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.
