I just added it to highlight the area.ġ1 – Now for the fun part! We have to go to the second PC that will receive the audio signal. If that timer value doesn’t change, you are not streaming. I captured this image 8 seconds after my PC began to stream. At the bottom left you can see if you are actually streaming audio by noting how the time counter changes. Just make sure to choose the same audio format as chosen in Step 7.ĩ – Make sure Stream all elementary streams is checked and click on Stream button.ġ0 – You should see this. From the dropdown list select Audio – FLAC or Audio – MP3. “Lossy” means the sound quality is less than equal to the original source, sort of like the old days when people taped vinyl records on cassette tapes.Ĩ – Make sure the checkbox is checked for Activate Transcoding. mp3 you will probably have no dropouts but a lossy sound. flac format but may experience dropouts depending on your system. flac, you will be streaming the high quality, lossless. In Path type in any name you want with the extension. I had to find and install the actual Realtek audio driver for Windows 10 and then enable Stereo Mix in the Windows 10 audio settings, and you may have to do the same or similar with your particular audio device and driver.Ĥ – Select Stream from options at bottom after clicking small down-arrowĦ – Select HTTP from the dropdown list and then click Addħ – Leave Port at 8080. Installing Windows 10 over Windows 7 did not include this option with its default Windows Audio driver. And make sure your PC’s audio device/driver is set to Stereo Mix (or equivalent) in Windows. So you do need to go through them each time you want to stream audio.ġ – Open VLC and navigate to Media > Open Capture Device…Ģ – Capture mode should be set to DirectShow and set Video device name to Noneģ – Audio device name should be set to Stereo Mix (or your audio device/driver’s equivalent). It would be nice if VLC remembered them but so far I do not think it does. Everything has to be just right or it will not work.Īfter hours of practice, I can go thru these steps pretty fast. In fact, VLC can stream all sounds from your PC to another device. You can use VLC to give ‘ears’ to your RD or simply to stream your music around the home over your LAN. Myself, I like to use Remote Desktop software but the RD software I use does not transmit sound. But at the time of writing this VLC appears clean with 0 detections out of 69 virus scanners. If you scan a lot of free software at, you will indeed find some Trojans and other unwanted stuff. People are afraid of new software, and rightly so. I advocated it at Earthpages well before anyone else saw how good it was. VLC Media Player is an amazing piece of free software.
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