Stardock Introduces Acoustic Bridge
Thursday, March 22, 2012 by Island Dog | Discussion: WinCustomize News
Stardock is excited to announce a new application – Acoustic Bridge! Acoustic Bridge lets PC users direct audio from one PC to the speakers of another. Centralize the sound output from multiple PCs to a single PC. This enables you to transfer the audio notifications from any application, such as chat and mail programs or stock price alerts, from your desktop to your laptop.
Acoustic Bridge is in beta right now, and we have a special pre-order price of $7.95 which also gives you instant access to the beta. A free 30-day trial is available also.
https://www.stardock.com/products/acousticbridge/
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Reply #2 Thursday, March 22, 2012 3:01 PM
Will both PCs need an internet and/or network connection? I only have a wireless N adapter on one PC, and nothing on the other.
It would be nice if I could have sound output on my $400 Lenovo secondary-backup PC without wiring additional speakers (it's a backup PC, so it doesn't really need speakers, but it would be nice).
I installed the software on both PCs and I still can't share audio for either one. Are speakers required on my Lenovo, or just a network connection? I want my Lenovo to use the speakers on my HP HPE-400f (my primary PC which is also the primary audio source).
Reply #3 Thursday, March 22, 2012 3:03 PM
Network access will be required yes, that's how the data is being pushed.
Reply #4 Thursday, March 22, 2012 3:07 PM
It would be nice if I could have sound output on my $400 Lenovo secondary-backup PC without wiring additional speakers (it's a backup PC, so it doesn't really need speakers, but it would be nice).
I installed the software on both PCs and I still can't share audio for either one. Are speakers required on my Lenovo, or just a network connection? I want my Lenovo to use the speakers on my HP HPE-400f (my primary PC which is also the primary audio source).
You need to install Acoustic Bridge on both machines. In the config select one to send and one to receive. The sending PC will need to enter the code provided by the receiving (and playing) one.
Reply #5 Thursday, March 22, 2012 8:44 PM
Sounds like fun.....
Get it? ....SOUNDS like fun......
Reply #6 Thursday, March 22, 2012 9:12 PM
Get it? ....SOUNDS like fun......
Reply #7 Thursday, March 22, 2012 9:22 PM
well Will this work if one PC is let's say 50 miles away or do the PC's have to be in the same house?
aka use home PC which has Music and listen to the music on your office Pc
Reply #8 Friday, March 23, 2012 8:50 AM
Quoting Disturbedcomputer,
reply 7
will this work if one PC is let's say 50 miles away or do the PC's have to be in the same house?
aka use home PC which has Music and listen to the music on your office Pc The computers need to be on the same network . . so unless you are doing something like VPN, no.
Well if the receiving end has a DNS entry and the right ports are open it should connect, though you would want to increase the buffer size.
Also this only sends sound, so you have no control over the remote machine.
Reply #10 Friday, March 23, 2012 10:31 AM
Also this only sends sound, so you have no control over the remote machine.
oh ok thanks nice catch on well Will 
Reply #12 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 5:16 AM
No. Windows XP is not supported by this application.
Reply #14 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 2:31 PM
OK, unless I'm completely stupid, shut up Yrag, there's no way to turn it off. Other than task manager, of course.
Reply #15 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 3:10 PM
You can also stop the sendign PC from sending by right-clicking on the systray icon and choosing "Send audio when receiver is online"
Reply #16 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 3:44 PM
I didn't say mute. I said you can't turn it off, as in not have it running in systray. I now have a service running on two machines that I'm not using. There should be a way to turn it off and on. 
Reply #17 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 3:53 PM
You can stop the service and set it to manual if you wish and then when you want it just start the service.
Stopping the service will disable it, though you should be aware that no setting changes will be saved if the service is not running and you open the config UI.
Reply #18 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 4:05 PM
So you're saying stop it in services, set to manual,run it when you want, then turn it off via task manager every time I use it? Or reboot? Seems a tad much.
Can I assume that a future build will have a on/off switch? If not, thanks for the trial, I'm probably not a buyer.
I know it seems simple, but why not right click/exit?
Reply #19 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 4:10 PM
Can I assume that a future build will have a on/off switch? If not, thanks for the trial, I'm probably not a buyer.
You do not need to involve taskmanager at all.
Once the service is set to manual it will not start unless you want it. Start the service to start it running, stop the service to stop it running. On stop it automatically closes all the processes and on start it starts all the processes.
From a command prompt "net stop acousticbridge" stops it and "net start acousticbridge" would start it, though it needs admin rights.
Reply #20 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 4:17 PM
BTW what issue do you have with the service and child process running all the time?
They are not using much memory when doing nothing or any cpu.
WindowBlinds, WindowFX etc all work in the very same way. A service and a process running.
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Reply #1 Thursday, March 22, 2012 1:35 PM
I have a crappy laptop with crappy speakers. With this, I can now conserve resources on my main box while streaming music from the laptop. Now I can jam.