1.9 KiB
1.9 KiB
pulseaudio-tcp - Redirect PulseAudio to and from Remote Computer
Requirements
Dependencies
- jq
- Audio subsystem:
- PulseAudio or
- Pipewire with PulseAudio compatibility (
pipewire-pulse)
Installation on Client Playback Host
- pulseaudio-tcp should be installed on a computer running PulseAudio or Pipewire with PulseAudio compatibility.
- The computer pulseaudio-tcp is installed on ("local host") should use use a remote computer ("remote host") for playback.
- This is refered to as "outbound" audio.
- The local host should receive audio from the remote host for recording.
- This is refered to as "inbound" audio.
- The IP address and username of the remote host should be known.
SSH to User Session on Remote Host
The user on the local host should have password-less SSH to the user on the remote host (required for encryption with SSH port forwarding).
ssh-copy-id <remote-user>@<remote-ip>
Installation
git clone https://tk-sls.de/git/tk-sls.de/pulseaudio-tcp.git
cd pulseaudio-tcp
sudo make install
Usage
Setup Procedure
As regular user on local host:
pulseadio-tcp setup
The following questions will be asked:
- IP address of remote host.
- Name of user on remote host running PulseAudio/Pipewire.
- Enable inbound audio.
- Enable outbound audio.
Configuration File
The setup procedure writes a configuration file $HOME/.config/pulseaudio-tcp/config.inc.sh:
remote_ip="192.168.1.166"
remote_user="remoteuser"
inbound=true
outbound=true
Starting the Service
pulseadio-tcp start
Stopping the Service
pulseadio-tcp stop
Checking if the Service is running
pulseadio-tcp status
Author and Copyright
© 2023 Tilman Kranz <t.kranz@tk-sls.de>
Please see the file LICENSE for terms and conditions of use and distribution.