On 28/03/2020 00:33, Lorne Tyndale wrote:
You can run multiple ob connections on different
ports, I've done this
before. I'd have to double check my notes, but years ago I had a
machine at a station which had a multiple in-out sound card (with 8 in's
and 8 out's an M-Audio Delta 1010lt) and I'd set it up to be able to -
from one computer at the station - have 4 different stereo incoming /
outgoing connections at the same time, each one with different audio.
OpenOB was on the back end making it all work.
Got that now!
Essentially I ran several different instances of
OpenOB at the studio
each on different ports. I'd establish both send/receive channels
(again on different ports) to each location. On the Studio end I'd
routed it all through Jack. Of course this means with some jack
disconnect/connect commands it is easy to change where audio goes. The
studio end all ran on a single computer, just with multiple instances of
OpenOB.
The biggest trick to keeping it all working was to be very specific
about documenting it all. Without solid documentation it would become
easy to incorrectly route audio to the wrong location.
So as an example:
Remote location 1 talks to Studio computer - OpenOB 1, on a particular
set of ports
Remote location 2 talks to Studio computer - OpenOB 2, on a particular
set of ports
Remote location 3 talks to Studio computer - OpenOB 3, on a particular
set of ports
etc
OK
Studio OpenOB 1, 2, and 3 all ran on the same
computer, just as
different processes and using different Jack connections.
Route it all in Jack at the studio. If you want location 1, 2, and 3
all going to the same audio output at the studio then Jack can do that
for you - just route the audio from all 3 OpenOB's to the same audio
card output.
For extra security you might want to consider having the remote
computers establish a VPN connection into your studio. OpenOB by itself
is not secure, I would not recommend using it on the public internet
without some added security layer.
Already do this
Hope this helps.
It does, many thanks for you help.
--
Mike Phillips
Coast FM.