The size of silence (and other quirks in streaming FLAC to browsers)

Streaming music from the Klipspringer hub requires three components to interact asynchronously – the Java process that encodes and transmits the data, the web browser with the client-side code that receives and plays it, and the HTTP server that ties them together – so no wonder it’s been stuck in deadlock many times during development.… Continue reading The size of silence (and other quirks in streaming FLAC to browsers)

Capturing audio for streaming and recording

Since version 3.2, the Klipspringer hub includes the possibility to capture audio from an input device. My idea is to use it for getting music from my vinyl records into digital files, or just to listen to the records digitally with headphones when I’m sitting on the balcony or somewhere else away from my stereo. To… Continue reading Capturing audio for streaming and recording

Screenshots of Klipspringer, now streaming

This post describes my setup of the Klipsringer hub, with screenshots. Since version 3.1 the purpose not only to play music on the speakers in my living room, but also to stream the same music collection to my mobile phone, to let me listen to it with headphones whenever I’m within reach of the wifi in my apartment.