Re: [via Multi-device Timing Community Group]

Thanks for sharing the demo video Njål - it makes the use case very clear.

I particularly like the use of HTML5 variable playback rate to give a
smooth adjustment. Good idea.

Daniel

On 11/03/15 18:19, W3C Community Development Team wrote:
> Hi All,
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> In order to demonstrate multi-device timing, we create demonstrations from time
> to time. You might have seen the Carnival video posted earlier, which
> demonstrated video synchronization of on demand content.
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> As a second demonstration, we've looked into live audio. People are used to FM
> radios, which allow them to turn on as many radios they like. By nature, they
> are synchronized, and having the radio on in both the kitchen and living room is
> perfectly normal. Web based radios on the other tend to be all over the place,
> with several seconds difference. While some systems exist to do synchronized
> playback of on demand content (e.g. Sonos), we have had a look at live, web
> based playback. We created a small proxy server to timestamp the data, allowing
> clients to receive a normal Ogg Vorbis audio stream with a known start time.
> Below is a recording.
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpC-8UC7Gws
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> If you want more information about any of these demonstrations, don't hesitate
> to ask.
> 
> Njål
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