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[REQ] Linking Zones When Video Is Playing

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glynor:

--- Quote from: Hendrik on August 23, 2014, 11:14:05 pm ---The reason this isn't allowed is that its rather inconsistent. Video can , for technical reasons, only play in one local zone.

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But... I don't think that's true.  Certainly in Display View, this is true, but...  With detached displays, you can play multiple video files in separate zones simultaneously.  Each detached display can play a separate video (or multiple "copies" in separate Playing Now lists of the same file).

When you're using Display View, then I'd think this would be easy enough to solve with logic.  Whatever Zone is active in MC is the "primary" and gets the display.  All others are treated just like the above with Detached Displays, just that it doesn't actually have to show the Detached Display if it hasn't actually been detached, so gets audio-only.

I can see it being a pain with non-local Zones, as you'd have to render the audio out and stream it somehow... I don't really care much about this case.  I just want to do it with local zones.

jmone:
I was thinking that if the Zones could be available as an Audio Renderer under Tools --> Options --> Audio --> Audio Devices the decoded audio could then be routed to other devices.

Soooo I did a search for Windows Audio DLNA Driver and found http://www.streamwhatyouhear.com/  After a bit of fiddling around, I could play a Movie in MC with the sound coming from my DLNA Speakers as well as my local speakers!  You can also output to multiple devices. 

FYI - The downside of this quick test is that the Audio was behind by many seconds on my DLNA Speakers.  I tried adjusting the AV Sync Correction (Video --> Advanced) to the max of -2500ms but it is not enough.

6233638:

--- Quote from: Hendrik on August 23, 2014, 11:14:05 pm ---Video can, for technical reasons, only play in one local zone.
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I may be misunderstanding what you meant, but I have often used Media Center to play video in multiple local zones at the same time, just not linked zones.
 

 
It sounds like most people are just wanting to send the audio stream to multiple zones rather than sending the video to multiple displays though.
Perhaps we need a "null video renderer" option?

jmone:
For me it is still the dream of "Whole House" media where you can play content in sync across multiple devices.... Say play a music video on the main system and have the audio pipe to around the house.

Hendrik:

--- Quote from: 6233638 on August 24, 2014, 06:51:38 am ---I may be misunderstanding what you meant, but I have often used Media Center to play video in multiple local zones at the same time, just not linked zones.


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Different videos, sure. The same video, in perfect sync? No such luck.

Sync would be a big problem with remote playback as well, and somewhat the same problem for local audio-only cloning, as linked zones work by simply playing the same file, and not by rerouting the audio internally.

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