Streaming RTP from PC to Barix Devices

Quite often there is a need to stream from a PC to Barix devices. The most convenient and most standard way is to use RTP.

Barix offers several tools for streaming RTP.

MP3 RTP Streamer

MP3 RTP Streamer is an interactive Java tool, that can run on Windows, Linux or MAC. You can download it from Barix Website: [1] Read the User Manual for further instructions to use.

Using FFmpeg

Sometimes it is necessary to re-encode the media file or convert from a different file before sending via RTP.

The program ffmpeg is and option for such conversion.

ffmpeg -re -i FILE.MP3 -acodec libmp3lame -ab128k -ar 44100 -ac 2 -f mp3 - | \