WLStream

The aim for this software is to be able to stream audio from a Windows output device so Pulse Audio will be able to play it back on a Linux host. The communication between the two is done with plink from Putty. WLStream prints on stdout data formated as PCM floating signed 32 bits little endian from a Windows output device. You also can list the available devices, choose a specific device, create a wav file and choose the PCM's size.

WLStream (Starts to dump audio data from the first playback device found)

-h or ?          prints this message.
--device         captures from the specified device (default if omitted)
--file           saves the output to a wav file
--int-16         attempts to coerce data to 16-bit integer format
--lsdev          list devices displays the long names of all active playback devices.

Usage: WLStream [--device "Device long name"] [--file "file name"] [--int-16]
E.g: WLStream.exe --device "Speakers(Realtek High Definition Audio)" --file "output.wav"

Follows the command to stream the data:

WLStream | plink -v 192.168.11.2 -l user -pw password "cat - | pacat --latency-msec=10 --playback --format float32le --rate 44100 --volume 30000"

Enable OGG compression to reduce stream bandwidth (download OGG Encoder on Windows and "sudo apt-get install vorbis-tools" on Linux):

WLStream --int-16 2> wlstream.log | oggenc2 - -r -B 16 -q 8 -R 44100 -o - | plink -v 192.168.11.2 -l user -pw password "oggdec -R - -o - | pacat --latency-msec=100 --playback --format s16le --rate 44100 --volume 40000"

People have also been able to stream from the Windows input device e.g. a microphone as shown in the command bellow:

linco.exe -B 16 -C 2 -R 44100 --device 1 | plink -v 192.168.11.5 -l user -pw password "cat - | pacat --playback"

"Install"

• Have plink and Putty installed and configured in your Environment Variables Path.
• Compile on Visual Studio 2017 and execute it on command prompt the line above or just download the compiled version on the Published branch and change WLStream.bat with the correct linux host's ipAddress and login infos (better connect through ssh before to check connection with your device).
• Make sure your Linux device is running PulseAudio.

ToDo

• Create a cool WLStream icon design.

This code was an adaptation made by Rinaldi Segecin from this code by Matthew van Eerde.