Streaming music to mobile device?

Are there any means to stream music for a show either locally or via a web page to a spectator's mobile phone?
I'm reluctant to install any booming speakers out of respect for my neighbours, but something more personal like a small mobile device seems suitable.

I don't know the logistics, but one option could be to set up a YouTube live stream.. I'm not sure if YouTube will do any buffering though, so not sure how "live" the music will be.. Which is obviously pretty important for something that is supposed to be in sync

I think we've covered this question before and the overall opinion was that there would be a significant delay in the audio due to buffering.

If you are running your show via xSchedule then you can probably easily stream the audio rather than outputting it to speakers.
Something like SoundIt (which streams your sound coming from pc to a website) or use IceCast(open source, cross-platform). which you can use edcast or altacast to send the audio to IceCast

David_AVD said:

I think we've covered this question before and the overall opinion was that there would be a significant delay in the audio due to buffering.

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Agreed, if you do decide this route.... i would probably look at streaming it to a locally self created website sitting on a vlan and have the viewers connect to my network and it will be easy from there as there wont be a delay.

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Cranzy said:

Agreed, if you do decide this route.... i would probably look at streaming it to a locally self created website sitting on a vlan and have the viewers connect to my network and it will be easy from there as there wont be a delay.

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I would have thought that any receiving device would have a buffering issue. Without some buffering the stream would stutter with network latency. Even the professional hardware based audio transports have a buffer in the receiver.

I experience slight delay with speakers out the front that are connected to stereo tuned to my own broadcast (not a direct audio feed from Pi)
So I can only imagine there would be further delay going to a mobile device.

Thanks all. I had a search on the forum for this prior, but turned up nothing.
I was thinking some kind of local wifi setup which I will continue to investigate, otherwise it will have to be RF.

When testing a Yamaha AVR (amp/receiver) the other day, I noticed that the speaker output had a small delay compared to the line input. FM would have been the same. More and more devices are introducing latency due to DSP / buffering now.

denno020 said:

I don't know the logistics, but one option could be to set up a YouTube live stream.. I'm not sure if YouTube will do any buffering though, so not sure how "live" the music will be.. Which is obviously pretty important for something that is supposed to be in sync

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Youtube will probably (depending on the music) either shut the stream down or give a copyright warning. And there is quite a delay in a livestream.

Yes there will be buffering issues. Even some car fm receivers now have buffering (digital receivers) also as David mentioned, home amps, particularly high end surround digital receivers will all buffer the audio somewhat as they try to manipulate it to give these fancy modes they all have.
In sating that, a small delay will not be noticed by a vast majority of viewers

I get where you are coming from and have pondered an researched it for years and its just not achievable..

The closest i think someone got was a dedicated app for their lights that had the music preloaded to the mobile device and prompted the app to play a select track via a wifi connection..

I know everyone is different but if the noise from the speakers is going to bother the neighbours then you have issues before you even begin.

Visitors are noisey.
Cars out the front running with air cons and stereos are noisey.
Cars arriving and departing are noisey.
Even with mobile device playback they will create noise.

My tips:
Let your neighbours know what you are doing, and what time the speakers will be on and if they have any issue to contact you and you will adjust it.
Let them know you have implemented anFM transmitter, so only need to use the speakers during peak times.

You will quickly work out that the speakers are only required for a small band of time, and that some times its best to have your own speakers that you can adjust the level for your neighbours..