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Music Player Sharing
Posted: Fri May 25, 2018 8:18 pm
by ajaVT
An issue has floated around for a long time of getting a group of boats able to play the same music when rafted up. A while back there were the FM converters which didn't work well and I have not really heard of another way for a group of boats to all have volume control of the same music. Does anyone in the group know of an app or some other way to share music over wi-fi or bluetooth etc? It doesn't seem like a difficult problem to solve technically but just don't know of anything currently available. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks!
Re: Music Player Sharing
Posted: Fri May 25, 2018 8:36 pm
by Big Block Power
Why wouldn't you all just pick a station on pandora, iheart, and spotify?
Re: Music Player Sharing
Posted: Fri May 25, 2018 10:06 pm
by Bfun220
You could try Ampme. But you may run into music sync problems because of different data speeds across mobile networks.
Re: Music Player Sharing
Posted: Sun May 27, 2018 3:38 pm
by thunder550
Might look at Chromecast Audio devices. When they are on the same wifi network, you can group them. I have 3 at my house, and when I select the group it basically turns 3 separate stereos into a whole-home audio system. You can adjust the audio delay for each one individually to eliminate any sync timing issues. Not sure if you can do it ad-hoc (without a wireless router), but might be worth looking in to.
Re: Music Player Sharing
Posted: Sun May 27, 2018 9:35 pm
by Bfun220
thunder550 wrote: Sun May 27, 2018 3:38 pm
Might look at Chromecast Audio devices. When they are on the same wifi network, you can group them. I have 3 at my house, and when I select the group it basically turns 3 separate stereos into a whole-home audio system. You can adjust the audio delay for each one individually to eliminate any sync timing issues. Not sure if you can do it ad-hoc (without a wireless router), but might be worth looking in to.
Maybe run hot spot off your phone.
Re: Music Player Sharing
Posted: Sun May 27, 2018 9:37 pm
by Big Block Power
Bfun220 wrote: Sun May 27, 2018 9:35 pm
thunder550 wrote: Sun May 27, 2018 3:38 pm
Might look at Chromecast Audio devices. When they are on the same wifi network, you can group them. I have 3 at my house, and when I select the group it basically turns 3 separate stereos into a whole-home audio system. You can adjust the audio delay for each one individually to eliminate any sync timing issues. Not sure if you can do it ad-hoc (without a wireless router), but might be worth looking in to.
Maybe run hot spot off your phone.
There's normally a hot spot in the water.
Re: Music Player Sharing
Posted: Sun May 27, 2018 9:39 pm
by Bfun220
Big Block Power wrote: Sun May 27, 2018 9:37 pm
Bfun220 wrote: Sun May 27, 2018 9:35 pm
thunder550 wrote: Sun May 27, 2018 3:38 pm
Might look at Chromecast Audio devices. When they are on the same wifi network, you can group them. I have 3 at my house, and when I select the group it basically turns 3 separate stereos into a whole-home audio system. You can adjust the audio delay for each one individually to eliminate any sync timing issues. Not sure if you can do it ad-hoc (without a wireless router), but might be worth looking in to.
Maybe run hot spot off your phone.
There's normally a hot spot in the water.
Re: Music Player Sharing
Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 9:59 am
by mtwbldr
The tech is getting so close to making this very simple. This could be rigged up in what seems complicated/not terrible with lets say 2-4 boats. Using apple products and power inverters. Starting with establishing a network using an AirPort express ($100), then Apple Tvs ($129 refurb-$150 new) with aux cords going to head units. Apple just updated their software to Airplay to multiple devices so one phone could connect to a few apple tvs and play the same audio.
Re: Music Player Sharing
Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 12:43 pm
by thunder550
^^ Agreed on the tech. The cost is why I suggested Chromecast Audio devices, they are $35 each. Then use someone's phone as a wifi hotspot as Bfun suggested. CCA devices are powered by USB cables too, easy to plug into a USB port on a head unit for power or a cigarette lighter adapter.
Re: Music Player Sharing
Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 9:48 pm
by ajcampen
Re: Music Player Sharing
Posted: Wed May 30, 2018 10:25 pm
by Bobo87
Looks cool but still a little pricey at $159 per unit. Still seems like there should be an app based solution.
Re: Music Player Sharing
Posted: Thu May 31, 2018 8:39 am
by NautiGirl
The Wetsounds solution works well, have a friend that uses it. Gotta pay to play.