[emanuele]

Good morning

With NMM can play multiple media files simultaneously, keeping in sync?

example

a PC (server 1) with NMM, running serverregistry, clic, and NTP server

Host 1 (with NMM, serrverregistry and NTP client) with file1.mpg
Host 2 (with NMM, serrverregistry and NTP client) with file2.mpg
Host 3 (with NMM, serrverregistry and NTP client) with file3.mpg

File1, File2 and File 3 have the same size, the stretched length, are constant bitrate (same number of frames)

Host 1 must play File1.mpg
Host 2 must play File2.mpg
Host 3 must play File3.mpg

Can I put more "GenericReadNode" in the same file play.gd?
How can I do?

Thank you for tips and advice.
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Emanuele Pigozzo

[mlohse]

Yes, playing multiple files synchronously can easily be done with NMM.

However, in your setup, there are a number of issues to consider:

The timestamps of the files file1.mpg, file2.mpg, and file3.mpg need to be "matching". This means they need to start at the same value. And all files need to provide the same framerate.

If this is not the case, there are two options
1) Transcode the files to fulfill the above requirments
2) Implement a new node for changing the timestamps of the incoming stream accordingly (e.g. always start with timestamp 0, etc.)

Regarding your question about clic: No, this is not possible. You will need to implement a simple C++ application (compare the helloworld applications provided),

Have fun, Marco