Systems and methods of distributing audio to one or more playback devices
AssigneeSonos, Inc.
InventorsTed Lin, Romi Kadri
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Abstract
An example method includes receiving data indicating a configuration of one or more playback devices. The one or more playback devices may include one or more transducers. The method further includes, based on the received data, associating each of one or more audio streams respectively with at least one transducer of the one or more transducers. The method further includes generating the one or more audio streams and sending at least one of the generated one or more audio streams to each of the one or more playback devices. An example non-transitory computer readable medium and an example computing device related to the example method are also disclosed herein.
Claims20
A media playback system comprising a first playback device and a second playback device,
- the first playback device configured to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, via an input interface of the first playback device, audio content for playback by the second playback device;
- generating, via a processor of the first playback device, one or more first audio streams from the received audio content by applying one or more first audio processing algorithms to the received audio content;
- generating, via the processor of the first playback device, one or more second audio streams from the received audio content by applying one or more second audio processing algorithms to the received audio content;
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- transmitting, via a network interface of the input interface, the generated one or more first audio streams to the second playback device, wherein the first playback device comprises one or more transducers;
- the second playback device configured to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, via a network interface of the second playback device, the generated one or more first audio streams;
- processing, via a processor of the second playback device, the received one or more first audio streams, wherein processing the received one or more first audio streams comprises converting the received one or more first audio streams to one or more first analog audio signals;
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- while the one or more transducers of the first playback device are inactive, outputting, via one or more transducers of the second playback device, the one or more first analog audio signals.
A method to be performed by a media playback system comprising a first playback device and a second playback device, the method comprising:
- the first playback device receiving, via an input interface of the first playback device, audio content for playback by the second playback device;
- the first playback device generating, via a processor of the first playback device, one or more first audio streams from the received audio content by applying one or more first audio processing algorithms to the received audio content;
- the first playback device generating, via the processor of the first playback device, one or more second audio streams from the received audio content by applying one or more second audio processing algorithms to the received audio content;
- the first playback device transmitting, via a network interface of the input interface, the generated one or more first audio streams to the second playback device, wherein the first playback device comprises one or more transducers;
- the second playback device receiving, via a network interface of the second playback device, the generated one or more first audio streams;
- the second playback device processing, via a processor of the second playback device, the received one or more first audio streams, wherein processing the received one or more first audio streams comprises converting the received one or more first audio streams to one or more first analog audio signals;
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- while the one or more transducers of the first playback device are inactive, the second playback device outputting, via one or more transducers of the second playback device, the one or more first analog audio signals.
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