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Software to Buffer and Delay Audio Playback?
NaDrew asks: "Fox has seen fit to use two of its worst broadcasters (Joe Buck and the horrid Tim McCarver) for the upcoming World Series. I'd love to just turn down the TV and listen to the Giants' regular broadcast team (Duane Kuiper, Mike Krukow, Jon Miller) on my local Giants affiliate radio station, but as a DirecTV user this doesn't work. Why? Think about it: The radio signal traverses the 20-odd miles from Sutro Tower to my home in Palo Alto in a fraction of a second, but the video signal goes from KTVU's broadcast center in Oakland via satellite to DirecTV's operations center in Boulder, then via satellite again to my home--22,500 miles x 4 bounces equals almost 100,000 miles. Coupled with the MPEG processing done at DirecTV's operations center, this adds up to a delay of about six seconds.
What I would like to do is buffer the audio from my radio for the appropriate amount of time and then play it back in sync with the video. Ideally I'd like a software solution that will run under Win32. A Google search yielded some specialized hardware solutions but nothing for my purpose.
Ideas, pointers, even 'you idiot it's right here' flames are welcome. Thanks!"
A man in Gillespie County, Texas, was arrested for having allegedly violating the DMCA in a local diner. The 39-year-old truck driver, who declined to have his name released, allegedly defacated on the floor of the diner, and thereby circumvented the innate security that the toilet provides for the health and safety of both customers and employees alike.
"The toilet is not just a place to go when nature calls, but the only place," said the local authorities. "It is a measure of security, required by numerous health codes, designed to protect anyone who uses the bathroom."
"I was just finished up with my chicken fried steak, when I felt-a-something down under," said the native Texan. "I had to go, but couldn't quite make it." His lawyer commented briefly on the matter, "[My client] did not feel that it was feesible or even possible to 'make it."
The issue has the local community in outrage. Many citizens feel that, as one mother put it, "[We as a community] should be able to go to restaurants and expect that there be clean floors--free of feces."
The ACLU is somewhat divided on the matter, which is no surprise. "To what extent can property rights be enforced on individuals, who have their own rights in turn? It was the diner's property, but also we believe poping to be an inalienable right."
This could be a First Amendment issue.
"If the First Amendment is extended to p00ping in public places, then it will definately trump the DMCA," says a random college student. "Do you have any tacos? I've the fucking munchies."