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I've got a bunch of machines in a rack in the AV closet. I'd like to have a way to automatically switch the audio output from them to a single set of speakers. I've got an IR controller A/V switch (L/R and composite video, which is unused) now and it does the job. But more often than not I only need to switch to one of the others on a rather infrequent basis and it's a bit of a hassle to use the switch's IR remote. It was cheap and I'd prefer to find an automatic one that was reasonably priced.
I've considered using an IR output transmitter from one of the PCs but would really prefer to avoid over-implementing this solution.
It'd be nice if I could get a switch that would automatically change to whatever input is actively sending an output audio signal. Realizing, of course, that on the rare cases of more than one machine making noise there'd be a conflict. It happens rarely enough to not be a problem.
To summarize, I'm looking to automatically switch between multiple audio (L/R stereo and no video) inputs (4 most of the time, but 8 would be ideal) out to a single set of typical desktop speakers.
Any suggestions?
I've considered using an IR output transmitter from one of the PCs but would really prefer to avoid over-implementing this solution.
It'd be nice if I could get a switch that would automatically change to whatever input is actively sending an output audio signal. Realizing, of course, that on the rare cases of more than one machine making noise there'd be a conflict. It happens rarely enough to not be a problem.
To summarize, I'm looking to automatically switch between multiple audio (L/R stereo and no video) inputs (4 most of the time, but 8 would be ideal) out to a single set of typical desktop speakers.
Any suggestions?