OT: sound cards on remote machines?

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On 22.11.2014 18:34, Mike Wright wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I need help understanding sound cards and remote machines.
> 
> If I use rdesktop to connect to a remote machine and I start a music or 
> video player there, does the remote machine need to have a sound card in 
> order form me to be able to play the sound locally (where there is a 
> sound card)?
> 
> I hope that makes sense.
> 
> TIA,
> Mike Wright
> 

If you have a sufficiently long speaker cables. :)
You can always try using Cat5/6 cable as audio cable also, although this is a bit too short for internets.
Perhaps it's enough just to direct the sound to network, something like a stream.