Right back at you guys! You changed our lives for the better!!! I've been teaching online and cannot imagine life without FarPlay!!! Thank you so much!
FarPlay transmits data peer-to-peer (vs. Jamulus's hub-and-spoke approach) and transmits uncompressed audio (vs. compressed Opus audio in Jamulus). FarPlay has built-in video (Jamulus doesn't have video). FarPlay has a mixer for bringing in more than 2 channels from an audio interface (but each instance of Jamulus brings in only up to 2 channels of audio). Depending on musicians' internet connections, ensembles of around 8 participants are possible (we know of a group of 10 that meets regularly). Even though FarPlay has been tested with 8 Mbit/s of upload speed, we recommend at least 50 Mbit/s of upload speed. My friend (New York) and I (New Jersey) can easily get sub-10 ms one-way estimated latency. We're both on Verizon FiOS. With good connections, sub-40 ms latencies are possible between New York and San Francisco. There's more latency with cable internet than with fiber optic internet. Cheers!
Yes, I (David) have used both FarPlay and Jamulus. With Jamulus, someone needs to set up/rent a server (unless you use one of the public servers). FarPlay can use native Windows audio devices natively (don't need to set up ASIO4ALL).
If you have sensitive enough ears, you might notice the difference between the compressed Opus audio Jamulus uses and the uncompressed PCM audio on FarPlay. The hub-and-spoke approach of Jamulus will have higher latency (audio has to get from a user, to the server, and then to another user rather than directly from user to user).
Best wishes from the FarPlay team to everyone for a happy new year filled with lots of music making!
Right back at you guys! You changed our lives for the better!!! I've been teaching online and cannot imagine life without FarPlay!!! Thank you so much!
Thanks! This makes us so happy to hear!
how does farplay differ from jamulus? does farplay scale for large ensambles? how much latency?
FarPlay transmits data peer-to-peer (vs. Jamulus's hub-and-spoke approach) and transmits uncompressed audio (vs. compressed Opus audio in Jamulus). FarPlay has built-in video (Jamulus doesn't have video). FarPlay has a mixer for bringing in more than 2 channels from an audio interface (but each instance of Jamulus brings in only up to 2 channels of audio).
Depending on musicians' internet connections, ensembles of around 8 participants are possible (we know of a group of 10 that meets regularly). Even though FarPlay has been tested with 8 Mbit/s of upload speed, we recommend at least 50 Mbit/s of upload speed.
My friend (New York) and I (New Jersey) can easily get sub-10 ms one-way estimated latency. We're both on Verizon FiOS. With good connections, sub-40 ms latencies are possible between New York and San Francisco. There's more latency with cable internet than with fiber optic internet.
Cheers!
@@FarPlayApp great! have compared using jamulus?
Yes, I (David) have used both FarPlay and Jamulus. With Jamulus, someone needs to set up/rent a server (unless you use one of the public servers). FarPlay can use native Windows audio devices natively (don't need to set up ASIO4ALL).
@@FarPlayApp ok. some difference in sound quality/latency?
If you have sensitive enough ears, you might notice the difference between the compressed Opus audio Jamulus uses and the uncompressed PCM audio on FarPlay. The hub-and-spoke approach of Jamulus will have higher latency (audio has to get from a user, to the server, and then to another user rather than directly from user to user).