If you ever need to share the sound output of one computer to others on your LAN, look no further than SpeakerShare.

Getting it running is really easy but a little counter intuitive, this guide should help you out.

Before you start make sure you have Bonjour from Apple installed (it comes with itunes or can be found here).

Step 1 – Client (where the sound will output)

Download and extract the zip file, and run SpeakerShare.exe and you’ll be greeted with this screen:

Click the “Share” tab, then click the “Share” button. That’s it! Move on to the server.

Step 2 – Server (where the music streams from)

Download and run the program and this time we’ll be using the “Use” tab. When it loads you should see the computers you’ve set up as clients listed as speakers.

Select the sound output mixer, this is either “Stereo Mix” or “Wave Out” (if you can’t see either of those read this guide to enable the option). Now choose the speaker you want and click connect.

That should be it, the sound will play with a 1 second latency. A mac version is also available, for instructions see the readme.

SpeakerShare Home | Download for Windows (Zip)