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Stream What You Hear (SWYH), published by Sebastien.warin, is an audio utility designed to stream the sound output from a personal computer to an UPnP/DLNA device over a network. Its core purpose is to capture whatever audio is playing on the PC and transmit it to compatible receiving hardware, allowing users to hear their computer's audio on external devices rather than through the machine's local speakers or headphones. The software belongs to the audio streaming and media server category, and more specifically to the group of tools that bridge a desktop computer with networked media receivers built on the UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) and DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) standards. Typical use cases include sending music, video soundtracks, podcasts, system sounds, or any other audio generated by the PC to a DLNA-compatible television, AV receiver, wireless speaker, game console, or other networked playback device located elsewhere in the home. Because the software streams the sound from the PC in general, rather than the output of a single application, it can serve as a flexible way to extend a computer's audio to shared listening environments without requiring physical cable connections between the PC and the playback equipment. The current version of the software is 1.5.0, and according to the catalog record, a total of one version is listed, meaning that version 1.5.0 is the only release currently documented for this product. Stream What You Hear therefore represents a focused, single-purpose tool: it takes the audio a user hears on the computer and makes it available on UPnP/DLNA devices on the same network, addressing the common need to move desktop audio to better speakers or more conveniently located playback hardware using established, widely supported media streaming protocols.
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