but I would presume this involves effectively writing a stand alone version of netsend/ receive.
There are stand alone netsend and netreceive programs in the source folder, and they are quite easy to implement into another context. I have adopted the code from u_pdsend.c to create a connection between vr++ (http://www.cs.auc.dk/3DVDM/software.html) and Pure Data (running a 3D sound engine). If you need help with netsend/receive just drop me (or the list) a note.
Cheers Soeren