Migrating a Radio Station To Linux? 32
allikat_uk asks: "I'm a DJ for a net radio station (amongst other hobbies). I want to migrate from an XP platform running (SAM Broadcaster) to a Linux based solution. I don't need to host the server, as the station does that, I just need a nice GUI solution to stream the MP3 files to the server. I need to run 2 streams, 64k stereo, and 22k mono in MP3 to a shoutcast clone server. My current software has a nice MySQL database to make quickly finding the tracks I want easy, dual playback 'decks' and easy voiceovers. Is there a Linux equivalent available under GPL?"
Serveral solutions (Score:5, Informative)
Several solutions (Score:1)
Re:Serveral solutions, more (Score:1)
Here is another:
Rivendell is a complete radio broadcast automation solution, with facilities for the acquisition, management, scheduling and playout of audio content. It has all of the features one would expect in a modern, fully-fledged radio automation system, including support for both PCM and MPEG audio encoding, full voicetracking and log customization as well as support for a wide variety of third party software and hardware. As a robust, functionally complete di
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Best be using SuSE pro, or best of luck getting the GPIO or ASI components to compile.
If you've used any other automation system, the interface makes little sense.
Those issues aside, if you can make it work, go for it. It's probably a bit much just for streaming to a shoutcast server, but I don't have any personal experience with a program that is just right.
Ask not... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Ask not... (Score:4, Insightful)
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Okay, maybe that's tough to wrap your head around it...here, let me break it down for you.
0. If there isn't a perfect open source clone for software xyz that runs on linux, I would be interested in helping.
1. Visit me at work, I'll show you what our current system looks like, how it works, and what we use it for. Maybe then we can hammer out some details.
2. Here's a list of features
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Hey, I recognise that quote... isn't it from an episode of Red Dwarf?
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Openjay.org (Score:5, Informative)
Compliance Issues (Score:2, Funny)
MPD works well (Score:1)
A howto about MPD/icecast installation can be found here [omskakas.se].
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However its not SAM or anything close to it.
Server and Client (Score:3, Informative)
Download: http://wipzradio.com/radio-2007-01-30.tar.gz [wipzradio.com]
Client just needs a streaming client and an SSH client; server records shows, allows you to do remote broadcasts (along with chuck you can censor the live broadcast!) and a number of other nifty things. It's still beta, but it's working just fine (stable for over 200 days now).
Listen to the stream at http://wipzradio.com/ [wipzradio.com]
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Not Linux but Open Source (Score:2)
radio paradise... (Score:1)
they have been running on linux there for some time now. They are a landbased station too so they need to follow some laws... but bill was interviewed by linux journal in 2004 about the setup there. (the dj's call the main server HAL
64k mp3? (Score:1, Offtopic)
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Was at a radio station that used Xenix in 1988 (Score:1, Redundant)
I used to help out at a radio station that used Xenix in 1988 for a variety of good reasons - linux is a lot better than Xenix ever was and is useful for the same reason. Server 2003 or win2k I can understand but why use a home computer operating system like XP in a professional environment where a keyboard lock up of thirty seconds has real consequences? Even with dual processor systems on XP there are far too many situations where the user has to just sit and
Migrating a Radio Station To Linux? (Score:1)