Disturbed Transmitter Community Radio Project The Need: Where I live there is only one open channel in our FM band. The one major company that owns 13 of the local stations plus 8 more that bleed over from the next biggest city, has lobbied the FCC so that the last FM license will never be given out. So my friends run a little 10 watt, Max. allowed by FCC for a non-commercial non-licensed station, station and only broadcast on Thursday and Friday nights. We were discussing building them a more powerful transmitter but with the current state of affairs (Homeland Security Act and the fact that there are 6 military bases and 4 airports in our city) putting out more power would be a bad idea. So we thought about it for a well and came up with this idea. The Idea: We have people in each community put up an antenna and hook up a small computer to their internet connection. The computer would grab a stream off the internet, output though a sound card to the transmitter. Most content would be streamed from single sources to all clients but the clients would have the ability to connect to a Community Server to pick up a community based news and information stream and other sources. Plus the system will have an emergency broadcast capabilities, possible by listening for a packet on a certain port and switching over to that stream. The Plan Phase I Gather up used hardware for client computers, design and build transmitters, and put together Phase I software package. Phase II Install first transmission clients and studio servers. Start testing software. Phase III Run system full time. Install more systems, both clients and servers. Phase IV Design custom software suite. We are expecting this project to take 3-5 years on an all volunteer effort. None of us have much experience with software design or coding but willing to learn. Client systems: Phase I: Small used computer, decodes stream and outputs to transmitter. Phase ?: SBC systems, decodes streams, manages multiple streams, listens for emergency broadcast packets, outputs to transmitter. Server systems: Studio: Encodes live broadcasts and streams them out. Community: Generators community based news and information stream. Custom Software Suite: Clients: Would manage multiple streams, listen for emergency packets. Will have an easy to use graphical scheduling system. Server: Easy to use GUI, one button record, etc. I know allot of the stuff we want to do has been done already but we just need to put it all together. Thank you if read this and could give me some feed back. --- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.
i don't think an unlicensed 10 watt FM xmtr is allowed under FCC rules. you might find http://www.prometheusradio.org/ to be of interest. regards, g. http://rva.freesounds.net/ <p><p>--- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.
Sounds like K-RMA radio in Los Angeles. K-RMA is scheduled to begin broadcasting in March. An interview with one of the founders is at http://stream.lpbn.org:8080/ramgen/krma1.rm It is a real media clip Also, I'm running a Project Radio project radio on a USC server. The mailing list is http://zig.usc.edu/mailman/listinfo/lpbn The description of the project is: "Project Radio is an open source audio/video sort of mp3.com interface to allow Internet Radio stations and others to easily create programming, live and archived, from publicly available content such as talk shows, interviews, independent musicians, recorders, content aggregators, universities, libraries, theaters, clubs, and other sources. The interface will include the creative commons licensing, sample mechanical licenses, upload and download utilities, and many other functions to be determined by the "Project." Additional functions will allow users to create an entire 7 x 24 Internet radio station out of top list content and any other available content, personal playlists, playlists for background music of businesses. And, so on. Raymond Steding <p><p>Shaun Mcmanus wrote:>Disturbed Transmitter Community Radio Project > >The Need: >Where I live there is only one open channel in our FM band. The one major >company that owns 13 of the local stations plus 8 more that bleed over from >the next biggest city, has lobbied the FCC so that the last FM license will >never be given out. So my friends run a little 10 watt, Max. allowed by FCC >for a non-commercial non-licensed station, station and only broadcast on >Thursday and Friday nights. > >We were discussing building them a more powerful transmitter but with the >current state of affairs (Homeland Security Act and the fact that there are >6 military bases and 4 airports in our city) putting out more power would be >a bad idea. So we thought about it for a well and came up with this idea. > >The Idea: >We have people in each community put up an antenna and hook up a small >computer to their internet connection. The computer would grab a stream off >the internet, output though a sound card to the transmitter. Most content >would be streamed from single sources to all clients but the clients would >have the ability to connect to a Community Server to pick up a community >based news and information stream and other sources. Plus the system will >have an emergency broadcast capabilities, possible by listening for a packet >on a certain port and switching over to that stream. > >The Plan > >Phase I >Gather up used hardware for client computers, design and build transmitters, >and put together Phase I software package. > >Phase II >Install first transmission clients and studio servers. Start testing >software. > >Phase III >Run system full time. Install more systems, both clients and servers. > >Phase IV >Design custom software suite. > >We are expecting this project to take 3-5 years on an all volunteer effort. >None of us have much experience with software design or coding but willing >to learn. > >Client systems: >Phase I: Small used computer, decodes stream and outputs to transmitter. >Phase ?: SBC systems, decodes streams, manages multiple streams, listens for >emergency broadcast packets, outputs to transmitter. > >Server systems: >Studio: Encodes live broadcasts and streams them out. >Community: Generators community based news and information stream. > >Custom Software Suite: >Clients: Would manage multiple streams, listen for emergency packets. Will >have an easy to use graphical scheduling system. >Server: Easy to use GUI, one button record, etc. > >I know allot of the stuff we want to do has been done already but we just >need to put it all together. > >Thank you if read this and could give me some feed back. >--- >8 ---- >List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ >icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ >To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' >containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. >Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered. > > ><p><p>--- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.
I think you will be VERY interested int he next upcoming release of SAM2 - www.spacialaudio.com Bryan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shaun Mcmanus" <smcmanus@twcsd.com> To: <icecast@xiph.org> Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 7:41 AM Subject: [icecast] DTCR Project <p>> Disturbed Transmitter Community Radio Project> > The Need: > Where I live there is only one open channel in our FM band. The one major > company that owns 13 of the local stations plus 8 more that bleed overfrom> the next biggest city, has lobbied the FCC so that the last FM licensewill> never be given out. So my friends run a little 10 watt, Max. allowed byFCC> for a non-commercial non-licensed station, station and only broadcast on > Thursday and Friday nights. > > We were discussing building them a more powerful transmitter but with the > current state of affairs (Homeland Security Act and the fact that thereare> 6 military bases and 4 airports in our city) putting out more power wouldbe> a bad idea. So we thought about it for a well and came up with this idea. > > The Idea: > We have people in each community put up an antenna and hook up a small > computer to their internet connection. The computer would grab a streamoff> the internet, output though a sound card to the transmitter. Most content > would be streamed from single sources to all clients but the clients would > have the ability to connect to a Community Server to pick up a community > based news and information stream and other sources. Plus the system will > have an emergency broadcast capabilities, possible by listening for apacket> on a certain port and switching over to that stream. > > The Plan > > Phase I > Gather up used hardware for client computers, design and buildtransmitters,> and put together Phase I software package. > > Phase II > Install first transmission clients and studio servers. Start testing > software. > > Phase III > Run system full time. Install more systems, both clients and servers. > > Phase IV > Design custom software suite. > > We are expecting this project to take 3-5 years on an all volunteereffort.> None of us have much experience with software design or coding but willing > to learn. > > Client systems: > Phase I: Small used computer, decodes stream and outputs to transmitter. > Phase ?: SBC systems, decodes streams, manages multiple streams, listensfor> emergency broadcast packets, outputs to transmitter. > > Server systems: > Studio: Encodes live broadcasts and streams them out. > Community: Generators community based news and information stream. > > Custom Software Suite: > Clients: Would manage multiple streams, listen for emergency packets. Will > have an easy to use graphical scheduling system. > Server: Easy to use GUI, one button record, etc. > > I know allot of the stuff we want to do has been done already but we just > need to put it all together. > > Thank you if read this and could give me some feed back. > --- >8 ---- > List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ > icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ > To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to'icecast-request@xiph.org'> containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. > Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered. >--- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.
> I think you will be VERY interested int he next upcoming > release of SAM2 - > www.spacialaudio.com > > Bryan >Is there a linux variation of a program such as this? Our need is similar but slightly different. We have one master site that will be preparing the content for retrasmission. The problem is that we cannot use live streams to our satellite stations. We must prepare a playlist from a pool of mp3's held at each location. The content is the same and must be the same and must be played at the same time in each location. Yes streaming is the way to do it but the unreliability of the connections in our part of the world does not make this possible. We need a linux command line based mp3 streamer with realtime playlists fade outs and crossfade features would be nice be not necessary. We will compile the playlists at the central office and rsync the directories and content hourly and hup the streamer to reload the lists. Any ideas? <p>--- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.
i have ices2 streaming pre-encoded files from my library , based on timeofday schedule . ( i'm not using the <encode> section ) it works for many .ogg episodes , however it will not work for others . meanwhile , if i connect directly to the .ogg through icecast's fileserve, it will play fine . if i check the ices.log file , it appears to be working fine . in the icecast error.log i get the follow -- ( first entry at 16oo workefd . at 18oo it does not .. both .ogg files are working fine through fileserve _ and both were recorded by the same means through the same studio server ! ) [2003-04-28 16:03:06] INFO connection/_handle_source_request Source logging in at mountpoint "/dialup2.ogg" [2003-04-28 16:03:06] INFO connection/_handle_source_request Source logging in at mountpoint "/hispeed2.ogg" [2003-04-28 18:00:02] INFO source/source_main Removing source following disconnection [2003-04-28 18:00:02] INFO source/source_main Removing source following disconnection [2003-04-28 18:03:07] INFO connection/_handle_source_request Source logging in at mountpoint "/dialup2.ogg" [2003-04-28 18:03:07] INFO connection/_handle_source_request Source logging in at mountpoint "/hispeed2.ogg" [2003-04-28 18:03:17] WARN source/source_main Disconnecting source: socket timeout (10 s) expired [2003-04-28 18:03:17] INFO source/source_main Removing source following disconnection [2003-04-28 18:03:17] WARN source/source_main Disconnecting source: socket timeout (10 s) expired [2003-04-28 18:03:17] INFO source/source_main Removing source following disconnection .. ; i'm guessing i could check the status.xsl for the mountpoints and offer fileserve OR direct recast depending , but i'd like to know if theres another more complete solution . thanks for any input ., a:/, --- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.