I'm in the process of trying to build a project, and I'm hoping that someone on the list can help me out. I have an Icecast server already running, and some feeds coming in from Simplecast, Edcast, and DarkIce. These encoders are obviously on computers owned by users who can setup feeds are send them to my Icecast server remotely. What I am looking for, is a small PC that is capable of running DarkIce that I can deploy and have it work turn-key. Basically, lease out these boxes so the end user just needs to plug it in to the wall, plug it into the network, and plug something into the line in. I was looking at purchasing a few Linksys NSLU2's for the project as they are usually below $50 with shipping, but I was told that since they use a FPU, they can not run DarkIce. It also won't power up after a power failure unless you hack the hardware. Does anyone know of anything equivalent to the NSLU2 that will work for a "dumb" pc like that? Would I be ok going with older and cheaper ThinClients? I'm looking at deploying a fair number of these boxes, so I can't spend $300 each. I was really hoping to keep it on the cheap and around $50 a box. (insert laughter here) Thanks for the help Phil -- www.w2lie.net Long Island Live Scanner Feeds and Forums Scanner Programming at w2lie.net http://www.w2lie.net/sales e-mail: sales at w2lie.net phone: (347) 829-SCAN
check the locusonus project and their streambox, that may give you some ideas. they use linux wifi routers for their open mic project. http://locusonus.org/w/index.php?page=Locustream+Streambox+FAQ --uno Phil - w2lie:> I'm in the process of trying to build a project, and I'm hoping that > someone on the list can help me out. > > I have an Icecast server already running, and some feeds coming in from > Simplecast, Edcast, and DarkIce. These encoders are obviously on > computers owned by users who can setup feeds are send them to my Icecast > server remotely. > > What I am looking for, is a small PC that is capable of running DarkIce > that I can deploy and have it work turn-key. Basically, lease out these > boxes so the end user just needs to plug it in to the wall, plug it into > the network, and plug something into the line in. > > I was looking at purchasing a few Linksys NSLU2's for the project as > they are usually below $50 with shipping, but I was told that since they > use a FPU, they can not run DarkIce. It also won't power up after a > power failure unless you hack the hardware. Does anyone know of > anything equivalent to the NSLU2 that will work for a "dumb" pc like > that? Would I be ok going with older and cheaper ThinClients? > > I'm looking at deploying a fair number of these boxes, so I can't spend > $300 each. I was really hoping to keep it on the cheap and around $50 a > box. (insert laughter here) > > Thanks for the help > Phil > > -- > www.w2lie.net > Long Island Live Scanner Feeds and Forums > > > Scanner Programming at w2lie.net > http://www.w2lie.net/sales > e-mail: sales at w2lie.net > phone: (347) 829-SCAN > > _______________________________________________ > Icecast mailing list > Icecast at xiph.org > http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/icecast
Hi, I guess the real question is what audio format and quality are you looking at here? You will need to have a CPU capable of encoding in real-time and you may not be able to do this with your budget. Geoff.
I knew I left something out. It would be MP3 encoded at 16kbps/16000Hz -- Phil / w2lie On Sep 5, 2010, at 5:15 PM, Geoff Shang <geoff at QuiteLikely.com> wrote:> Hi, > > I guess the real question is what audio format and quality are you looking at here? > > You will need to have a CPU capable of encoding in real-time and you may not be able to do this with your budget. > > Geoff. >