_+icecast@sucs.org wrote:> Ices, Darkice, most of the normal stream creation bits don't need X11 > Do you mean normalisation?I mean dynamic compression.> WMA is Microsoft only so you will probably need to use Microsoft > software to do this. > > But if you already have MP3 I realy don't see the reason for WMA, as > anything that plays WMA is likely to also play MP3.A guy offered the option to use a Windows streaming server for free, and we would like to use it. It's so simple. :) Are you sure streamTranscoder can't produce a WMA? Yours, Jacint
Balint Jacint wrote:> _+icecast@sucs.org wrote: > >> Ices, Darkice, most of the normal stream creation bits don't need X11 >> Do you mean normalisation? > > I mean dynamic compression.So VBR? (Variable Bitrate) You normally set the quality for a Ogg Vorbis stream, and it fluctuates the bit rate.>> WMA is Microsoft only so you will probably need to use Microsoft >> software to do this. >> >> But if you already have MP3 I realy don't see the reason for WMA, as >> anything that plays WMA is likely to also play MP3. > > A guy offered the option to use a Windows streaming server for free, and > we would like to use it. It's so simple. :) > Are you sure streamTranscoder can't produce a WMA?From http://www.oddsock.org/tools/streamTranscoder/ "WMA is supported only under win32. This is due to the not-so-obvious fact that no WMA encoder libraries exist for unix." -- Chris Jones, SUCS Admin http://sucs.org
_+icecast@sucs.org wrote:> So VBR? (Variable Bitrate) > You normally set the quality for a Ogg Vorbis stream, and it > fluctuates the bit rate.No, actually not. I really mean dynamic compression: you know, the music is quite loud, and the speech is quiet, so I need to make these the same sound level. To reduce the dynamic range of the sound, I need dynamic compression, a software that makes the sound less dynamic -- kind of the normalization, but more effective for me. So the listeners don't have to turn the volume up and down while listening. The best would be autogain, but I haven't seen any application that knows this. I'll take a look at darkice today, even maybe at liveice to find out which is better for me. If either of these has LADSPA support, that will be my choice.> From http://www.oddsock.org/tools/streamTranscoder/ > > "WMA is supported only under win32. This is due to the not-so-obvious > fact that no WMA encoder libraries exist for unix."Thanks, that was the information I needed. What a pity... :( Yours, Jacint