Hi all, I'm in the midst of creating a turnkey Icecast source client embedded in a plug computer, using Ices2. I've hacked together some scripts to automate the starting and stopping of a live stream (launched by pressing buttons on the device). It's dead easy once the network/server is configured - you just plug it in, push a button and you're live. It accepts any Debian compatible USB audio device - I've verified my nice stereo microphone (made by Blue) and a USB direct-audio device works great. It can hook into your existing network via wired or wireless. I've used it already to broadcast live concerts to my station and even with the microphone, provided it's placed well, provides exceptional sound quality over 64kb/sec. Would be even better if it was 128 or more, obviously, but bars/venues rarely have decent Internet connections available. I have my own Icecast server which I provide stream mounts for but there are other Icecast server vendors out there too that this would be compatible with. ATM network configuration is done manually, but it's vanilla Debian (on ARM platform) so it's not too difficult. If I'm able to generate interest and get some sales, I will be recruiting someone to make a nice web configuration UI for everything. In the interim I'm thinking of putting together some simple shell scripts to automate network configuration. If it's wired (DHCP), no network configuration is necessary. Would anyone here be interested? I'm just starting out so I would want to have a couple of 'guinea pigs' to help me test it out (I would provide the hardware/streaming service at a discounted rate). I think "IceBox" would be a cool name for it, too ;) I have an existing business and reseller's permit so I am a legit hardware/service vendor. Any feedback is appreciated - here's a link to what I've put together as a marketing blurb for music venues: http://socorock.com/?page_id=4345 Cheers, Jordan -- Jordan (PGP: 0xDA470FF8)
hi, On Sat, 2012-03-03 at 13:16 -0800, TheDarkener wrote:> I'm in the midst of creating a turnkey Icecast source client embedded in > a plug computer, using Ices2.Just out of curiosity: what kind of plug computer do you intend to use? as the marvell based stuff never worked for me with proper ogg encoding .. kind regards, kloschi -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 665 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://lists.xiph.org/pipermail/icecast/attachments/20120304/961b4656/attachment.pgp
On 3 Mar 2012, at 21:47, Gavin Stephens <small.net.nz at gmail.com> wrote:> What's a plug computer?Something like this: http://pogoplug.com/ or the latest kid on the block (my order is in) http://www.raspberrypi.org Paul
I would assume only Ices1, if any - their product page says MP3/PCM support. On 03/03/2012 06:47 PM, Gavin Stephens wrote:> What's a plug computer? > > Does anyone know if Barix extreamers work with IceCast? > > On 2012-03-04 09:16, TheDarkener wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I'm in the midst of creating a turnkey Icecast source client embedded in >> a plug computer, using Ices2. >> >> I've hacked together some scripts to automate the starting and stopping >> of a live stream (launched by pressing buttons on the device). It's dead >> easy once the network/server is configured - you just plug it in, push a >> button and you're live. >> >> It accepts any Debian compatible USB audio device - I've verified my >> nice stereo microphone (made by Blue) and a USB direct-audio device >> works great. It can hook into your existing network via wired or >> wireless. I've used it already to broadcast live concerts to my station >> and even with the microphone, provided it's placed well, provides >> exceptional sound quality over 64kb/sec. Would be even better if it was >> 128 or more, obviously, but bars/venues rarely have decent Internet >> connections available. >> >> I have my own Icecast server which I provide stream mounts for but there >> are other Icecast server vendors out there too that this would be >> compatible with. >> >> ATM network configuration is done manually, but it's vanilla Debian (on >> ARM platform) so it's not too difficult. If I'm able to generate >> interest and get some sales, I will be recruiting someone to make a nice >> web configuration UI for everything. In the interim I'm thinking of >> putting together some simple shell scripts to automate network >> configuration. If it's wired (DHCP), no network configuration is necessary. >> >> Would anyone here be interested? I'm just starting out so I would want >> to have a couple of 'guinea pigs' to help me test it out (I would >> provide the hardware/streaming service at a discounted rate). I think >> "IceBox" would be a cool name for it, too ;) I have an existing business >> and reseller's permit so I am a legit hardware/service vendor. >> >> Any feedback is appreciated - here's a link to what I've put together as >> a marketing blurb for music venues: http://socorock.com/?page_id=4345 >> >> >> Cheers, >> Jordan >> > _______________________________________________ > Icecast mailing list > Icecast at xiph.org > http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/icecast-- Jordan (PGP: 0xDA470FF8)
What's a plug computer? Does anyone know if Barix extreamers work with IceCast? On 2012-03-04 09:16, TheDarkener wrote:> Hi all, > > I'm in the midst of creating a turnkey Icecast source client embedded in > a plug computer, using Ices2. > > I've hacked together some scripts to automate the starting and stopping > of a live stream (launched by pressing buttons on the device). It's dead > easy once the network/server is configured - you just plug it in, push a > button and you're live. > > It accepts any Debian compatible USB audio device - I've verified my > nice stereo microphone (made by Blue) and a USB direct-audio device > works great. It can hook into your existing network via wired or > wireless. I've used it already to broadcast live concerts to my station > and even with the microphone, provided it's placed well, provides > exceptional sound quality over 64kb/sec. Would be even better if it was > 128 or more, obviously, but bars/venues rarely have decent Internet > connections available. > > I have my own Icecast server which I provide stream mounts for but there > are other Icecast server vendors out there too that this would be > compatible with. > > ATM network configuration is done manually, but it's vanilla Debian (on > ARM platform) so it's not too difficult. If I'm able to generate > interest and get some sales, I will be recruiting someone to make a nice > web configuration UI for everything. In the interim I'm thinking of > putting together some simple shell scripts to automate network > configuration. If it's wired (DHCP), no network configuration is necessary. > > Would anyone here be interested? I'm just starting out so I would want > to have a couple of 'guinea pigs' to help me test it out (I would > provide the hardware/streaming service at a discounted rate). I think > "IceBox" would be a cool name for it, too ;) I have an existing business > and reseller's permit so I am a legit hardware/service vendor. > > Any feedback is appreciated - here's a link to what I've put together as > a marketing blurb for music venues: http://socorock.com/?page_id=4345 > > > Cheers, > Jordan >