Trying To setup an internet radio in linux.


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im tryin to setup a internet radio server on linux. i have gotten the shoutcast server to start and be running correctly..but the DSP i dont believe will work for me...heres why:

i use my mic in for my music because thats how i send my mixer to my PC...all of my music is down either live or by other means through the mixer...

so anyhow...i need to get a app for linux that will send via a shoutcast server....any ideas?? i REALLY need this to work...

if you know how to make the mic work with the Shoutcast DSP for linux www.shoutcast.com or are willing to help me investigate i will be extremely grateful!

please please please help guys! :)

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If you plan on doing this, be careful about copyrighted music. The RIAA has increased rates for royalties on music played.

To do this 'by the book' you will probably need to contact them (anonymously, I recommend!) to find out their policies.

I would find it hard to recommend doing this 'on the sly'. Who knows what the lawyers would do to you (after picking on those pre-teenagers). :no:

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tottaly not even the problem...the problem is getting the sound card to brodcast with my microphone...99% of the music i brodcast is my very own.

im using MDK 9.2 here and i need to know the exact device (dev/whatever) for my PC i hav a SBLIVE5.1

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Grrrr... As luck would have it, I have Mandy on my laptop here, but cannot get to shoutcast.com, 'cause it is blocked by my proxy here at work... :crazy:

At home, I am proxy-less, but that will have to wait (and I am on Fedora, but that should be the same as Mandy for this).

get back to you later? *shrug*

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sure thing...well see i did some investigating on my dev folder and i have /dev/sound and then alot of other files like DSP DSP1 and MIXER and MIDI and so on..

its basically the ONLY reason im still using windows so i really want to get this last app out of the way hehe.

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its basically the ONLY reason im still using windows so i really want to get this last app out of the way hehe.

Seeing what is at stake (no more Win for you), I will double my efforts! :D when I get home... :unsure:

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well...theres a few sound apps like Sound Forge and my FM7 that i hafta use windows in...but i use that like when im using my sequencers and stuff like that so i barely remember its windows...but the shoutcast servers stay on for easily 5-6 hours and thats time im stuck in the devil windows.

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*bump* markjensen where are you??!!!

Hey, Jade... Sorry 'bout not gettng back to you. This working nights has me out for most of the day, and at work for the evenings... :( Plus, my 9 year-old's Windows machine needs reloading. again.

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Ok... Here is something to try (still at work here, but let's give it a go...):

run aumix, and make sure your Volume, Speaker and Mic are turned up (or at least on enough for this crude test to work).

With this, you should be able to hear sounds through the mic (turn up to 100%, if you must). Maybe we can find out here if it is a "mic not supported" thing, or a "it's there, we just need to find it and make it work" thing....

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ya the mic works, i can use the mixer through linux i just want to know how to make that the file send on shoutcast's end. everything else works here.

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I would think that it would have to be one of the devices that are listed when you type

cd /dev; ls -al sound

My result for this was:

total 0

drwxr-xr-x    1 root    root            0 Dec 31  1969 ./

drwxr-xr-x    1 root    root            0 Dec 31  1969 ../

crw-------    1 mark    audio    14,  4 Dec 31  1969 audio

crw-------    1 mark    audio    14,  3 Dec 31  1969 dsp

crw-------    1 mark    audio    14,  19 Dec 31  1969 dsp1

crw-------    1 mark    audio    14,  5 Dec 31  1969 dspW

crw-------    1 mark    audio    14,  0 Dec 31  1969 mixer

crw-------    1 mark    audio    14,  1 Dec 31  1969 sequencer

crw-------    1 mark    audio    14,  8 Dec 31  1969 sequencer2

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[derek@derekmaindell derek]$ cd /dev; ls -al sound

total 0

drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Dec 31 1969 ./

drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Dec 31 1969 ../

crw------- 1 derek audio 14, 4 Dec 31 1969 audio

crw------- 1 derek audio 14, 3 Dec 31 1969 dsp

crw------- 1 derek audio 14, 19 Dec 31 1969 dsp1

crw------- 1 derek audio 14, 5 Dec 31 1969 dspW

crw------- 1 derek audio 14, 2 Dec 31 1969 midi

crw------- 1 derek audio 14, 18 Dec 31 1969 midi1

crw------- 1 derek audio 14, 0 Dec 31 1969 mixer

crw------- 1 derek audio 14, 1 Dec 31 1969 sequencer

crw------- 1 derek audio 14, 8 Dec 31 1969 sequencer2

[derek@derekmaindell dev]$

are mine...and yes its one of these im sure..these are located in /dev/sound/ folder.

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/dev/dsp is your soundcard if that helps

When you tried dsp, did that work for you, JadeWolf?

If not, did any of the others (can you tell I am guessing here?) :whistle:

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Hey, it's morning again here, and I was able to get enough time to verify my audio system was still working. I can get my mic input to sound through my speakers, but I tried to run gnome-sound-recorder, and it woudl not record. Not sure why.

But, alas, time for me to head off to work again this afternoon. I will keep looking into this over the next few days. I found the shoutcast app for Linux. Haven't downloaded it yet. I plan on taking this all the way up to doing an actual shoutcast broadcast....

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Jade...

I have made moderate progress... :yes:

A wise (and somewhat dishevelled-looking) guru once told me, "If in doubt, look to the command line.", and he was right!

I can use the rec and play command to record from the mic, and to play back the .wav file I made.

The commands are simple, and I will put them here, so you can cut-n-paste them into the shell of your choice. ;)

rec -d /dev/dsp test1.wav

and

play test1.wav

You should be able to verify your mic is "readable" by your system this way.

I will get to broadcasting at a later time, but this may give you enough to go on!

Mark

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P.S. Can you point me to the exact download for your shoutcast app? I will need to install it on my PC when I get the chance.

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