---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: [IMC-Audio] Open Source Station Technology From: "Sofia JarrinT" <[email protected]> Date: Thu, January 29, 2009 09:51 To: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Just passing this along because it looks quite interesting... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Stephen Kelly <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 10:59 AM Subject: [ncra] Open Source Station Technology To: [email protected] Hey All, I thought I'd pipe in to let you know what CKDU in Halifax has been up to. We've been operating on almost %100 open source software since 2003. This is documented here: http://ckdu.dal.ca/ckdu-os The site is a little bit outdated but I think its a good overview of the stations computer structure. It would be interesting to have other folks contribute their cc radio-related open source solutions to the site... To sum things up in relation to your questions: a. logging / live streaming We also use Tom Cleggs fantastic software mp3cat. As an example, you can access our web interface here: http://ckdu.dal.ca b. podcasting We use bashpodder (http://www.lincgeek.org/bashpodder/) for "podcatching", automatically downloading syndicated programming. Currently we're modifying the script a bit to better accommodate our needs. I can recommend this version: http://podracer.sourceforge.net/ As for podcasting our own programming, we provide a bit of web space for each individual show (in-house freebsd web server) and let them manage their own podcast if they want... only about 4 or 5 shows actually maintain a podcast. c. recording / playback We primarily use Audacity and Ardour http://ardour.org/ for recording and editing. Most people use Audacity because its so simple, especially new volunteers. However, more and more people are starting to learn Ardour because its a much more powerful and user-friendly tool. We use xmms for on-air playback of all digital audio because of its simplicity and because inertia rules.. this is what we've been using for years and its fine aside from a few annoying quirks. This will probably change in the near future to either a full-fledged automation system like Campcaster (http://www.campware.org/en/camp/campcaster_news/) or a music management program like Amarok. Hope this helps. --Stephen Quoting "terrence.eugene.brennan" <[email protected]>: > Hello Nick, > > Thanks for asking this, we at CJLY in Nelson are always interested in > learning what others are up to, as well as sharing info. > >> >> a. What kinds of digital logging systems/software are other stations using >> for CRTC program logs? >> > > We are just on the verge of moving to a digital playlist written by one of > our volunteers, which will see the same dbase as our music library (no > audio, just records of cd's in our library). > > As Magnus noted earlier, Tom Clegg (CJLY volunteer extraordinaire), wrote > some software (http://tomclegg.net/logger) that we use for audio logging, > streaming, and studio playback. We have a freebsd machine in our studio > dedicated to mp3 playback: promos, sponsorship spots, repeat shows, and > syndicated programmes. > >> >> b. What methods of podcasting are other stations using? i.e. podcast >> hosting, software, servers, etc... >> > > Last fall we moved our website to an Expression Engine CMS, with some extra > scripting that takes care of our podcasts. The audio files are hosted at > GoDaddy. As well we are listed at itunes (great for getting the word out). > >> >> c. What methods of recording are other stations using? Digicarts and/or >> computer software? >> > > For field recording we're still using minidiscs, but are hoping to pick up a > couple of Olympus LS digital recorders in the summer. Studio playback - see > above. For production we mainly use Soundforge and a few folks work with > audacity. > > It is a station goal to move to all open source software. We just took > another step in this direction by implementing a browsing computer in our > on-air room running Ubuntu. We do not have audio going from this machine to > the console, to prevent youtube / myspace type of content being broadcast. > > Cheers, > > Terry Brennan > Operations Manager > Kootenay Coop Radio > CJLY - 93.5 FM - Nelson, BC > -- Frieda Werden, Producer WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service, Vancouver BC, Canada www.wings.org ############################################### This low-traffic unmoderated listserve was formed to continue discussion generated at the Madison GRC-5 and subsequent GRC conferences. Consensus was that general news does NOT belong in this grc-list UNLESS it relates to the GRC mission. [Subscribers to <[email protected]> may choose a digest format bundling several posts in one] _______________________________________________ imc-audio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/listinfo/imc-audio _______________________________________________ cr-india mailing list [email protected] https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india
