Hello, everyone. I have a ton of questions. I'll keep this intro message relatively
short to increase the possibility of someone actually reading it :-) Plus, much of
this may be off-topic. If any of you can think of a better forum for my questions,
please let me know.
Recently, I've been hired at Magnitude Network, a company that provides streaming
audio services for radio stations in Canada and the U.S. Upon my hiring I found, much
to my dismay, that the company was switching their Linux encoders (using real 5) to NT
encoders! The execs had decided to support Windows Media format, which (for obvious
reasons) was not readily available on the Linux platform.
Recently (yesterday), I heard that some potential clients mentioned wanting to run
Linux encoders rather than NT. Although there aren't any definite plans, I'd like to
look into the possibility of setting up a Linux-based encoder that can:
- Run multiple encoders for a single audio source, possibly:
- mp3
- real
- Windows Media (possible WINE support?)
I have a few ideas about this, but I am trying to keep this message concise ;-) Would
esd work in reverse (i.e. one input, multiple output), or is there a better/easier
way?
I'd really like to get this setup to work (reliably). It goes without saying that I'd
very much prefer working with Linux (or anything that's not MS-based, really). Plus, I
won't have to keep installing and remotely maintaining (bleah!) NT on 80+ (and growing
quickly) boxen across North America (excluding Mexico ATM). That would rule.
TIA,
-Chris
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