Also, over and above the links Sajan has quoted, there is an IITD based development under way (led by Aaditeshwar Seth) for a complete integrated FOSS radio station operating system. Whatever we understand by 'complete', of course. I think it is called Gyaanvani.
Incidentally, I find the idea that geeky things are beyond rural understanding rather discriminatory, if not downright snobbish. Please note that the T&C for obtaining a CR license are so onerous that only places reasonably well served by money and electricity can get through the licensing process. On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 2:04 AM, sajan venniyoor <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 12:18 AM, Mohit Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> IIMT Radio 90.4 FM (Community Radio) at Meerut (NCR) is one of the few FM >> stations which use FOSS for their production and post production. > > > I am not sure this is entirely true. Quite a number of community radio > broadcasters use free software like Audacity for their programme production, > though we should probably encourage more to follow suit. However, as some of > my more tech-savvy community radio associates point out, some of the free > software (listed below) require a geek-level understanding of FOSS, and > that's simply not going to work in in most CR stations, especially in rural > India. > >> >> As its Director Mr. Braham Prakash Yadav told us, the focus is on 100% >> FOSS based community radio station. This is a very focused requirement and >> he is looking for FOSS Radio automation system/studio which can replace the >> non-free version. > > > This is very good news. I hope Dr. Yadav will be able to test out some of > the software listed below and share his experience with us. > >> >> Googling helped him know about 'VANYA' community radio of Madhya Pradesh >> Adiwasi Women, but he has not been able to find proper FOSS tools beyond >> Audacity and Avidemux. > > > Well, 'Vanya' isn't really a community radio station -- they had applied > for a license a year ago, but there was some issue about Vanya being a > government-NGO and therefore not eligible for a CR license. > >> >> He also wants to help VANYA and the like to do better with FOSS. Can we >> help him get properly tested FOSS products for his specific needs? > > > I am not sure all the products listed below have been properly tested yet > -- it would be great if someone could do so. > > To start with, there are quite a number of free software for audio listed > on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free_software_for_audio > > Here's some of they stuff that may be particularly useful for audio > production and play-out (though one should also look for free software for > other purposes like audio logging as well). > > *Audacity:* Audacity is free, open source software for recording and > editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, > GNU/Linux, and other operating systems. http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ > > *Campcaster: *Campcaster is a free and open source radio management > software. It has been designed for a Linux environment, but could possibly > be used on other platforms in future. http://www.campware.org/en/ > camp/campcaster_news/605/ > > *ZaraRadio: *ZaraRadio is a free radio automation system (a 'playout' > system). It operates on Windows (but not on Vista). It's not stated whether > it works on Mac OS or Linux. http://www.zararadio.com/ > index.php?centro=main.php&lang=en > > *NGO-in-a-Box:* Offers a variety of FOSS audio software. > http://audiovideo.ngoinabox.org/?q=taxonomy/term/142 > > *Pro Tools: *Pro Tools Free is a free version of Pro Tools for Mac. It is > a digital audio workstation used for music production, post production > etc.http://www.download.com/Pro-Tools-Free/3000-2182_4-3296394.html > > *Ardour: *Ardour is an open source digital audio workstation and can be > used to record, edit and mix multi-track audio. http://ardour.org/ > > *Sweep: *Sweep is an audio editor and live playback tool for GNU/Linux, > BSD and compatible systems. http://www.metadecks.org/software > /sweep/index.html > > *Rivendell:* It* *is a complete radio broadcast automation solution, with > facilities for the acquisition, management, scheduling and playout of > audio content for GNU/Linux operating system. > http://www.rivendellaudio.org/ > > *ReSound: *ReZound is an open source and graphical audio file editor > primarily for but not limited to the Linux operating system. > http://rezound.sourceforge. > <http://rezound.sourceforge.net/>net/<http://rezound.sourceforge.net/> > > > Sajan > >> >> >> Regards, >> >> MS >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > network mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in > > -- Vickram http://communicall.wordpress.com
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