Hi Joseph
Are you wanting a server you can stream to?
A quick google search revealed this website http://freestreamhosting.org/
I've never used them but sound like they use adds on a website you
visit to pay for the service.
Cheers
Geoff

On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Joseph Matthews <[email protected]> wrote:
> Can you then suggest a reasonable alternative to Live365 that WILL work with 
> Linux?
>
> Joseph Matthews
>
> On Nov 10, 2011, at 6:02 PM, Wayne Merricks wrote:
>
>> Sorry to break this to you but Live365 doesn't work with Linux streamers.  
>> They do funky things by hiding the ports the server is really on and you 
>> need to stream an MP3 format.  On top of this there are proprietary commands 
>> for turning the server on.  I ended up having to use an XP VM just to get 
>> this going, they aren't interested in making a Linux client either (check 
>> their forums for more info).
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Wayne
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] on behalf of Joseph 
>> Matthews
>> Sent: Thu 10/11/2011 19:07
>> To: User discussion about the Rivendell Radio Automation System
>> Subject: Re: [RDD] Streaming Questions
>>
>> Perhaps I need a bit of clarification. I have installed darkice, and believe 
>> I have it configured correctly. My darkice.cfg:
>>
>> [general]
>> duration        = 0         # duration of encoding, in seconds. 0 means 
>> forever
>> bufferSecs      = 5         # size of internal slip buffer, in seconds
>> reconnect       = yes       # reconnect to the server(s) if disconnected
>>
>> # this section describes the audio input that will be streamed
>> [input]
>> device          = jack      # OSS DSP soundcard device for the audio input
>> sampleRate      = 44100     # sample rate in Hz. try 11025, 22050 or 44100
>> bitsPerSample   = 16        # bits per sample. try 16
>> channel         = 2         # channels. 1 = mono, 2 = stereo
>>
>> [icecast2-0]
>> format          = vorbis
>> bitrateMode     = cbr
>> bitrate         = 96
>> quality         = 0.8
>> server          = xxx.xxx.xx.xx               # Live365 IP address
>> mountPoint      =     # Live365 doesn't require a mount pint
>> port            = xxxxx       # Live365 port
>> password        = xxxxxxxx    # Live365 account password
>> public          = yes
>>
>> As far as I can tell, this configuration is correct. However, when I run 
>> darkice, I get this:
>>
>> DarkIce 0.20.1 live audio streamer, http://darkice.tyrell.hu/
>> Copyright (c) 2000-2007, Tyrell Hungary, http://tyrell.hu/
>>
>> Using config file: /etc/darkice.cfg
>> Using JACK audio server as input device.
>> Using POSIX real-time scheduling, priority 98
>> Registering as JACK client darkice-12432
>> DarkIce: VorbisLibEncoder.cpp:142: vorbis lib opening underlying sink error 
>> [0]
>>
>> From what I can tell Googling around, this error message typically means 
>> that darkice can't connect to the server. Am I missing a step here?
>>
>> Thanks for the help!
>>
>> Joseph Matthews
>>
>> On Nov 4, 2011, at 6:59 PM, James Harrison wrote:
>>
>>>
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>>> Okay, here's how it fits together in theory:
>>>
>>> * Rivendell talks to JACK, obviously
>>> * Darkice accepts JACK input (configured in /etc/darkice.cfg usually)
>>> and converts that audio to a stream of MPEG-3 data (or ogg, or whatnot)
>>> * Icecast accepts that stream, and broadcasts it by retransmission
>>> (effectively) to any clients who want to listen
>>>
>>> So, all you need to do is connect darkice to Rivendell, point darkice at
>>> an Icecast server (yours or a hosted one - will need appropriate
>>> bandwidth) and point Live365 at your Icecast server.
>>>
>>> The best way to set this up is probably using a small shell script - you
>>> can connect ports with jack_connect. So if you configure darkice to
>>> provide two ports named darkice:left and darkice:right, and want the
>>> main RD output patched to that:
>>>
>>> #!/bin/bash
>>> # Run darkice in a screen session, detatched from this window (check my
>>> options- doing this off memory so they may be wrong)
>>> screen -DmS darkice darkice
>>> # wait a bit
>>> sleep 5
>>> # patch it in
>>> jack_connect rivendell:outport_left darkice:left
>>> jack_connect rivendell:outport_right darkice:right
>>>
>>> That should do the trick. If you want to just patch what you hear to
>>> darkice you should check JACK's monitor mode - you can set up software
>>> monitor ports so anything going out gets duplicated to an input you can
>>> then patch to darkice.
>>>
>>> Darkice is very much the way to go if you ask me but Liquidsoap is
>>> another popular tool, if a little more complex to configure. It does
>>> have the advantage of giving you more flexibility, and potentially some
>>> processing of audio prior to TX, but I prefer to do that processing with
>>> Jamin (a JACK audio mastering program, which can do you a multiband
>>> compressor, lots of EQ and a lookahead limiter). You can patch in that
>>> or JACK-Rack or anything else like that (LinuxDSP has a multiband
>>> compressor with JACK support for instance) in the same way as described
>>> above. The jack_lsp (and jack_lsp -c) commands are helpful for
>>> debugging, and check out Patchage (available in the Ubuntu repos) for a
>>> nice simple GUI to help you play around with things.
>>>
>>> Hope that helps!
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> James Harrison
>>>
>>>
>>> On 04/11/2011 22:35, Joseph Matthews wrote:
>>>> I'm hoping that someone can perhaps provide me with a good starting
>>> point for streaming from Rivendell. I am using Rivendell 2.0.2 and JACK
>>> under Unbuntu 10.04 LTS. I want to stream directly from JACK to Live365.
>>> I have Googled and searched the Rivendell list, but really can't figure
>>> out where to start. I've read about dark ice, darksnow, icecast,
>>> edcast-jack.. But can't even begin to figure out how to configure
>>> anything or make connections to JACK.
>>>>
>>>> Your help is greatly appreciated!
>>>>
>>>> Joseph Matthews
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