I don't think that can be done, how ever can you maybe broadcast at a lower bitrate or even vbr or heaac using liquidsoap to accomidate for the packet loss that might happen over your ADSL line? Just a suggestion.
Blessings and happy Friday. Sarah k Alawami: Owner of Alawami Productions, where quality is key. Check us out at http://alawamiproductions.com > On Dec 11, 2014, at 2:35 PM, Jonathan Thorpe <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > I'm currently using LiquidSoap as an ICECast encoder for a small community > radio station and it works really well. > > We currently use Barix Instreamers (Encoders) and Extreamers (Decoders) for > distributing live audio to transmitter sites over ADSL. > > This works well, but ADSL is subject to a small amount of packet loss meaning > we use the HTTP mode to work around this. > > We have an issue where two distant transmitter sites on the same frequency > result in skywave at night. While this cannot be avoided, these two sites > have up to 20 seconds variance in latency as a result of buffering. > > Even with perfect synchronisation, this won't be completely resolved, but > could offer significant improvement over the current situation. > > While this is far from a typical use case, I've been thinking if perhaps > LiquidSoap could help address this? > > Ideally, I'm looking for a way to achieve the following: > 1. Encoders and Decoders are synchronised in time (NTP/GPS). > 2. Encoder contains timestamped packets of encoded audio (MP3/AAC+) that are > distributed to Decoders. > 3. Packets are distributed to decoders with TCP to allow for re-transmission > of lost packets. > 4. Decoders are configured with a time offset to account for latency and > jitter. > 5. Decoders play back when the time+offset is reached. > > I have long considered writing some software to do this myself in Python, but > it seems that LiquidSoap is incredibly flexible. > > My understanding of LiquidSoap's SDL is very limited at present, but I'm > curious to hear from people with a good understanding of it if it might > indeed be possible? > > Kind Regards, > Jonathan > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server > from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards > with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more > Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=164703151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk_______________________________________________ > Savonet-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/savonet-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=164703151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Savonet-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/savonet-users
