ASX Script

[Chris Bier]

Brian Densmore wrote:
 > I'd be willing to work on a project to help out move from a
 > Window$ audio server to a Linux Audio server. Even though,
 > I'm starting another project and don't know anything about
 > streaming audio. Let me know how I can help and I will.
 >
 >
 >>-----Original Message-----
 >>From: Jonathan Hutchins
 >>
 >>
 >>On Tuesday 31 August 2004 11:30 am, Jason Clinton wrote:
 >>
 >>
 >>>ASX will never be supported.
 >>
 >>>Tell them to use standards instead of proprietary technology
 >>
 >>Fine.  Write the script.  They don't have someone who can.
 >>
 >>
 >>>as I did two years ago when they came on the air ...
 >>
 >>Um, although they changed their callsign and their
 >>organization a few years
 >>ago, they have been on the air for many more than two years.
 >>They are the
 >>NPR affiliate at CMSU.  (Do you mean when they started
 >>offering the audio
 >>stream on the internet?)
 >>
 >>I've had a discussion with the guy who's responsible for
 >>their on-line
 >>streaming, and basically they're using "free software" -
 >>software that they
 >>already had.  They don't have the full version of Windows
 >>Media Server up and
 >>running, because with the kludged partial install they have
 >>they can stream
 >>without having to pay Microsoft for the full version.  They
 >>have a PC with
 >>three audio cards, and an under-paid engineer who's done his
 >>best, but hasn't
 >>had the time or resources to build an OSS streaming server.
 >>
 >>I've appealed here before for volunteers to work on the
 >>project, and offered
 >>to provide hardware back when I could afford it. and received one
 >>non-commital response.
 >>
 >>You can sit back and bitch all you want, Jason, but it
 >>doesn't really advance
 >>the cause.

I'm working on setting up an icecast server for the district (Liberty
Public Schools) so that the broadcasting department can broadcast the
student commentary from any sporting event.  I'm planning on
broadcasting in both mp3 and ogg vorbis.


Chris
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