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That would be great – perhaps an XP version (older working bass.dll) to start with and then a Win7 version once you have found a work around for the newer bass.dll?
Anyway, without detracting from your work… I am looking forward to testing with the pre-emp in your new Edcast.. I stopped using BBP (cos I didn’t need the super loud sound for web streaming) and went to BAL but miss the sparkle I got with BBP.
Up until recently (I was running the original Edcast) I was able to press a button within Edcast and it would stream audio from the soundcard OR from a pipeline of my choice by a dropdown list (whichever I chose would be applied to ALL streams). I could verify this by turning the Breakaway output up and down and this would reflect on the stream levels.
HTH
Attached is a screenshot of the best example I could find – see how this user has Virtual Audio Cables available as a source for the stream
Hi radiorio,
I am using Sam Broadcaster and its set to output to pipeline1. The same principle could be applied to Winamp though – only one output is output (!) but its what you do with it that gives you two streams.
So…
Pipeline1 is unprocessed (straight from Sam, Winamp etc)
Breakaway processes this and spits out the processed audio onto Pipeline2In Edcast (ideally!):
Stream 1 (AAC) = the unprocessed Pipeline1 (untouched straight from Sam, Winamp etc)
Stream 2 (MP3) = the processed Pipeline2Make sense?
Is it possible to have:
2 streams (mp3 and aac for example). MP3 stream gets audio from pipeline2, AAC stream gets audio from pipeline 3?
My reason for this being I would like to have one stream processed (from pipeline 2) and the other stream un-processed (from pipeline 3).
In a nutshell, selectable audio routing for the various streams I may have.
I could of course be missing a trick here and its already available! I know I could run another instance of edcast but have found this confusing and unreliable (confusing the windows are titled the same).
Any feedback welcome
Jesse – which version of Adapt-X are you using? Mine comes up with an error and doesnt show any of the plugins, but running under Winamp it works…?!
Hmm, I did try that but as I couldnt get it working within 2mins lastnight, I gave up! Will try again at some point.
[quote author=”JesseG”]After that is a MaxxBass to push some low bass up an octave.[/quote]
Jesse, how are you getting this to work with Breakaway?
Yes, you will need the attenuation plugin – this prevents overload to the Breakaway processor.
The Edcast attenuation is to lower the volume on the stream for when you are using low bitrates where overshoots are likely to occur.
HTH
Whats the ‘over’ and ‘under’ about?
Through changing the buffer count and size, I have got the jitter down to 3% but have ‘over’ = 0, ‘under’ = 3.
Any help, much appreciated as always.
quote :I have one in line in Breakaway to drop the output to the encoder by 1dB. Not sure if it’s required but my understanding of mp3 overshoot suggests that it’s better to allow a bit of headroom.An attenuator in Breakaway will only attenuate the input to Breakaway itself – it does nothing to the output. If you want to lower the output/stream audio, lower the ‘Peak Ref Level’ in the ‘settings’ box. Alternatively, I believe the new version of Edcast (there is a recent post on this forum) has attenuators so you can lower streams individually.
quote :1. In my Edcast metadata, I am pulling my titles from a text file generated on every song change. What’s a good frequency to update this? Is there any impact in using a pretty short time (5 seconds) or is a higher amount more normal?Never even considered it, or looked at that option. I assumed that it detected the text file had been modified and updated automatically.
quote :2. Certain tracks cause red flashes in Breakaway. Is this a problem? Should I reduce the volume on e.g. each of the SAM decks? Where would be the best place to do this to provide a good input level to Breakaway?The red flashes in Breakaway are you overloading the input. This can cause unpleasant noises (crackles for example). Use an attenuator to bring the level down a touch. http://www.claessonedwards.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=80
2dB is the one I always end up using.Click settings, you will see a slider named ‘Peak Ref Level’ (Breakaway Live). It is something similar, if not the same, in BBP.
HTH
[quote author=”Guillou”]Maybe a bug, when you change the name of log file, it doesn’t work. It only take the default name.[/quote]I had an ‘episode like this the other night, turns out I’d made the log file read only and forgotten! Also, a lot of changes (like genre, url etc) only take effect once you have quit BAL (thus ending Edcast) and restarted.
[quote author=”Guillou”]Moreover, in the installation program, I can’t install it in another path than c:program fileswinamp… the install button can’t be clicked.[/quote]I had this as well – I have this running on a VM and really didn’t want to install Winamp but its done now I guess. Even with the original Edcast, I got the impression that there was something within the Winamp program folder that was crucial for Edcast to run….?
I agree, although for different reasons!
Live is not as CPU hungry
Pre-emphasis in the BBP is a pain more than anything for web use – its bass and top heavy and although it can be tweaked out, it still ends up bass heavy imo"In the internet realm, there’s no loudness wars"
I have to disagree here.. Whilst loudness isn’t a major contender like it is on the FM, I still like a loud, full sound from an internet stream playing my type of music – luckily, this is still easily achievable with Live 😛
Example of Live in use: http://listen1.uvradio.co.uk/
Does it happen at the end of a track/ track change?
Also, as you are using dsp_livelink.dll I would guess you are using the built in Sam encoder… I am not a fan of it and switched to Edcast about 2 years ago – much better 😛 The main reason (apart from the improved sound quality) was the plugin section of Sam is unreliable imo, you are not sure where in the chain a particular plugin is until you re-shuffle it.. causes quite a problem for attenuation (to avoid clipping in Breakaway).
