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[quote author=”knigget”]I would like to experiment with MP2 – where would I find the codec?
Any help is much appreciated[/quote]
MPEG2? or Layer-2?
I think you mean Layer-2.
Have you tried TooLame with Ed-Cast yet?
http://sourceforge.net/projects/toolame/
http://www.oddsock.org/tools/edcast/Well I saw the topic was kicked back up again, so I decided to tell you guys what the configuration finally looked like…
1. Output Dateq BCS 70
2. Echo Layla analog input > Echo Layla SPDIF output
3. Esi Julia SPDIF input > Orban Codec AAC 320kbps RTSP stream (Streaming PC)
4. Wifi 5Ghz sends signal to transmitter site
5. Broadcast PC runs VLC player to encode, runs BBP and Airomate
6. Breakaway MPX to RVR PTXThis is the setup used today so the only thing that is analog is the output of the mixer
and the MPX signal.The Echo soundcard is used also for our nonstop music and other incoming signals.
The Orban codec runs an rtsp network stream, so we don’t need a server, like shoutcast or something else.Soundcard for Breakaway in use is the Esi Julia.
Greetz,
Otto[quote author=”Leif”]
The reason why many networks are using an 8500 at the studio and 2300s at the transmitter is two-fold: price + lossy STLs.
With lossy STLs, you can’t maintain peak control over the STL. You could solve this by running unprocessed audio through the STL and having an 8500 at every transmitter, but the 8500 is a very expensive processor, and it (as evident) becomes too great of an expense even for major radio networks. Running an 8500 at the studio and 2300s at the transmitters is considered the "next best thing", but it’s quite significantly worse than having an 8500 at the transmitter instead.
///Leif[/quote]
Wow….
This hurts my ears just reading about it, nevermind having to actually listen to the audio!
Lemme see if I have this right… a station coughs up $12K plus for an 8500, which they install at the studio. They cut corners by installing a lossy STL (which can’t handle the peak controlled signal of aforementioned 8500), so they spend another couple of grand on a 2300 at the transmitter….AND degrade the audio in the process (pun intended).
Did I miss anything?
And to think they could have purchased a PC, a killer sound card, and Breakaway Broadcast for a fraction of what they spent on the 8500 and 2300, bought the uncompressed STL of their choice, and still had enough left over for (insert favorite vice here)….
Wow….
Jim
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