SHOUTcast DSP 1.9.0 Released

[will]

Download

You need Winamp 5.1, get it HERE

Anyone with Winamp 5.04 or better can listen to an AAC+ stream, but you need 5.1 or better to broadcast AAC+.

As good practice, please add [AAC+] (or something similar) onto the end of your stream name for AAC+ streams. Just so people know why it doesn't work.

Any bugs, do NOT bother me about them.

Have Fun,

Will "Payment Still Pending" Fisher

[inthegray]

will fisher kills puppies.

[ravetrax]

^^

thanks will...

[chuckeh]

Thanks will!

[chuckeh]

One Question I have ...

Is the Encoder 1 problem fixed now?

[ravetrax]

it has worked fine for me for a while now. i haven't noticed anything wrong with it.

will did a good job.

[Nick@ss]

great stuff,,,, cheers will

it works like a charm

well start making a list for the next one for you in a new post

[Vchat20]

awesome work! cant wait for winamp 5.1

[NJK]

Originally posted by ravetrax

will did a good job.

No Will did an excellent job. two days ago i was setting up a computer for someone else and as always i explain how winamp etc work , i take them to my stream , but it wasn't there so i found a bug ( yep end of playlist and forgot to load the new one, since it's no longer on automated)

kinda made me feel stupid.

Congrats to Master William for a job well done.

[MegaRock]

An awesome job.

Now if I could just get the SpacialAudio people off their collective asses to get this integrated into SAM I'll be one happy camper.

[zee100]

Is there any way to get this dsp working with OtsDJ ?
There's only the mp3 encoder.
Yes I read it!

Once winamp 5.1 is released, you will be able to use the AAC+ encoder.

Any ideas for that?

[Vchat20]

megarock and others who are having troubles firguring out how to integrate the aac+ encoding in other programs, heres an easy workaround for the time being which i noted in a separate thread:

set up a single listener private server and stream to that with your preffered broadcaster at a relatively high bitrate. open winamp and set it to the null out plugin and setup the dsp for aac+ broadcasting. add the link to your private server in the playlist and hit play. winamp will rebroadcast in aac+ for you and no fuss or muss with opticodec.

[zee100]

set up a single listener private server and stream to that with your preffered broadcaster at a relatively high bitrate. open winamp and set it to the null out plugin and setup the dsp for aac+ broadcasting. add the link to your private server in the playlist and hit play. winamp will rebroadcast in aac+ for you and no fuss or muss with opticodec.

Okey, that's one way to do it but need to much cpu.
There must be another way to use aac+ with other software than only Winamp.

[MegaRock]

Indeed. I try to run it on my SAM box and that's a no go. I'm considering doing a line out feed to another box and encoding from there which would work.

Another issue that still needs to be addressed with AAC+ is the availability of players that support it. Very few have integrated AAC+ into their players. Since the majority of my listeners (75% or greater) use Windows Media Player due to corporate and university software restrictions it takes alot to get people to utilize it.

When I fired up the AAC+ stream before I was lucky to get 7 listeners out of 1000+ to use it. I fired up a 128K WMA stream and it is at capacity for eight to ten hours a day. I'd love to be streaming the same quality at 64k but until player vendors get this integrated it's no more useful than mp3PRO.

[will]

Winamp 5.1 released. Download here

Activate that AAC+ loving.

[Vchat20]

in the immortal words of peter griffin, "SWEEEET!!!".

cant say much more. youve done some awesome work here will. major props to ya!

[DJ Matt]

the new DSP does indeed work with SAM3, but requires a little work to make it behave.

[MegaRock]

I can get it to work - it just absolutely kills the CPU

[DJ Matt]

Really? that weird because using it here I see almost no CPU usage, but i'm using 32kbps and 24kbps

[MegaRock]

I've got SAM running 128k WMA, 64k mp3, 24k mp3. I also use the AGC, crossfader and all the other whistles. When I drop the DSP in at 64k it runs at about 75% and spikes to 100.

On another note what is this Shoutcast Wire? Looks like podcasts but how does one put their podcasts into the listings?

[DJ Matt]

Yeah i'm looking into the new features, I think there's some sort of special AAC+ stream directory now or something because my existing AAC+ streams are getting tons of listeners

[Vchat20]

i dont know, i would think it would be an improvement cuz orban killed my cpu when trying to use it. plus trying to get it to broadcast ONLY the music is a hassle unless you can dedicate a soundcard to it and it can actually cooperate.

i havent had a chance to test the cpu usage here but back on the old dsp it ran pretty smooth. i would assume this one is no different.

@DJMatt: I know tuner2.com is a good aac+ directory. i dont know if you need to sign up for it or not.

[DJ Matt]

Tuner2 added me automatically it looks like

[Vchat20]

any plans on getting your country station broadcasted in aac+. i would become a regular listener then. never really was a fan of mp3pro.

nvm. i noticed you arent in charge of kickin country. maybe you can put a bug in his ear? *wink* *wink*

[Wavestreaming]

Good stuff

[arkadas.amereeh]

Found it first today!

But it all rocks like Heaven

Thanks a bundel!

Arkadas

[tuckerm]

excellent!!!
i love it!!!
great job will (someone should update the shoutcast site with the new DSP)


will older versions of winamp\real be able to handle the AAC+ streams?

[Vchat20]

on a further note megarock, i just tested it here. and i have winamp set on realtime cpu priority. with the dsp running and encoding 24kbps aac+, it was pretty much idling. the cpu column was fluctuating between 00 and 07 at the highest. the cpu % on the bottom was fluctuating between 5% and 11%

this is on my main machine btw running 2GHZ. i will test my sam machine later. it runs a 733mhz p3 (which sam runs happily on btw)

[gaekwad2]

Originally posted by tuckerm
excellent!!!
i love it!!!
great job will (someone should update the shoutcast site with the new DSP)


will older versions of winamp\real be able to handle the AAC+ streams?

5.04 onwards I think, as for real /shrugs

[Vchat20]

yeah. 5.04 on will be able to tune in fine. but 5.1 is the only one so far that can broadcast aac+ . just wanted to make that clear.

[theVOQ]

how can i broadcast at 8kbps with this version

[drewbar]

You can't.

[GHOSTRADIONET]

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Curious..

What's the advantage of this new DSP... vs. the one we have been using? (v1.8.2b)

how is it installed and configured..?
just install it over the top of the old DSP ?




I'm just wondering if this new one is needed if I'm not
having any troubles with the "old" one...




Thanks..
G.

[arkadas.amereeh]

what is this Shoutcast Wire? Looks like podcasts but how does one put their podcasts into the listings?

That is the podcast directory intergraded into a player, like itunes did.

See http://www.ipodder.org/ or http://www.podcast.net and do a search on the internet on podcasting and Adam Curry.

regards,

Arkadas

edit: added link

[theVOQ]

is there any alteration i can do to boradcast at 8kbps

[drewbar]

The SHOUTcast DSP does not support 8kbps.

[CraigF]

my ears do not support 8kbps.

stick to tin cans and string.

[Jkey]

status :
new shoutcast dsp running since yesterday almost 24 hours,
cpu load is so low its none existent, aac+ @ 48k sounds
superb !,title updating running perfect,output1 actually works,i can minimize the dsp :P,im listed @ tuner2.com,
no skipping what so ever on the stream!

for the first time ever i have no complaints about the shoutcast dsp ! I can again use it to stream

GOOD work will !!!


1 question why is it not possible to use 48000hz instead
of 44100hz ? i.e (48k v2 48000hz ps)the encoder is capable!, i know this because my nsv stream is doing it with the same encoder

[Vchat20]

agreed. no complaints. going to be the first time ive used the dsp in about 3 years. lol

[DJ AmPs]

Originally posted by DJ Matt
the new DSP does indeed work with SAM3, but requires a little work to make it behave.

I tried it but the level is always 0 and the bytes don't count... how did you get it to pick up the audio in SAM? Did you have to use "soundcard" mode?