Broadcasting From Remote Location

[carineradio]

I Run Our School Radio So Its Like A Station For Students & Other Things Concerning The School.
Our Radio Needs o Be Able To Broadcast From A Remote Location. (Events Such As Sport Days)

I Know Something Like This Would Require Wireless Internet Or A Router Of Some Sort.
Is There Anyway The Feed Could Be Relayed To A Different Computer To Broadcast?

[djSpinnerCee]

If the remote location has internet access and a PC running WinAMP+DSP (not likely) -- the feed could be sent to a remote DNAS. Not the best idea.

A far better idea is to capture the radio broadcast with a regular radio -- take the radio's headphone or line out into a PCs line in -- this PC runs WinAMP+DSP in soundcard mode -- if this PC also has internet access, it can also run the DNAS server and your problem is solved.

Be aware that there is a delay (minutes), SHOUTcast is never really "live" and it can never be. Do a search here for "delay" for more detailed info.

The best idea is to use the real radio broadcast to cover as much distance as you can to get to the SHOUTcast source PC, since real radio "travels" at the speed of light. Trying to setup a SHOUTcast source with network access at a remote location is reinventing a wheel that is easily solved with the old skool radio that you already have.

* You also didn't say what your capabilities are already -- If you don't already have a way to do a remote radio broadcast, trying to use WiFi and SHOUTcast to "get back" to the station, is very limited and difficult to setup because you need a lot of things like power that you may or may not have remotely.

[carineradio]

Thanks Thats Very Helpful.
When You Say Regular Radio Do You Mean Like A Shortwave Radio Walky Talky Thing?
If So Would I Just Need To Relay The Feed From The Onsite Radio To The Radio In The Studio With A Wire From The Headphone Socket Into The Computer?

[hackerdork]

radio as in AM or FM transmitter

If you were trying to broadcast from a remote location, you need internet access, and wirless may not cut it, unless you are relaying from that location to a server on a high speed network.

I cant take my laptop to a park that has wi-fi and broadcast, most 'HOT SPOTS' are for web browsing, not running servers, so I would assume the same is true in your area, unless you had the wi-fi providers make arrangements to allow stream/servering from their hot spots.

Good luck

[carineradio]

AM or FM Transmitters Require A Broadcasting License Don't They?
Also I Don't Think There Are Any Wi-Fi Spots In Australia.

[hackerdork]

ok explain to me, then what you mean bya remote location?? Does that remote location have internet access that is high speed? Wireless internet travels only 200 meters.

You can broadcast using winamp or other tools, to a shoutcast server anywhere on the intenet that you have the password for.

YOU (broadcaster) -> internet connection -> server somewhere.

for example. One of the shows I am involved in is broadcast from a home, and the server is on the internet over 1800km away. In a nutshell nothing special, winamp with shoutcast DSP, router or whatever device that gets that location on the internet, allows connection from home to shoutcast server. listeners tune in, and access the server address not the broadcasters address. viola!

Does that make sence ?

Your concern is to determine if these remote sites have internet access, and wi-fi is the same as wireless. You need those routers/access points setup to allow you to stream by opening tcp port 8000 and 8001 (default).

Good luck.

Cheers

[VIPrecordsInc]

I have a question concerning this topic as well maybe it was stated and I over looked it so please bare with me.
We will call my location, (LOCATION A) and I want my DJs to always link into my location at all times at their specific times. Thus far I have had to be here to make sure this happens.

This is how I did it...
(LOCATION A) Streaming 24/7 (music)
(LOCATION B) DJ starts stream at 9:00am ends at 12:00pm(IP & Port) added in Shoutcast media playlist once he is locked on my end he can broadcast.
(LOCATION C) DJ starts stream at 12:00pm ends at 3:00pm(IP & Port) added in Shoutcast media playlist once he is locked on my end he can broadcast.

I know once they kill their servers I can resume broadcasting from my location (LOCATION A).

My Question is:
Is there a way to get around setting up like 168 hours of music so that the DJs can just come in at their designated times?

Or is there a way for my Shoutcast server to play and then when it's time for the DJ to come in they can just auto-kill my music and begin their live broadcasts?

Because I've noticed while I'm sitting here the DJ may buffer on their end which I will have to physically click on their Name in my playlist and wait a couple of seconds for it to reconnect. I'm looking for a cleaner way to do this because it's a bit much to sit here day after day to make sure the DJs broadcasts start on time.

Any help would be great!
You can IM me on yahoo messenger at: vipwebradio or email dallas@1073vip.net

Thanks guys.

[KOOLguy]

One easier way is to have a compatible player already listening to the stream that DJ A is on while you are broadcasting your music, before DJ A comes on have him play nothing at all until it's time to switch DJs. Assuming you have the DSP set to fetch audio from your soundcard you'd then stop your music until he finishes. I must warn you that if DJ A's stream is broadcasting with a listener max of higher then you need then you're out of luck, and you and him would probably need a lot of bandwidth left over for something like this, and it's usually smarter to have the DJ be off the YP and broadcasting at a higher bitrate then you otherwise it won't sound as good. Normally it's not smart to be transceiving audio with the same player as it can cause problems for the soundcard if you crossfade streams