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Migrating a Radio Station To Linux?
allikat_uk asks: "I'm a DJ for a net radio station (amongst other hobbies). I want to migrate from an XP platform running (SAM Broadcaster) to a Linux based solution. I don't need to host the server, as the station does that, I just need a nice GUI solution to stream the MP3 files to the server. I need to run 2 streams, 64k stereo, and 22k mono in MP3 to a shoutcast clone server. My current software has a nice MySQL database to make quickly finding the tracks I want easy, dual playback 'decks' and easy voiceovers. Is there a Linux equivalent available under GPL?"
Unless your station is talk-only, 64k stereo/22k mono mp3 is totally unlistenable. If you don't have the bandwidth for a "full" 128k ogg or aac stream, at least provide a ~80k stereo ogg/vorbis stream. Not much more bandwidth but it will be listenable without giving headaches. Or send a single "full quality" 128k ogg stream to the PeerCast network while providing the modem/isdn-streams like you do now.
My other account has a 3-digit UID.