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Migrating a Radio Station To Linux?

Posted by Cliff on from the penguins-like-music-too dept.

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?"

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  1. Was at a radio station that used Xenix in 1988 by dbIII · · Score: 0, Redundant
    I'm suprised people don't think it's ready.

    I used to help out at a radio station that used Xenix in 1988 for a variety of good reasons - linux is a lot better than Xenix ever was and is useful for the same reason. Server 2003 or win2k I can understand but why use a home computer operating system like XP in a professional environment where a keyboard lock up of thirty seconds has real consequences? Even with dual processor systems on XP there are far too many situations where the user has to just sit and stare at the screen until the machine lets them use their keyboard again.