Broadcast Using This Tool
I’ve been testing a very cool little xplatform open source streaming application.
Basically I have a very high workload with some of the gigs I do, esp more recently doing collaborative ninjams while running visuals as well. So I want a very simple 1 click app to control streaming and recording.
I only need my streaming app to do a couple of things - stream and record.
A bonus is to tell me the stats in realtime so I can track how many logged in and monitor for breaks in the stream, but I now use NetMeter to do the latter and I can have a firefox window open logged into my shoutcast admin to tell me the current logins - and I can also download the stats later anyway.
A small learning curve, and then you can finally dump SAM, Nicecast, Simplecast, and that clunky winamp/shoutcast dsp plugin. Version 1.8 just released with updates to the recording function. Does both shoutcast and icecast, and records your stream at different [ie: higher] bitrate than the outgoing stream - perfect for live recordings.
There are two ways of recording the stream automatically - start recording when you press the record button or to start recording only when you start streaming. I prefer to start recording manually as I like to check the stream is connecting to sl etc. The other way is a little tricker, could possibly use a “record armed” signal just to let you know status visually, but read the help and play with it.
Pros/Cons?
+ simple
+ fairly lightweight
+ flexible enough on streaming and recording formats
+ responsive developer
+ opensource xplatform
- record “on stream connection” setup a little non-intuitive (giving developer feedback now) - manual record aok though.
- no stats graph - can do without but would nice to have a la simplecast
Apart from that is does exactly what I need for this function in my live performance workflow. Other people may need more;-)
Project info site is here , help page is here, and direct download of latest version is here
The developer is very responsive, and feedback helps to keep them interested so let them know if you use it!