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Gary Fitzpatrick

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relaying audio over internet
« on: February 04, 2014, 06:36:47 PM »

I got an interesting phone call enquiry tonight. Protest meeting...but the organisers want the speech relayed from the centre of the town down to a gathering area approximately 0.75 miles away. Rather than running a cable (which would involve crossing a four lane road, and a river, I am thinking of using an internet link for the audio. Its speech only, so it doesnt need to be the upmost quality.

Could you do this using JACK? or Shoutcast. I know it can be done....but looking some pointers on how to do this?
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Re: relaying audio over internet
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2014, 08:04:22 PM »

Ships ahoy matey!  Pull out the eye patch and wooden leg and see if you can figure out the easiest way to get the audio there.
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Re: relaying audio over internet
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2014, 08:11:42 PM »

Done all the time. Look to Microsoft my son and be saved.
 
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Re: relaying audio over internet
« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2014, 08:23:14 PM »

I got an interesting phone call enquiry tonight. Protest meeting...but the organisers want the speech relayed from the centre of the town down to a gathering area approximately 0.75 miles away. Rather than running a cable (which would involve crossing a four lane road, and a river, I am thinking of using an internet link for the audio. Its speech only, so it doesnt need to be the upmost quality.

Could you do this using JACK? or Shoutcast. I know it can be done....but looking some pointers on how to do this?

I use Shoutcast all the time for radio remotes, but you need to set up an account with someone hosting Shoutcast servers.  They are not expensive, but it does take time to set up.

On the other hand, Nicecast for Mac allows you to use your Mac as its own server.  You can just log in to the Mac itself as "local host".
I do not often do this, but it is theoretically possible depending on how clever and persistent you are with Macs.

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Re: relaying audio over internet
« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2014, 08:25:35 PM »

A Danley Jericho JH90 would get the sound there...
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« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2014, 08:45:38 PM »

I use Shoutcast all the time for radio remotes, but you need to set up an account with someone hosting Shoutcast servers.  They are not expensive, but it does take time to set up.

On the other hand, Nicecast for Mac allows you to use your Mac as its own server.  You can just log in to the Mac itself as "local host".
I do not often do this, but it is theoretically possible depending on how clever and persistent you are with Macs.

Yea I have been trying Nicecast...seem a simple enough piece of kit. Can get it to work fine when I'm on the same network...having a small bit of bother when the two devices are on different networks though...we will work through it :)
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Re: relaying audio over internet
« Reply #6 on: February 04, 2014, 08:48:40 PM »

A Danley Jericho JH90 would get the sound there...

haha i don't think the residents of the town would appreciate 150dB-SPL been blasted at them  :P
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Re: relaying audio over internet
« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2014, 08:54:43 PM »

Yea I have been trying Nicecast...seem a simple enough piece of kit. Can get it to work fine when I'm on the same network...having a small bit of bother when the two devices are on different networks though...we will work through it :)

If you know anyone who's running a server and has space, they can set up to host for you on Shoutcast.  I use my Shoutcast server and feed it from Nicecast/Icecast on a Mac.  It works better than the PC setup (for me, anyhow) and is more flexible.  Little things like setting the frequency can be done on the Mac but not on the free setup available for PC.

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Re: relaying audio over internet
« Reply #8 on: February 04, 2014, 10:32:36 PM »


If you know anyone who's running a server and has space, they can set up to host for you on Shoutcast.  I use my Shoutcast server and feed it from Nicecast/Icecast on a Mac.  It works better than the PC setup (for me, anyhow) and is more flexible.  Little things like setting the frequency can be done on the Mac but not on the free setup available for PC.

Good luck.

Just out of curiosity, how does your shoutcast setup audio quality compare to an ISDN line?


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Re: relaying audio over internet
« Reply #9 on: February 05, 2014, 02:39:26 AM »

Just out of curiosity, how does your shoutcast setup audio quality compare to an ISDN line?


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