That would be my concern as well. Can you break in for announcements, and is it Shoutcast compatible? Plus, it had better have mixer board support so I can use my mikes and sound board on the line-in of my Macbook to talk and stream audio from ITunes. Also, when I need a music bed to talk over, I want to be able to call one up and be able to talk over it freely.
On 1/13/08, hank smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > how did you use sam > are you parshally sighted? > email me off list. > thanks > Hank > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steven M. Sawczyn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by > theblind" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 9:18 PM > Subject: Re: broadcasting with the mac? > > > > Dan, the only really affordable broadcasting solution I've found is > > NiceCast from www.rogueamoeba.com . Although the program seems pretty > > accessible, it's not as good as Sam Audio Broadcaster which I use on the > > PC. My main gripe with NiceCast is that I can't adjust my volume in > > iTunes (this is usually where the music is streamed from) without the > > volume of the stream being changed. So, if I turn my volume down to read > > something with VoiceOver, my listeners hear the drop as well. There may > > well be a way to get around this, however, I hav'nt found it yet. My > > other complaint is that if you want to break in with an announcement, or > > voice over, well, there's no easy way to do it. Maybe I'm just spoiled > > with Sam where I had a keyboard shortcut to duck the audio and allow me > > to say something. > > If anyone out there is using NiceCast and is able to contradict me, > > please do so as I think it's a great product if only I could work out > > some of these smaller issues. > > > > HTH, > > > > Steve > > > > On Jan 10, 2008, at 4:31 AM, Dan Eickmeier wrote: > > > > Hey all, well, I haven't got a mac as of yet, reason being is I'm still > > asking questions, and finding information to prepare to get one. I like > > to do online broadcasting, and of course, using the PC now to do it. > > What is there in the way of software available for the mac to do this? > > > > > > > > Dan Eickmeier, Brantford Ontario Canada. Amateur radio station va3ets. > > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype:va3ets > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- John Moore
