Oh, the delay is so worth it given the advantages this approach offers! :-)
Darrell Shandrow - Accessibility Evangelist Visit http://www.SaveSerotek.org and ask Freedom Scientific to stop suing! Information should be accessible to us without need of translation by another person. Blind Access Journal blog and podcast: http://www.blindaccessjournal.com Check out high quality telecommunications services at http://ld.net/?nu7i ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Mosen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'PC audio discussion list. '" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 4:53 PM Subject: RE: Shoutcast help needed There's not a lot you can do about this, because the mic is being put through StationPlaylist's Studio's audio pipeline and that does take some processing. if it bothers you enough, you could use a separate instance of Winamp with the Linerec plug-in to do your streaming, and use the standard mic feature in your sound card. The same caveats about software speech from my last post would then apply. Jonathan -----Original Message----- From: Sunshine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 25 May 2007 11:45 a.m. To: PC audio discussion list. Subject: Re: Shoutcast help needed jonathan i have a question about station playlist how do you get rid of the delay in the mic? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Mosen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'PC audio discussion list. '" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 6:35 PM Subject: RE: Shoutcast help needed > Hi Rick, this is really very straight forward. The only issue may be if > the > person concerned is using software speech through the same sound card that > the material to be broadcast is coming from. > > In the Shoutcast DSP plug-in for Winamp, there are two modes. One sends > data > direct from Winamp itself. In other words, if you play an MP3 file, then > the > MP3 data is transcoded to the bit rate you select, and then sent over the > Internet. This is nice because you can minimise Winamp and use your sound > card for other things while streaming music. It doesn't facilitate talking > over music though. > > The other mode simply broadcasts whatever is coming through the sound > card. > So all you have to do is select this mode, select "what you hear" or > "stereo > mix" or whatever the feature on that particular sound card is called that > records what is being played through the sound card, and go for it. If the > broadcaster is using a simple microphone plugged into the microphone > socket, > then the microphone will need to be unmuted in playback controls when > speaking. While there are controls that do this for you in the Winamp DSP, > a > simple way to handle this is to leave the control unmuted and use a > microphone with a switch. These can often be found on analogue headsets > and > some of them sound surprisingly acceptable. > > Now if software speech is coming through the same sound card, then either > a > second sound card or external synthesiser must be obtained, or you'd need > to > go to StationPlaylist Studio which is a fantastic solution and highly > accessible. > > In the main menu archives you can still find a comprehensive series I did > on > Shoutcasting. > > Jonathan > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
