I have used it 24/7 for the last 8 months or so. it just works for me, will keep trying to reconnect forever if the connection is lost. all connection problems we had were not relaterd to butt, usually the wireless link or occasionally our shoutcast server decides to be unreachabe.....
BUTT can aslo record an archive of the audio, though it has no provision for automatically splitting the file. Nathaniel C. Steele Assistant Chief Engineer/Technical Director WTRM-FM / TheCrossFM On 2/24/2012 1:35 PM, Wayne Merricks wrote: > Hi, > > I don't have direct experience with butt however I do know of some home > DJs who do syndicated shows from home who use this without issue on > Windows (I know). I'm not sure how it works 24/7 though. > > I've used a combination of JACK, Jamin, Darkice and Icecast to take care > of compression and Internet streaming (I use Icecast2 as a relay to > Live365) however I'm not happy with Darkice. It works great for 1 - 3 > weeks and then crashes which borks up everything. Somehow this causes > Jamin to also crash and JACK to sit there with nothing to do. > > So far I've got a script that restarts Darkice every evening which means I > lose the Internet stream for a few seconds but at least I don't have a > completely dead system when I least expect it. Its a simple cron job with > killall darkice, sleep 5 and then the usual darkice -c /path/to/config. > > Please note that I don't use this with Rivendell its just a PC grabbing > audio from a sound card line in. This means I haven't solved the now and > next problem yet. In theory you could install this along with Rivendell > so long as you're using JACK but I wouldn't recommend it. > > I have a guide that was meant for internal use only thats available over > at: > > http://www.thevoiceasia.com/rivendell/HOW TO - Multipurpose Broadcast > PC.pdf > > This was setup as an emergency cover machine when my broadcast rack died > so its not ideal. It runs on a very early Core 2 dual core PC from around > 2007 without skipping a beat though. > > The compressor settings I used sound OK for the things we're broadcasting > but I'm far from an audio expert so please take these settings with a > massive grain of salt. The guide doesn't really list some of the reasons > why things are the way they are. > > The guide also details using Rotter for audio archiving. I hope to polish > this up for the wiki "soon(tm)" but my time is severely limited at the > moment. > > Hope this helps a little, > > Wayne > > On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:08:14 -0000, Jorge Soto<[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have tried using darkice with darksnow, and still have not been able >> to make it work. Will keep trying. Has anybody used this >> http://butt.sourceforge.net/ with Rivendell? >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Alban Peignier<[email protected]> >> To: User discussion about the Rivendell Radio Automation System >> <[email protected]> >> Cc: Jason Davenport<[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 10:02 AM >> Subject: Re: [RDD] Streaming to Shoutcast Server >> On 02/24/2012 12:51 PM, Jason Davenport wrote: >>> Ok, so i have re-installed rivendell via RRabuntu, this time leaving it >>> as is, no upgrades from the repository..now i need some help streaming >>> Rivendell to a shoutcast server. >> Hi Jason, >> >> You can use darkice (and its darksnow GUI) to create a stream. >> >> Regards, > ####################### > Scanned by MailMarshal > ####################### > > #################################################################################################################################################################################################################### > > Attention: > > The information contained in this message is confidential and intended for > the addressee(s) only. If you have received this message in error or there > are any problems, please notify the originator immediately. > The unauthorised use, disclosure, copying or alteration of this message is > strictly forbidden. Christian Vision or any of its subsidiaries will not be > liable for direct, special, indirect or consequential damages > arising from alteration of the contents of this message by a third party or > as a result of any virus being passed on. Please note that we reserve the > right to monitor and read any e-mails sent or received by the > company under the Telecommunications (Lawful Business Practice) (Interception > of Communications) Regulation 2000. Christian Vision is registered in England > as a limited company 2842414 and as a charity 1031031 > > #################################################################################################################################################################################################################### > _______________________________________________ > Rivendell-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev > > > _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
