LPFM_Radio : Message: Re: [LPFM] Advice on setting up audio stream

I will recommend...

Format: AAC+

Bitrate: 48kb/s

Stream Host: www.mediacast1.com (Currently have a special on AAC+ streams).

This produces better than FM stereo sound quality at a bitrate which is affordable.

20 simultaneous users for US$10 per month.

You need an ISP with a 30 gig DSL plan such as http://www.worldnet.co.nz/personal/dsl (GO 2M 30G NZ$60/month)

The software you need to encode the stream will depend on what automation software you are using.

Regards,
Ross.

Soul FM

http://soulfm.stationplaylist.com/listen.m3u

(28kb/s AAC+)

----- Original Message -----

From: Brian Gallagher

To: lpfm_radio@...

Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2006 9:21 PM

Subject: [LPFM] Advice on setting up audio stream

Hi Everyone

I wish to stream our station Radio Dannevirke onto the internet for others to listen to and to act as a prog feed to another station.Now I know that some other LPFM stations are doing this and I would appreciate advice on how to go about doing it please and as to what the costs are..This is a new area for me .

Thanks in anticipation.

Brian, Tech Manager

Radio Dannevirke 107

Member of Tararua Radio Society.

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I will recommend... Format: AAC+ Bitrate: 48kb/s Stream Host: www.mediacast1.com (Currently have a special on AAC+ streams). This produces better than FM...

Ross Levis
rosslevis

Jul 8, 2006
3:32 pm

G'day, yes,but the only hassle with AAC+ is that winamp 5 and up can only receive it.Plus there is a $10 startup fee with mediacast 1 on top of the price. 73 ...

nri3

Jul 9, 2006
6:22 am

Yeah, players that can play AAC+ are limited but growing in number. It will be the standard stream format eventually. But using MP3 will need a 112kb/s stream...

Ross Levis
rosslevis

Jul 9, 2006
8:22 am

G'day Ross, the costs to stream,in my view,are not as cheap as they should be and both Australian and NZ companies are not cheap either.There are lots of...

nri3

Jul 9, 2006
10:46 pm

You could download Windows Media Encoder for free from the microsoft website and stream straight from your pc. I have a mate whose preparing for an LPFM launch...

Herb
lpfm_bandit

Jul 11, 2006
8:24 am

Another open-standards alternative would be QuickTime Broadcaster - also free (see http://www.apple.com/quicktime/broadcaster/) which uses AAC for audio. Or...

Edwin Hermann
mix_fm_welli...

Jul 11, 2006
8:55 am

What it boils down to is this.. The amount of listeners you have on-line at any one time, and over a monthly period. This is LPFM where our listenership isn't...

Herb
lpfm_bandit

Jul 11, 2006
9:27 am

... Herb - I just checked and indeed Windows Media player cannot yet play AAC (MPEG-4) files. How backward! Especially given that MPEG-4 is an ISO standard. ...

Edwin Hermann
mix_fm_welli...

Jul 11, 2006
10:19 am

... (As winamp has been licenced by Orban to use AAC+ in it's players and streams) ... Why isn't it attractive to dowload,there are so many variations on...

nri3

Jul 11, 2006
10:38 am

G'day, it's not that hard to do,especially using winamp source etc. I stream through live365 and also shoutcast through servers with Hard drives,so if i can...

nri3

Jul 11, 2006
11:33 am

... I'm referring to AAC, not AAC+. ... Because - and this is what Herb was getting at I think - users don't want to download anything extra. If they click on...

Edwin Hermann
mix_fm_welli...

Jul 11, 2006
11:51 am

G'day, points taken, many thanks Tim 73 ... ____________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out gigs in your area on the...

nri3

Jul 11, 2006
12:03 pm

Forget streaming from your own PC. 10 gigs a month allows for 1 listener at 24kb/s. You probably have slightly higher figures than that in mind! DSL and...

Ross Levis
rosslevis

Jul 11, 2006
9:19 am

I think your figures are way on the low side Edwin. I'm streaming at 28kb/s and it uses about 13GB a month upload traffic. And note that Nullsoft added...

Ross Levis
rosslevis

Jul 11, 2006
9:33 am

... They were purely theoretical, but someone might be able to point out where I've made a mistake. I calculated as follows: 96 kbits is equivalent to 12 kb. ...

Edwin Hermann
mix_fm_welli...

Jul 11, 2006
10:21 am

Your missing the IP header overhead which will vary as a %age based on the audio packet size, and since shoutcast is stupid and uses TCP, there is a whole lot...

rich_lists@...
homeautonz

Jul 11, 2006
10:56 am

I stuffed up with the links, sorry. Try again. Here is Virgin Radio (Live in London). A 32kb/s stream. http://aacplus-vr-32.smgradio.com/listen.pls And here...

Ross Levis
rosslevis

Jul 11, 2006
9:47 am

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