[rfu-automation] Fwd: [grc] Automation software @ WRFU-LP

[Noel L. Vivar]

Sorry, I forgot to state where to find the "last email thread" that I
was talking about.
http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/archive/rfu-automation/2008-April/000324.html

On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Noel L. Vivar <nlvivar at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think we've talked about changing our automation software a number
> of times over the past couple of years, especially when ZaraRadio
> starts acting up.
> Here's the beginning of the last email thread when we starting talking
> about it. Please read Andrew's response after what I wrote. I think it
> give a good start as to what we're looking for in a software package.
>
> The recommendation of CampCaster is probably a good one. When I did my
> searches, that one always came up.
>
> Here are a few projects in various states of usability:
> http://aras.sourceforge.net/index.html
> http://www.bp2x.com/
> http://www.somasuite.org/
> http://www.songcue.com/
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeradioj/
>
> Here's some dialogue about different projects.
> http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/05/1823247
> http://ross.sourceforge.net/
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 4:49 PM, Andrew Ó Baoill <andrew at funferal.org> wrote:
>> I recently asked on a mailing list about available automation options for
>> LPFM stations, as I was sharing information about our use of Zara, and was
>> interested in knowing about possible alternatives we might migrate to in the
>> future. Here are two responses - I haven't checked out the suggested
>> software yet.
>> In the first mail, the sender is referring to the problem I raised of how to
>> schedule Voices of our World, which comes as two separate mp3 files,
>> resulting in us playing 2 back-to-back random tracks (meaning we often play
>> the second half before the first).
>> Andrew
>>
>> Awesome. Thanks for the feedback. As I mentioned earlier, you might check
>> out Campcaster, which is built for Linux.
>>
>> I bet you know Zara better than I do, but on the Voices of Our World note
>> (we have the same issue with DirEttore), are you able to create a .seq
>> (sequence) file that sequences the first half of the program and then the
>> last half? It might be a more reliable way around the random file setup.
>>
>> As a side note, I was at the Urbana IMC for a Books to Prisoners conference
>> last November. What an amazing the place the IMC there is! You all seem to
>> have a great station setup, too.
>>
>> Thanks again, and good luck with your search
>>
>> ed @ WRNC
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> From: "Jeff Abrams" <jabrams at radioboise.org>
>> Date: August 25, 2008 5:13:25 PM CDT
>> To: Andrew O Baoill <andrew at funferal.org>
>> Subject: RE: [grc] Automation software @ WRFU-LP
>> Reply-To: <jabrams at radioboise.org>
>> Depending on what you're using it for, check out MegaSeg -
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-grc at peak.org [mailto:owner-grc at peak.org]On Behalf Of Andrew
>> O Baoill
>> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 2:50 PM
>> To: grc at maillist.peak.org
>> Subject: [grc] Automation software @ WRFU-LP
>>
>>
>> At GRC this year I had several conversations where automation software
>> came up, and I repeatedly mentioned how pleased we are with the free
>> (as in beer) software we currently use at WRFU-LP in Urbana, IL. I was
>> also, repeatedly, unable to remember the name of the software, and am
>> now belatedly following up on my mental note to remedy that fact.
>>
>> We're using Zara Radio on a PC. It's not perfect, but we've been able
>> to play around with it to stretch its capabilities - such as using it
>> in conjunction with iTunes to automatically place podcast files into
>> our schedule - and appreciate the ability to access webcasts (which we
>> use both to access Radio Bilingue, and to do remote broadcasts from
>> various community locations).
>>
>> http://www.zararadio.com/index.php?centro=main.php&lang=en
>>
>> I'd be very interested in finding out what other platforms people are
>> using - particularly free (as in speech) options for Linux, given our
>> ideological preference for same. What are the strengths/weaknesses of
>> each? I'd be happy to collate responses and make them available in a
>> single message (or in a web-link) rather than over-burdening the list.
>> Of course, it's also possible this information is already readily
>> available, and I'd appreciate pointers to such lists.
>>
>> Andrew
>>
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