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

Sun Sep 21 13:49:22 CDT 2008

I just found a few more:
http://www.google.com/radioautomation/index.html
http://www.rivendellaudio.org/

As with CampCaster, I have heard good things about Rivendell.

On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Noel L. Vivar <nlvivar at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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