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

[Noel L. Vivar]

And one more:
http://www.mixtime.com/

On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Noel L. Vivar <nlvivar at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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