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How2... Broadcast internet radio via the PeerCast network
PeerCast & Multiple Ogg Vorbis setup (Oddcast v1)


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How can I broadcast multiple Ogg Vorbis streams with Oddcast DSP???

You will need:

1) PeerCast Client

2) WinAmp v291

3) Oddcast DSP (WinAmp Plugin)

4) Multiple DSP stacker (WinAmp Plugin)



How do I install the Client???

Download the PeerCast Client Then Click 'OPEN' and PeerCast will self install to your chosen folder on your PC. When asked 'Do you want to start PeerCast now?' click '' You will now see a small icon appear in your TaskBar (down by the clock)



How do I install WinAmp???

Download WinAmp and install to a folder in your Program Files
There is a wizard to take you through the simple install proceedure. Make a note of the folder where you put WinAmp as next on step you will need to install the plugins (oddcast & DSP stacker) in the same folder.



How do I install the associated WinAmp plugins???

Download

Oddcast DSP v1

&

Multiple DSP stacker

Install them both in your WinAmp Plugins folder



The Set Up



Now I have WinAmp & the Plugins Installed what next???

Making multiple Oddcast DSP's

Now that you have WinAmp, Oddcast DSP & the DSP Stacker successfully installed on your computer you are almost there.

Go to your WinAmp Folder in Program files.



And open it.

Then open the Plugins Folder



Now look for the dsp_oddcast.dll



make a copy of the file and rename the copy and the original.





How do I set up WinAmp, Oddcast DSP & the DSP Stacker???

Open up your WinAmp



and on the keyboard press Ctrl & P to bring up the WinAmp Preferences window.

In the LEFT pane click on DSP/Effects and you will see a list of the plugins available.



You should see two copies of
oddcast DSP [dsp-odcast._01.dll] & [dsp-odcast._02.dll]
and a copy of
DSP Stacker by Special Audio,LLC [dsp stacker.dll]
in the list.

Double click on DSP Stacker by Special Audio,LLC [dsp stacker.dll] and a small Icon will appear in the Task Bar Down by the clock.

Click on this Icon to launch the DSP stacker.



Click on the ADD button in the stack in the right



This will open your DSP plugins list.



Select the plugind you want to use (both oddcast plugs) and they will appear in the main window of the stacker.



Next you need to make sure the force 44khz Stereo (recommended) box is checked.



This will ensure all files will play correctly and not sound like Alvin & The Chipmonks if they are wrongly encoded.
Always make sure this box is checked before a broadcast



Now thats done whats next???

Now you have all the right plugins in the right place's you only meed to configure the two Oddcast DSP's and then create a couple of relays to PeerCast and you will be up and running before you know it.

First though we need to set up the PeerCast Client.

This is quite simple and only requires some basic information to achieve.

Go to the icon in your TaskBar (down by the clock) Simply right click on it to bring up a menue. Click 'Advanced and then in the sub menue click on 'GUI' The following window will appear.



In the GUI window click on the Enabled button to fill in the port number (usualy 7144), your password (this password needs to be the same as in the Oddcast DSP configuration) Then click on the Disabled Button.

This is all you need to do in the GUI for now. That was easy want it?

If you dont know your IP Address
Here it is...




How do I Configure the two oddcast DSP's???




On the Oddcast DSP click on the Configure button.



The configuration of Oddcast is quite simple.

Lame Options (v3.91):
Ignore this as were not streaming in mp3.

Ogg Vorbis (RC3):
Use Ogg Vorbis: Check this option.

Quality or Bitrate: Check Quality.

In Quality window select a number from -1 to 10.
Choose Stereo or Mono and your sample rate.

What quality/sample/format combo should I use???

Some lower rate settings to allow for Dial up listeners

Quality of: -1 at sample rate of 22050 & a mono setting will give you a 16k stream output.
Quality of: 0 at sample rate of 22050 & a mono setting will give you a 24k stream output.
Quality of: -1 at sample rate of 22050 & a stereo setting will give you a 30k stream output.
Either of these setting will allow anyone with a 56k modem to listen to your stream.

Some higher rate settimgs to allow for Cable/Braodband listeners

Quality of: -1 at a sample rate of 44100 & a stereo setting will give you a 45k stream.
Quality of: 0 at a sample rate of 44100 & a stereo setting will give you a 64k stream.
Quality of: 1 at a sample rate of 44100 & a stereo setting will give you a 80k stream.
These three examples would only be recieved by users with cable connections.

As you can see, playing with the 3 settings Quality, Sample rate and Mono/Stereo will allow for a multitude of diffrent output rates. Remember though thet Dial up modems will not be able to comnnect at a rate higher than 40k so a lower rate means more potential listeners and with Oddcast the quality of the audio will far exceed any mp3 streanm at the same rates.
If you are running two streams you have the opertunity to stream a Hi and a Lo stream one for Dialups at say 24k and one for Cable connections at say 64k. Higher bitrates in Ogg are hardly worth bothering with as 64k will get you a 96-120k quality output, also higher bitrate streams are harder to connect through the network and wount be so easily accessed by listeners.
So its good to keep the bitrate to no higher than 64k. you will also save on some upload bandwidth you might want to use for another stream to another network. Its not uncommon for Casters to have 2 or 3 diffrent streams going out to diffrent networks.

Save stream: Checking this option will record your stream to file on your PC. Be carefull with this as you can easily forget you checked it and slowly you will be using up your Disc space recording your output and if you hav a 6 hour playlist on repete you will just be recording the same 6 hour loop over and over. Before you know it you will have no disc space and a big fat station output file that has recorded over many days.

Server Location: Choose 'Icecast2'

Server (hostname or IP): Enter 'Localhost' here.

Port: Because we are relaying the two Ogg Vorbis channels into PeerCast the port numbers will be diffrent than if we were streaming direct.
So we dont use 7144 here
Try using ports 8000 & 9000 in the Odcast DSP's
Creating relays simply means we can stream multiple channels via the one client onto the PeerCast network.

Password: Use the same as you set in the PeerCast Client for both DSP's (they MUST match the client)

Auto connect & Reconnect timers: Set as you wish.

Server Information:

Description: = Your Station Name.

Genre: = Type of music ie, Country, HipHop, Jazz, Rock, J-Pop, Classical, Dance/Trance/House etc.

URL: = Your station web page.

IRC/ICQ/AIM: allows your listeners to contact you direct for requests, reports, etc.

Mount Point: set this to '/live.ogg' This feature is used to distinguish between two or more odcast DSP's running on your PC. It can be '/anything.ogg' but if you run two DSP's you will need to have diffrent names for each instance of Oddcast you run.

Once you are happy with your settings..... Press OK

Now we only need to enter the relay information into the Broadcast page of the PeerCast Admin section and were almost ready to go.



Enter the Station details in the apropriate fields, its all quite self explanitry and once you have done this press Create Relay
Do this for both your relay streams Now all you need to do is to load up some files in your WinAmp player, press Connect on the DSP and Play on WinAmp and you should be streaming your station to the PeerCast network.
Go back and look in your GUI and in the left pane you should see your station name followed by 'BROADCAST' sometimes you will need to stop and re start Oddcast for it to connect to the network properly.

Is it realy that easy???

YES


But what if I still cant connect???

The four main areas that cause the most initial problems for new casters are:

Firewall's/Routers:
You will need to allow PeerCast to have access via port 7144.
Password:
They must match in the PeerCast client and the in DSP.
Ports:
They must match in the PeerCast client and the in DSP.
IP number
Its so easy to miss type them.
If you have trouible initialy, you should double check all four and then try again.



If you should have any other problems with your Broadcast setup you can get Tech support at PeerCast.Org where you will find some online tutorials and a Forum where you can get first hand help and advice from other users of the system on all matters to do with PeerCast and associated third party tools.

For Winamp Information, Plugins, Skins or Support visit - WinAmp.Com

For Oddcast Information or Support visit - Oddstock.Org

For information and Support for the DSP Stacker visit Special Audio There you will find Forums, A knowledge base and email support links.

All the software that we recomend using and linked to here is all freeware and is certified free from all spy/ad/malaware and all other malicious codes and tracker devices.



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