Remote broadcast

Remote (outside) broadcasting is a way of taking over STAR's audio stream from a computer outside of the studio. It can be used to broadcast live lounges and other events. STAR requires two stream encoders, MP3 and Ogg Vorbis, which restricts the number of suitable software.

macOS

• Download Soundflower – this lets you pass audio within between applications, analogous to having an audio interface inside your laptop.
  • BlackHole does a similar thing, but generally seems to be more up-to-date than Soundflower and works properly on macOS Catalina as of April 2020.
• Download LadioCast via the App Store – this lets you broadcast via two separate Icecast streamers.
  • Known issue: access to internal mic may be randomly revoked, and must be turned on again before Ladiocast will show input level.
  • Ladiocast settings:
    • Host: garfield.standrewsradio.com
    • Port: 8080
    • Mount:
      • Streamer 1: stream/1.mp3
      • Streamer 2: stream/1.ogg
    • User: source
    • Password: ask Head Technician
    • Stream name: STAR
    • Web URL: http://www.standrewsradio.com
    • Match encoding settings to the streamer, i.e. MP3 or Ogg Vorbis. You can experiment with the other encoding settings, but the following should work:
      • Sample rate (Hz): Auto
      • Bit rate (kb/s): 48
      • Channel: stereo