[00:59] <Omnifrog> why icecast?
[01:00] <Omnifrog> and WHY XMAS?!?!?
[01:01] <Omnifrog> when I was on the air I refused to broadcast xmas music till ~mid December
[01:02] <Omnifrog> even then they were mostly contemporary covers
[01:03] <[Ubik]> Omnifrog: Seems everyone here's going to that already. It's on cable, two local FM stations are running it (one of them started BEFORE Halloween, go figure.)
[01:03] <[Ubik]> Either I'm misinterpreting things or it's getting earlier and earlier every year.
[01:04] <Omnifrog> same here in the Chattanooga area
[01:04] <[Ubik]> Omnifrog: ah, so you are local then? heh
[01:04] <[Ubik]> guess so based on your hostname
[01:04] <[Ubik]> I'm in Cleveland
[01:05] <Omnifrog> not far away
[01:05] <Omnifrog> one of my kids live there
[01:05] <[Ubik]> ah
[01:06] <[Ubik]> Yeah, I'm guessing you are more Ooltewah area.
[01:06] <[Ubik]> I'm on 104.1 up here weekdays.
[01:06] <Omnifrog> yep
[01:06] <Omnifrog> I don't know if we get that station here
[01:06] <[Ubik]> What do you recommend instead of icecast?
[01:07] <Omnifrog> when I was a DJ I used IDJC and sc-serv
[01:07] <[Ubik]> ah
[01:07] <Omnifrog> on shoutcast
[01:07] <[Ubik]> I used to use shoutcast years ago
[01:08] <[Ubik]> I guess I gravitated to icecast because one server could handle multiple streams
[01:08] <Omnifrog> I never bothered to look into the difference
[01:08] <[Ubik]> (well, one physical box could do it with shoutcast too, but you had to have a different set of ports per stream)
[01:08] <Omnifrog> yeah, sc-serv can only stream one stream per instance of the server
[01:09] <Omnifrog> yep
[01:09] <Omnifrog> with shoutcast you need a total of 4 ports open for 2 streams
[01:10] <Omnifrog> in my case I was streaming a 24k and a 64 k stream
[01:11] <Omnifrog> IDJC can be a real pain in the ass though
[01:12] <Omnifrog> getting Jack and alsa to cooperate makes me want to crush my keyboard with my forehead
[01:12] <[Ubik]> yeah
[01:12] <[Ubik]> Load up XP with a hacked copy of SAM Broadcaster and your life goes much easier :P
[01:13] <Omnifrog> I've seen plenty of other DJs fight with SAM
[01:13] <Omnifrog> no thanks
[01:13] <Omnifrog> maybe I'm biased
[01:14] <Omnifrog> but once you get IDJC working it's really a great console
[01:14] <Omnifrog> getting it working is the hard part
[01:15] <Omnifrog> I havent been on air since 2014 so I optimistically assume it has improved
[01:21] <[Ubik]> yeah, it's a PITA
[01:21] <[Ubik]> or was, I hadn't messed with it in a while either
[01:22] <[Ubik]> I used SAM years ago, it was OK
[01:22] <[Ubik]> just give me a copy of Simian, a board, a true processor, and a mic... lol
[01:22] <[Ubik]> or, Rivendell
[01:22] <[Ubik]> WTNW over in Jasper (820 AM, but the transmitter is MIA right now)
[01:22] <[Ubik]> they run Rivendell
[01:22] <[Ubik]> buddy of mine runs that station
[01:47] <Omnifrog> Ha! found it http://imgur.com/a/baLHI
[01:48] <Omnifrog> my syation back in 2012
[01:48] <Omnifrog> station *
[01:53] <Omnifrog> Note: I changed the "ON AIR" sign to florescent red after I took that pic
[01:54] <Omnifrog> there is a black light on that box and at the time I only had green paper that glowed under UV
[03:21] <cyberanger> Omnifrog: Why not icecast?
[03:21] <Omnifrog> at the time I didn't know the difference between the 2
[03:22] <Omnifrog> I still don't really
[03:22] <Omnifrog> but the station I worked for used shoutcast so it wasnt a choice really
[03:26] <cyberanger> Fair enough, and half of why for me is ease of install, apt-get install icecast2 and done.
[03:27] <Omnifrog> if it were that easy I would gladly have done that
[03:28] <Omnifrog> it wasn't an option though
[03:28] <cyberanger> I get that
[15:57] <[Ubik]> nice