Hi Rick, this is really very straight forward. The only issue may be if the person concerned is using software speech through the same sound card that the material to be broadcast is coming from.
In the Shoutcast DSP plug-in for Winamp, there are two modes. One sends data direct from Winamp itself. In other words, if you play an MP3 file, then the MP3 data is transcoded to the bit rate you select, and then sent over the Internet. This is nice because you can minimise Winamp and use your sound card for other things while streaming music. It doesn't facilitate talking over music though. The other mode simply broadcasts whatever is coming through the sound card. So all you have to do is select this mode, select "what you hear" or "stereo mix" or whatever the feature on that particular sound card is called that records what is being played through the sound card, and go for it. If the broadcaster is using a simple microphone plugged into the microphone socket, then the microphone will need to be unmuted in playback controls when speaking. While there are controls that do this for you in the Winamp DSP, a simple way to handle this is to leave the control unmuted and use a microphone with a switch. These can often be found on analogue headsets and some of them sound surprisingly acceptable. Now if software speech is coming through the same sound card, then either a second sound card or external synthesiser must be obtained, or you'd need to go to StationPlaylist Studio which is a fantastic solution and highly accessible. In the main menu archives you can still find a comprehensive series I did on Shoutcasting. Jonathan Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
