Yeah, USB microphones can sometimes cause quite a habic for broadcasting, a friend of mine tried to broadcast with one, and she couldn't be heard.
At 23:39 5/24/2007, you wrote: >Hi Everyone, > >Ok finally figured it all out. I had a USB microphone plugged into the >system. So everytime I switched the input mode from winamp to soundcard it >was using the USB microphone as the soundcard. I stumbled upon this when I >forgot and left the microphone switch on and was playing with the input >settings while streaming and heard my voice from the USB microphone. I >unplugged it and the SoundBlaster took over and everything works just fine. >Oviously the winamp shoutcast plug-in can't handle more than one sound card >as the combo box only says winamp or sound card for the inputs and I was not >able to select from the USB microphone and the SoundBlaster. I plugged in a >USB sound card after I started streaming to get Jaws to switch to it instead >of the sound blaster. So all my problems were due to the USB microphone. >That's really crazy isn't it? > >Now to see if I can teach my client to do this. Thank you everyone that >gave me advice, especially Jonathan that got me going in the right direction >tonight. > >Rick > > >======= > >Visit my webpage and podcast feed at www.blind-geek-zone.net > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jessica Pitzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "PC audio discussion list." <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 11:01 PM >Subject: Re: Shoutcast help needed > > >you have to get jaws of that sound card somehow. > >On 5/24/07, Rick Harmon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Yes I just went in to Goldwave and did a test recording. I heard Jaws > > speaking and I heard winamp playing it's audio stream and my voice from > > the > > microphone when I played the recording back. > > > > Rick > > > > > > ======= > > > > Visit my webpage and podcast feed at www.blind-geek-zone.net > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jonathan Mosen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "'PC audio discussion list. '" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > > Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 9:37 PM > > Subject: RE: Shoutcast help needed > > > > > > Hi Rick, and if you use a program like Sound Forge of Goldwave, does What > > You hear work as you would expect? Because it sounds like you're doing > > everything right and that the sound card may be the issue. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rick Harmon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, 25 May 2007 1:12 p.m. > > To: PC audio discussion list. > > Subject: Re: Shoutcast help needed > > > > Yes I'm sending silence. The number of bytes does go up so I can tell the > > data is streaming. I even get the right header for the song on the other > > end but all I get in the stream is silence. > > when I set the input mode back to winamp my audio stream is heard again. > > > > Rick > > > > > > ======= > > > > Visit my webpage and podcast feed at www.blind-geek-zone.net > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jonathan Mosen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "'PC audio discussion list. '" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > > Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 8:55 PM > > Subject: RE: Shoutcast help needed > > > > > > Hi Rick, when this happens, can you tell if you are streaming silence? > > That > > is to say does the number of bytes sent in the Shoutcast Plug-in window > > keep > > increasing? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rick Harmon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, 25 May 2007 12:49 p.m. > > To: PC audio discussion list. > > Subject: Re: Shoutcast help needed > > > > Hi Jonathan, > > > > I'm not a broadcaster so unfortunately this isn't all straight forward to > > me. I have seen the settings that you are talking about and have tried > > switching the input for the plug in to soundcard and then setting up the > > volume control for recording to what you hear and setting the playback > > microphone to unmuted. When I do this however I hear nothing from the > > server. No audio stream and no voice from the microphone. I've been > > working on this for a week now and am banging my head against the wall. I > > simply don't know how to get this done via winamp and the shoutcast > > plugin. > > I have no problems getting the audio stream to work. That part is > > actually > > pretty simple. But getting the voice over simply isn't working no matter > > what I try. > > > > Thanks for your help, > > > > Rick > > > > > > ======= > > > > Visit my webpage and podcast feed at www.blind-geek-zone.net > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jonathan Mosen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "'PC audio discussion list. '" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > > Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 7:35 PM > > Subject: RE: Shoutcast help needed > > > > > > 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] > > > > > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > > http://www.pc-audio.org > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > > http://www.pc-audio.org > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > > http://www.pc-audio.org > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > > http://www.pc-audio.org > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > > http://www.pc-audio.org > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >http://www.pc-audio.org > >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >http://www.pc-audio.org > >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >__________ NOD32 2290 (20070524) Information __________ > >This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >http://www.eset.com Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
