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========================== CAMPCASTER ===============================
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Campcaster is the first free and open radio management software that
provides live studio broadcast capabilities as well as remote automation
in one integrated system.
Some features of Campcaster:
* Live, in-studio playout. The Campcaster Studio program enables
station personnel to play out both individual sound files and premade
playlists such as advertising blocks or entire programs.
* Web-based remote station management. Authorized personnel can add
program material, create playlists and schedule programming all via
Campcaster's web interface.
* Automation. Campcaster has a scheduler function that enables users to
set playlists for playback at a date and time of their choosing.
Playlists can be played back multiple times.
* Playlists. Campcaster allows users to create playlists that can be
either played in the studio in 'Live Assist' mode or in automated
mode. Playlists can be nested inside each other, so that a playlist
with a block of ads can be inside of a playlist with a music program,
for example.
* Solid, fast playback. Campcaster uses the popular Gstreamer multimedia
framework under Linux for clean, reliable, fast playback.
* Centralized archives of station program material. Station personnel
have a searchable, browseable central archive that is accessible both
in the office and via the web.
* Program sharing. Stations can share both playlists and files with a
designated, centralized 'network hub.' This enables the creation of
'virtual radio networks' connected via the Internet. If stations are
not connected to the net, they can
* Search-based backup. Station archives can be backed up using search
terms, so that backup files can be made of only a certain program, of
all files created by a certain user, or of everything.
* Localization. Campcaster is multilingual and supports Unicode. It also
is very easy to create language localizations.
* No restrictions. Multiple instances of the Campcaster Studio program
can access the same archive on the office network, and there are no
worries about hardware dongles or keys limiting access on multiple PCs.
* Innovative design. Campcaster's user interface the product of New
York's Parsons School of Design's Design and Communication program -
introduces a number of innovations, including the 'Scratchpad', a
listing of recently-used and commonly-used files and playlists
* Open, extensible architecture. Stations are free to extend and alter
all parts of the Campcaster program code, which makes extensive use
of XML-RPC APIs.
INSTALLATION
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If you have a Debian-based system, the easiest way to install is to add:
deb http://code.campware.org/ubuntu dapper main
to your sources.list file, and then type:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install campcaster-studio campcaster-station campcaster-libs
* Building & Installing on Ubuntu Dapper
doc/installUbuntu.html
* Installing on other platforms
doc/install.html
* Developing on Ubuntu Dapper
http://code.campware.org/projects/campcaster/wiki/DevelopmentEnvironment
* Developing on other platforms
doc/gettingStarted.html
Documentation
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* User manual
http://code.campware.org/manuals/campcaster/1.1/
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Copyright (c) 2004-2006 Media Development Loan Fund
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along with Campcaster; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
Author : $Author$
Version : $Revision$
Location : $URL$
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Installing on Ubuntu Dapper
doc/installUbuntu.html
Installing on other platforms
doc/install.html
Developing on Ubuntu Dapper
http://code.campware.org/projects/campcaster/wiki/DevelopmentEnvironment
Developing on other platforms
doc/gettingStarted.html
User manual
http://code.campware.org/manuals/campcaster/1.1/
Campcaster home page
http://campcaster.campware.org/
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