diff --git a/campcaster/README b/campcaster/README index 290f36ed9..0f1db9dc5 100644 --- a/campcaster/README +++ b/campcaster/README @@ -1,4 +1,80 @@ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +========================================================================= +========================== CAMPCASTER =============================== +========================================================================= +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 +------------ +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 +------------- + * User manual + http://code.campware.org/manuals/campcaster/1.1/ + + +------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright (c) 2004-2006 Media Development Loan Fund @@ -20,27 +96,4 @@ 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 : $URL$ - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -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/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------