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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

    This file is part of the Campcaster project.
    http://campcaster.campware.org/
    To report bugs, send an e-mail to bugs@campware.org

    Campcaster is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    Campcaster is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with Campcaster; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

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