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Doubledown Tandino · Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:39 am Post subject: Setting up SAM to stream tutorial

Here's the link to setting up SAM Broadcaster:

http://www.spacialaudio.com/knowledge/question.php?qstId=277

SAM Broadcaster Quick Start Guide
A Quick Guide to Creating an Internet Radio Station:
Using SAM Broadcaster and AudioRealm Streaming Services.
Quick Introduction
The goal of this "How to" doc is that any newbie reading it can be up and streaming in less than 30 minutes.

This document is a quick start guide on how to setup a live Internet radio station using SAM Broadcaster and AudioRealm.com stream hosting services. We have offered related topics at the end of the document in the event you wish to obtain detailed information, but if you want to do it in 30 minutes it is best not to be detailed until you are up and running.
Quick overview
How does online Internet radio work?
The Internet can transfer any type of data including text, video and audio.
Basically Internet radio is the transfer of audio data over the Internet to listeners spread across the world.
To make all of this happen 4 things are required;
a) Source audio (Audio files or Live audio)
b) Audio encoder & streamer (SAM Broadcaster)
c) Streaming server (http://www.AudioRealm.com/stream)
d) Player (WinAmp, Windows Media Player)

The audio encoder takes the source audio and encodes the audio into a continuous stream of audio data. This single audio stream is sent to the streaming server.
The streaming server then acts like a broadcasting antenna by sending the audio data to all the listeners.

For listeners to tune-in to the audio stream, they must have some kind of player installed that is able to receive the stream of audio data from the streaming server, and then play the audio data over the speakers. Since compressing audio data requires large amount of computing resources, the computer running SAM should be a dedicated server.

The audio data is usually compressed to make it easier and more cost effective to stream over the Internet. For this purpose many audio file formats have been developed that all vary in quality, compression rates and features. Some examples of popular audio formats: MP3, mp3PRO, Windows Media and Ogg.

This document will explain how you can use SAM Broadcaster as your audio encoder, streamer and use the stream hosting services of AudioRealm.com to start your own professional online radio station.
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