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Edcast for Foobar 2000 any more ? yes or no

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.Add encoder
2.open encoder and chance settings to icecast server with HE-ACC
3.Click OK and main UI does not reflect the changes
4.Reopen encoder and none of the changes prebviously made are there.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I need it to hold the changes

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
I have tried with 3.37.2011.1214 and 3.33.2011.1026 on windows 7 starter.

Please provide any additional information below.

when the internet dont give the needed upload,
such  as been at bitrate of 64 and it only get to rise the stream to 27 and you 
change the input, endcast and winamp get freeze and dont respond

this was proven on normal DSP 3.34 and 3.36, and it was replicate unther that 
condition on a windows vista sp1 32 bit laptop

if i get to replicate it on mine i will post it here, kind of need no stress my 
conection a lot

Would it be possible to create a native plugin for foobar2000 from Edcast 
please? :)

hello I use the standalone version 3.37


Please provide any additional information below.
I would like to know if the v 4.0 you can load a. Dll for a DSP, or XAP as 
soundolution (XAP - dsp_xap.dll). A good example you can take it from 
MBRECASTER.
Upload. DLL and log listeners ..

I am using version 2011.1214 and at random times the audio will garble  can 
happen at random times in the day but only lasts a few minutes, 2 to 5 minutes 
and clears up.  I can disconnect and reconnect the encoder without clearing up 
the problem, but I can restart ed-cast and it will clear up.  I thought the 
problem might be on my computer, but this week I installed another computer and 
I am transmitting using both computer and the problem has migrated to the other 
computer as well.  i also thought it might be temporary bandwidth glitches, but 
still not sure, have you ruin into this problem and or solution before?

Firstly congratulations on picking up Edcast and continuing product 
development. I had thought up to this point that Edcast was finished up 
completely, which was a great shame since its a fine product, so it was sad not 
to see any further development was going to be happening.
So, it was a very pleasant surprise indeed after finding your site that the end 
of the road had not in fact been reached for Edcast.
I very much like the improvements you have made, so well done ! And keep up the 
good work.

A Request for an Addition to Edcast.
In Configuration could you add another option to "Server Type"
namely to enable Edcast to be used with "ShoutCast2".
Mostly, from what I can see, this would require principally adding an input to 
cover the SID (Source ID) being used.

Right now, your current version of Edcast works just fine on ShoutCast 2. I am 
in fact using it this way.
BUT its restricted to only one stream, namely the default stream which is SID 1.
And its confined to ONLY one stream because of the inability to add a SID 2 or 
SID 3 etc to it, which is vital.

If you want any further info, please contact me at
[email protected]

Cheers
Stuart Campbell

Hi,

How I can get source code edcast-reborn? The SVN repository is empty.


Cheers

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
As different encoders and bitrates send their meta data at different times, the 
next song title appears before the next song's audio begins playing. it would 
be nice to be able to delay the send per encoder to adjust for this timing 
difference so each listener sees the song titles in sync with their audio.

Thanks.

Hello. Two suggestions for the upcoming v4. If not already being 
added/considered

1. Have the window remember it's last closed location. So when restarted it 
opens at the last closed location on the desktop.

2. Allow different inputs for each configured encoder. For example, my setup 
right now is 3 scanners, 3 sounds cards and 3 different instances of edcast 
running (each instance using a different mic input). I would be nice to have 
one instance of edcast running that allowed 3 different configured encoders 
each using a different mic input.

Thanks in advance.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Configure a source, check it's working
2. Configure metadata to be retrieved from a non reachable server 
http://totohgjjhgj.com
3. See the source disconnecting and the application non responding

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

The source connection should not be affected by the http metadat not reachable

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

XP SP2

Edcast Standalone 3.33.2011.1026

Please provide any additional information below.

in the UI isnt important to be able to adjust the background volume, when you 
are talking?

im thinking in the dsp, so is when you have the dsp input as background music

Hi,

Would it be possible to add an option to the plugin versions, to keep streaming 
alive - possibly streaming 'silence' - during pause and track changes?

My problem is that clients need to reconnect to the mount point every time my 
playlist advances to the next track.

I tried to download the source code to see if this was an easy feature to 
implement, or if it needs radical changes. Unfortunately, I couldn't download 
anything from svn.

Thanks,
Rena

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
3.33.2011.1026

Please provide any additional information below.

i have a virtual win xp sp2 box (vmware esxi).
i run virtual audio cable to create virtual sound cards...
there is a radio automation program which outputs its sound to virtual sound 
card 1
there is a winamp running with sound solution dsp plugin to calibrate the 
sound. takes as inpur virtual sound card 1 and outputs to virtual sound card 2.
finally there is edcast standalone, which streams to a local server (HE-AAC 
256kbps), to a remote server (mp3 128kbps & HE-AAC 256kbps).
i noticed that, with all 3 encoders, when edcast tries to access the local 
metadata file, freezes..
pc's cpu load is at 35% with 2 encoders, 45% with all three... the interval to 
look for the metadata file is 20".

when it freezes, streams drop the bitrate, and a few seconds after they come to 
normal.. 

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. using it normally
2. setting up a new encoder
3. doesnt save uses defaults!

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
i expect to setup the encoder and connect as it should
an example is to rename the mount path file and it doesnt update data

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
edcast 3.37.2011.1214 windows 7 home premium

Please provide any additional information below.
also i recommend a better production of the development i dont mean its bad but 
it could be better if you expand it to the proffesional gamma as it dont seems 
to be, also i enhance its very easy to do it well tuned

thanks in advice sunmashine

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.windows 7 home premium and windows 7 ultimate
2.in compatibility mode running as administrator as to save the configurations
3.when two or more encoders are installed

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I have one 64k stream on icecast ( works fine ) If I add another for example 
64k shoutcast, the two encoders immediately drop to about 20 to 25k problem is 
not bandwidth and I can repeat this problem on two different computer, clones 
using the same hardware just different OS's both windows 7 , one home premium 
and one ultimate

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
edcast_standalone_3.37.2011.1214.exe

Please provide any additional information below.
has anyone else seen this problem and how to fix it, i just upgraded my radio 
to windows 7 computer and now can not use edcast

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. having edcast open or streaming to server

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Streams fine, but occasionally bars go away, and same time silence is sent to 
server. Winamp plays music continuously though.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
3.36 beta standalone, on windows 7 x64 home premium.

Please provide any additional information below.
Sound is coming all the time for edcast to capture, but somehow it occasionally 
takes pause less than 1 sec.
Not sure if has something to do limiter?
I just testing limiter with 6dB gain, 0dB limit, 50uSec pre-emphasis that seems 
ok for my configuration to boost a little bit some songs that have not been 
normalized.

Great to see edcast revived ! Quite happy to be a tester for you .

I cant get the aac encoders to work . Mp3 will work but when i select aac it 
wont log on to my stream and says "encoder init failed "



What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

windows 7 with 3.35 2011 10 30 stand alone 

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.Save stream as wav

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Reverbiration when I save as wav.
If I save as mp3 or ogg - everything is OK.
Only if I saveing in wav.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
edcast_standalone_3.33.2011.1026.exe
edcast_standalone_3.37.2011.1214.exe
OS - Win7, WinXP SP3

Please provide any additional information below.
Version edcast_standalone_3.2.25.130.exe doesn't have this problem. I can save 
stream in wav format without any carbige sound.

feature request - ability to encode in mp3pro for higher quality with less 
bandwidth

Now I use external tool xStarter for parsing xml file with  current song and 
encoding cp1251 to UTF8.
It will be better to have this feature inside edcast.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.when placed in the HE-AAC encoder the option to not connect the parametric 
stereo radio ... happens
2.
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

all
What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

ultima
Please provide any additional information below.

Hi,

I was searching a cause, when the transmition doesn't connect, but didn't find 
any error codes or description.

I think is a good idea to show the error when the transmition doesn't start or 
suffers from low upload rates.

Example: Password Incorrect, Unable to reach server, and other stuff  like that.

Regards.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Added 4 encoders. MP3 lame at 128, 256 kbps and HE-AAC high at 128 & 256 kbps

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
encoders 1 & 2 (mp3) even though they say their different bitrates, have the 
same output ~150kbps

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
3.33.2011.1026

Please provide any additional information below.

Hello,

I'm Caio, from Brazil and I'm very happy with updates for Eddcast.

I would suggest a feature for the audio level bar (not sure for the english 
term, sorry), it could be enabled by default or have an option to always come 
enable.

limiter options are  always at default value, nor changing the config file, or 
closing it whit non defaul values, make it load non defaul values.

Where we can find more encoders .. like Wav  where or what encoders supports 
edcast ? where to download ?

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.installing edcast_standalone_3.33.2011.1026;
2.trying to start edcast;
3.server reboots;

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Message after rebooting: "Error: STOP; Reason code: 0x805000f"

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Edcast_standalone_3.33.2011.1026. Windows server 2003R2. VAC - e2esoft VSC 
v.1.3.0.

Please provide any additional information below.
Edcast_standalone_3.1.21 works fine except I can't close it correctly.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.
2.
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?


What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?


Please provide any additional information below.

This might be a bit offtopic for Edcast For if Edcast could handle the writing 
of the Metadata history in a Txt file, it could then be used by other Tools 
such as RDS updater : 

http://pira.cz/rds/show.asp?art=minirds_encoder

Is it possible to add a feature where the sound has to reach a certain level 
(db, volume, or whatnot) before it will be sent to my streaming server?

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. any power failure and restart of the computer


My radio is here in Guatemala and we have frequent power failures, edcast will 
start up with the computer because it is in the startup menu, I have several 
programs for the radio that auto start as well as my computer will auto start 
after a power failure, how ever each program remembers where it resided before 
the power failure eccept EDCAST wich always starts in the middle center of the 
screen.  I then have to reposition it to the left side of the screen so its not 
on top of my other programs.  what can be done so that EDCAST remembers it 
location like the other programs?


Other programs that remember their place on the screen that I use are:
ZARARADIO, TEAMVIEWER 7, MY MUSIC FOLDER, WINDOWS SOUND MIXER  ALL REMEMBER THE 
LAST PLACE WHEN THE COMPUTER RESTARTS

thanks
Paul

In ShoutCast 2, it's possible to send and display the next song queued on the 
playlist aside from the current song playing. Can this feature be added in the 
next release of Edcast?

the posibility to block a field from the config file of single encoder
por example

NumberChannels = 1 <--- channel is set to 1 and can be changed
NumberChannels = [1] <-- channel is set to 1 and cant be changed

this can help to preconfigured installs, since normaly there are coperative 
radios whit ppl coming in and out.

as example, i do a preconfigured intalation whit NSI, and there are fields i 
dont wanted to change in the preconfigured encoder,  like join stereo, sample 
rate, codec, server, port, and mount point.

this is  made cose they have to pass a test at first and the  most of them have 
never done it before, since range of age comes from 12 to 2x

also y dont know if there is a  way to do a silent install of edcast
and/or to call it from other instaler
or if you, prefer that us do a all in one installer whit the configurations, or 
a just configuration/encoder dll installer.

if i get more ideas about this i will put it in here

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.Install the 3.33. 2011.1026 version

What is the expected output? What do you hear instead?
I went back to the old edcast standalone 3.2.1 version again, because with your 
new version, with no extra (new) options on, the playback through shoutcast got 
an extra delay in time. Sometimes more than 40 seconds! 

Now i'm using 3.2.1. again and difference in time of input (the radio pc) and 
output (signal receiving through an internet radio) is 10 seconds again!

Also the adding of my shoutcast password with very long tags at the end of the 
tags still are visible. So I think that problem is in shoutcast itself.

I'm sorry to report you this.
Regards, Hank.

hello in last updates we face issue some time when we kick first rj to transfer 
radio to  other rj then our radio stream / songs etc start skipping and 
listeners need to restart browser or stop from app then replay we are using 
1.9.8 and edcast does not work with version 2 as i sent you mail  many times 
1st apend string or song name does not show
2nd  when we kick radio stop and same users have restart player to listen 
listen new rj.
donated already waiting  new version 4 will  donate again thanks for your hard 
work and keep alive to edcast 

Hi all,

what are command line options for edcaststandalone.exe ? First of all, what is 
the option to load cfg file? 

Hello !

Is possible implement in future version audio source from shoutcast/icecast 
server ?
This options make edcast excelent transcoder (and if support winamp dsp will be 
great ! :)

Hi   o/

I really miss that on Edcast. The best example is the statistics of the 
SimpleCast. 

I tried to find a software with only this function, but didn't find any. Do you 
know anyone?

I think this will be a great feature to Edcast (Riocast?) Even better if 
supports Icecast 2 and shoutcast.

Regards,
Caio

hello could  you add in v4 import and export encoder all setting ? as it will 
save time to setup in  other rj pc / laptop also encoder password should be 
hide  eg ****  so its good for security reasons  thanks you 

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Set up encoder. Chose MP3 Lame, everything fine.
2. Click connect.
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

I get the 'error with lame_enc.dll' message every time I connect. I have tried 
the latest two versions of lame_enc.dll . I have no idea what do to!

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

I am using Windows Vista Home and running Edcast 3.33.2011.1026

a way to choose in each encoder, if metadata is sended or not

A problem in edcast is to distinguish the different encoders, aspecially 
shoutcast encoders. An easy way to avoid confusion is to use the mount point 
field even for shoutcast streams, but a better way imho would be a stream name 
field which is used internally by Edcast. 

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Click Add Encoder.
2. Make any changes and click OK to save.
3. Changes are not saved.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Any changes to an encoder are not saved.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
standalone 3.37.2011.1214
standaline 3.33.2011.1026
Windows 7 Home Premium x64, SP1

Please provide any additional information below.

Hi,

First off all, I was looking for some issue similar, but didn't find anything. 
If was duplicate, please never mind.

I think was great if RioCast have the feature to mix two audio soucers .

Will be a great help.

Thanks,
Caio.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Add an encoder and set Ogg Flac as Encoder type
2. Connect to an icecast2 server
3. Set metadata through the edit function in edcast

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
No song title is being set on the icecast2 server. Changing the encoder type to 
Ogg Vorbis or Mp3 makes it work, but FLAC won't. 

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Standalone, latest beta (3.37.2011.1214). Windows 7 64-bit. Also tried with the 
winamp plugin earlier.

Please provide any additional information below.
I don't know if this is possible to fix, since I don't know if metadata is 
supported in FLAC when streaming, but if it is, it would be very good to have 
this feature working in edcast.

ok, i made it a litle long so i will put the short part first:

add a way to change the source username in icecast2 streams

whi?... there you go...


i dont know there support for perzonalized  user/password for icecast2 streams, 
or how to use it in edcast if there is.

at icecast2 server is configured as 

<mount>
        <mount-name>/stream.ogg</mount-name>
        <username>othersource</username>
        <password>hackmemore</password>
</mount>

if it nice if it is given support, i havent seen  sources that give it
beside VLC (that is not very user friendly, but suport video streaming)

this plus fallback options, give administratos of the radio,  a safe way to 
temporaly "interrupt" transmitions.
next is the configuration to a /admin mount that "steals" the listeners from 
/stream

<mount>
      <mount-name>/admin</mount-name>
      <fallback-mount>/stream</fallback-mount>
      <fallback-override>1</fallback-override>
      <hidden>1</hidden>
</mount>

but is a litle risky to have it, if is not private,

for the one that dont know, normal stream conection use "source" as user as 
default:

http://source:source_password@host:port/mount

when is  configured at mount it is:

http://mount_user:mount_password@host:port/mount

Will you support multiple audio inputs in one encoder in future?

Now, is any way to open multiple edcast in a session? each one for an audio 
input?


Sorry for my little english,

;)

Hello Jaromanda,

don't forget the suggestion of a vst !
We discussed about it maybe a year ago.
Would be such a great addition.
best regards,
pkv

it be always nice have a way suport trasnlations for the UI

no idea how...meaby it can be part of the

'several "plugins" for different user interfaces (UI)'