TxApTv

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We'd like to make a 24-7 transmission TV stream! The stream can include:

• 1. a playlist of material produced by T participants.
• 2. live broadcasts.

Here are some notes on how we will do this:

automatic playlist generation

here we document how we make an automatically updating playlist of tx material

• get all transmission material and download it onto a server somewhere. solution: use Miro?
• autogenerating a playlist from the contents of this folder: how?

stream from the 'playlist' folder to the streaming server

here we document how we send the archive stream to the streaming server

• use VLC?

live streams

here we document how people can make a live stream, in general but also for the txtv

• hardware setup
• software setup
• VLC?

streaming server

here we document the streaming server possibilities and our setup

• icecast2?
• red5?
• VLC?
• shoutcast?

publicize the stream

here we document how people can actually watch the stream in the easiest way possible

• http viewable?
• viewer needs download software to view? VLC? explicit directions for how to watch

> for open source streaming you may also wish to look at : > http://en.flossmanuals.net/vlc > > there are some chapters on streaming using vlc, and then there is also > the linux audio streaming source client MuSE: > http://en.flossmanuals.net/muse > > and for Windows there is M3W: > http://en.flossmanuals.net/m3w > > and lastly, there is a basic manual on Icecast (also how to setup on > windows & linux): > http://en.flossmanuals.net/icecast

I've used uStream.tv which is a free hosted service and quite easy to use. The open source Darwin Streaming Server from Apple is also fairly easy to set up and reliable.