Michel (radio Lora) Xtreme streaming crash course ( more MuSE documentation on http://muse.dyne.org ) 0. Preparation 0.0 a few days before the chat give 2 irc servers you will be in chat (if one swerver is down it is late und difficult to contact the poeple) ant tell to the poeple in chat, that we start testing 1 hour before the real stream. 0.1. Take your time to prepare things and to be sure they work 0.2. prepare all the tech material beforehand and keep it clear, in order. Keep at hand some redundancies for cables plugs and microphones. Tape cables if you can an anyhow be sure there are no cable in places people can step over them. 0.2.1. Keep things essential! 0.3. NO DRINKS IN PLACES HIGHER THAN YOUR TECH OR ON THEIR LEVEL. Driks spill, they do! 0.4. KEEP THINGS CLEAN (sand, ash, debris are no good for equipment) 0.5. Divide tasks between people doing the stream if you can, is hard to concentrate on technicalities if you also have to social engeneer your guests or the internet shop owner AND prepare your text/head for live radio. If you have nobody to help you then take time alone for technicalities, half an hour before other people arrives. Do technicalities with concentrations (see also 0.2.1.) 0.6. Help your listeners and treasure their feedback. The tested way to have connection with restreamers is irc. Get in irc as soon as you have finished setting up the techies. Tell them if you have problems, check that they ear the stream, ask for help if you need. 1. Stream test 1.1 Start or restart the computer with dynebolic cd in the tray (one hour before the real stream) T1.1: Trouble: computer does not start 1.2. Just wait until the first Dynebolic Windows appaers T1.2 : Trouble : CD does not boot 1.5. Open Muse right mousse click audio stream muse 1.6. Control audio a) Audio output Music in the computer add Music right click in the channel add file browse to find mp3 music choose an audio file (.mp3 or .ogg) and play it open the Vumeters click on VUmeter Vumeter audio must have signal set music on loop to prevent the stop of signal (important for the stream, if no signal, the poeple outside cannot hear if it works) b) audio Input Microphone click Microphone button speak something the VU meter must have signal T1.6 : Trouble: with microphone no signal in VU meter 1.7. click let's stream button 1.8. a new window appears put the name of the host, for example berkman.indymedia.org port 8003 mount point /wet.mp3 password ******* and connect 1.9. in muse comes started stream .... T1.9 : Trouble: no connection so that all... it is still the preparation part now we can test 1.10. chat (if youdont know how to chat see T10 : howto chat) T1.10 : chat server is down second, use the second mailed chat server (see 0.0) please choice a name which is clear (example: /nick baghdad) first we must tell to the poeple in the chat is the adress of your icecast server so for example http://berkman.indymedia.org:8003/wet.mp3 the first question must be example : do you hear us? now we stream music Baghdad, august 2004