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Your Broadcaster
Connection Settings will need to be adjusted while considering certain
issues:
- Your Internet
connection; LAN, proxy, Firewall? Modem? Static IP address?
- System Resources;
CPU, available RAM, multitasking
- Maximum allowable
bit rate versus maximum number of listeners.
- Enable Webstream
or not, enable stereo or not
To access Broadcaster
settings, click on the yellow Settings button in the main interface.
Once the Settings window drops down, click on the Change button
in the Connection Settings window.
Adjusting Listening quality vs number of listeners
When a listener begins hearing your station they are actually connecting
with their computer to your computer using both the bandwidth they
have available and the bandwidth that you have available. The more
listeners attempt to hear your broadcast, the more connections your
bandwidth must support. Broadcaster 3 allows you to ration bandwidth
to each listener depending upon how many you wish to support and
at what quality.
Connection Settings Window
RD3 Stream (on or off)
To adjust quality settings for listeners using the regular RD3 stream
(what they hear through the Media Player), go to drop-down list
beside Maximum Bitrate at RD3 Stream. Click on the list and then
choose the maximum bit rate (kbps) that you allow listeners to connect
at. This is the maximum that someone may transfer from your station;
listeners on lower bandwidth will connect at a lower data rate.
By bringing the maximum kpbs lower, you allow more potential listeners
to connect. Most modems do not connect
Note:
Most modems do not connect at speeds faster than 40kbps. Please
do not try to provide bit rates that you can not accommodate or
problems will persist.
Stereo (on
or off)
If you are broadcasting only Talk radio or at lower bit rates, stereo
may not be necessary. Broadcasting stereo also causes higher use
of your system resources. If you barely meet minimum requirements
or plan to use the broadcasting machine for other tasks while broadcasting,
you may prefer to disable stereo. By doing this you half the bit
rate needed for a similar quality signal by your listeners while
broadcasting a good quality mono sound. To disable it, click in
the checkbox to uncheck Stereo.
Webstream is
currently Mono only, due to limitations of Java. Future versions
of Webstream will use Java 2.0 which will allow Stereo.
WebStream
(on or off)
Webstream is built upon the player-less technology of Clipstream.
Your live Webstream broadcast can be embedded into a web page, banner
ad, etc. for player-less listening. Webstream can even be embedded
to an email and played live within the recipient's email client!
Note:
At this time, the bit rate for player-less Webstream is not adjustable.
Future builds of the software will allow for more flexibility.
Set maximum
listeners
Be sure to only allow the number of listners your connection will
support. To do this, simply type a number into the field beside
Maximum number of listeners. The number of listeners you can support
will be dictated by your Internet connection upload speed and the
maximum bit rate that you allow each listener.
Connection
Broadcaster 3.0 allows you to broadcast through a firewall, LAN,
or Proxy. You will need to enter the appropriate information in
the fields under Connection. Also see more HERE.
Set up the broadcaster as if it was a web server.
Entering
true IP address
If you are unable to broadcast, one of the reasons may be
because you have provided the wrong IP address. If you are on
a LAN frequently there is confusion over what constitutes a true
IP address or simply the address used within the network. Go to
the page below that autodetects your true IP.
Check
your true IP address
Open port
through firewall
When an administrator wishes to allow computers inside a closed
network that is protected by a firewall to be accessible from
outside computers they will make a port available through the
gateway computer. The default port ID is 80, which is the usual
web server port that allows web browsers from the outside to look
up pages displayed from computers from behind a firewall. However,
your network administrator may create a different port. To change
the port ID, click in the field beside Port and type in the new
number.
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