Auppix Quickstart guide

This guide assumes you are very comfortable using a UNIX shell.

Encoding a stream to a broadcast server

You have a choice between Ices 2.1 and Darkice. The Ices configuration file is in /home/knoppix/ices-live.xml and the configuration guide is online here. The Darkice configuration file is in /home/knoppix/.darksnow/darkice.cfg and there isn't that much documentation. All you can do really is man 5 darkice.cfg. Darkice gets more props from lamers cause it encodes mp3 but I've personally had issues with encoding low bitrates or muptiple streams.

Broadcasting a stream of audio over the Internet

Icecast is configured to run on localhost and started at boot time. If you'd like to change that, the config file is in /home/knoppix/icecast.xml. Brush up on your Icecast configuration skillz. If you change the config, don't forget to restart Icecast with a /etc/init.d/icecast2 restart. If you are having bandwidth problems, read the full length guide.

Sending a playlist of pre-recorded files to a broadcast server

Same instcutions as above except you have to generate a playlist of ogg files and use /home/knoppix/ices-playlist.xml. To mount a hard disk with ogg files just click on the disk icon on the desktop. To generate your playlist, do something like this find /mnt/yourdisk/ -name '*.ogg' >> /home/knoppix/playlist.txt. Yes, you can only stream a playlist of ogg files.

That's it for now. If you're adventurous, feel free to explore the things in the sound section of the K menu.