pcm6cast 0.11 review

pcm6cast is a raw PCM audio streaming broadcaster and client using RTP over IPv6 Multicast

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 161K Developer: Nicholas J Humfrey

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pcm6cast is a raw PCM audio streaming broadcaster and client using RTP over IPv6 Multicast. It is free open source software released under the LGPL. Unlike VAT and RAT, which are designed primerily for audio conferencing, pcm6cast is designed to be used for audio distribution and broadcast.

SDL's audio output settings can be configured by setting environment variables. You can choose the audio driver and sound card in this way.

pcm6cast uses autoconf, so will work on most systems.

Requirements:
pcm6client requires SDL for audio playback.
pcm6shout requires libshout version 2 and either
LAME for MP3 support or Ogg Vorbis (or both).
The pcm6archive script requires LAME.

What's New in This Release:
Changed from audiofile to libsndfile
Changed audio buffer form char* to short*
the length of audio passed about is now measured
in samples rather than bytes
Fixed a stupid mistake in the rtp_packet_t structure
Updated README with new test stream group
Other fixes/improvements