Configuring the iPort for Streaming

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there must be a hardware Node somewhere on the network to provide the timing clock.) An installation which already has Livewire equipment would not need a Node dedicated to the iPort - you would just select the channels you want to stream directly from the Livewire network.

The original idea for the SHOUTcast server is that it was to accept an audio input from the Winamp player which has a special ‘DSP’plug-in. But since Nullsoft, the company that designed both Winamp and SHOUTcast, published the specifications for the interface, encoders like the iPort can connect, as well. The server ‘thinks’ the iPort is a Winamp player.

If you are planning to make public broadcasts via the Internet and you don’t want the hassle of running your own server, or if you don’t have enough network bandwidth, you can host your broadcast through a third party that will handle the streaming for you. You can search the Internet for the streaming host solution that fits your needs. The SHOUTcast forums would be a good place to start.

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The installation would be like the one above. In this case, one LAN ties together the Node, iPort, and an Omnia dynamics processor. Another network links to the WAN (presumably with a firewall in the picture). This offers good security since the LW network is isolated from the WAN. It would also be possible to use a single network on the studio side. In this case, the firewall would be responsible for protecting the LW network.

The Omnia.8x is a perfect companion to the iPort. You get 8 channels of high-quality dynamics processing at low cost, and with the same simple one-RJ-45 connection advantage that the iPort offers.