getting started with liquidsoap

I thought I would write an article aimed more at beginners to liquidsoap. This tutorial will give you a solid starting point into creating your own streaming radio with liquidsoap. What this tutorial covers setting up a stream with a backup playlist, live dj input via harbor, and emergency fallback...


soundflower - route output to input

There are a number of reasons you might want to route your computer’s output to its input, but the main reason is recording. You can record any audio your system is playing! If you have soundflower installed, this task is simple. Simply select Soundflower (2ch) in your input and output...


webcaster

Streaming to icecast/liquidsoap directly from the browser Toots, one of the main liquidsoap developers, has been working on a very exciting tool that allows you to stream directly to liquid soap from a web browser. Imagine if your DJs could start broadcasting on your radio without needing to download any...


compiling liquidsoap

I was scanning the liquidsoap mailing list, and I noticed there were some people still having trouble compiling liquidsoap. I thought I’d write up these instructions. These instructions are tested on ubuntu 14.04 trusty. The easiest way to compile liquid soap is with the liquidsoap-full repo, as liquidsoap depends on...


growing rails applications review

I just finished reading ‘Growing Rails Applications’. At 88 pages its a fairly quick read. Its yet another discourse on the problem of keeping your app under control as it evitably grows to an enormous size. It goes over a few things that I’ve read about plenty of times before...