DESCRIPTION
AudioRackSuite is an audio player system intended for use in live-assist and automated radio. AudioRack contains a "rack" of five players which can be loaded with audio files and controlled manually, or loaded and segued automatically under program control from a playlist (radio segues, not the iTunes style fades).
AudioRack has extensive AppleScript support which allows it to run unattended. See the example script, I am using a similar script to run an internet stream at http://www.mountainradio.com. AudioRack is also a database front end for MySQL which can be used to organize, find and manage the audio files that it plays. AudioRack requires access to MySQL in order to run -- HOWEVER you can play audio files that are not in the database library without the files being automatically added to the library (as iTunes does).
Finally, AudioRack has a separate audio playback engine (called arplayer) that does the grunt work of playing the files (any file that quicktime will play) using a 10 second long ring buffer and Apple's core-audio system. Unless your computer is really hung up, it won't glitch - even with sluggish networked audio files. As long as the network can maintain the encoded bit rate of the file over ten seconds, it won't glitch. This does NOT use QuickTime's built-in (yuck) player! Did I mention that it is also an open source program so you are free to add, improve, and customize it?
WHAT'S NEW
Version 2.9.6:
General
- Installer check OS version to perform the proper user/group creation method.
- For OS 10.5 only, a new version of the libdbi library and mysql driver is installed which properly supports database access in concurrent threads.
ARServer 1.9.6
- Fixed countless, major, OS 10.5 incompatibilities.
- Fixed handling of audio devices that have UID names with spaces and tabs.
- Fixed (recompiled apple script) ServerStartup Enable and Disable scripts.
- added m4a (AAC) audio file recording capability.
- Reworked IAX VoIP system: can now require authentication to accept calls
- Reworked IAX VoIP system: added supports AAC coded for high quality mono and stereo VoIP feeds.
- (NOTE: VoIP is now broken under OS 10.4: Sorry, I have no plans to fix it)
- Fixed a URL text encoding problem that caused files with non-ascii text in their file path to not load.
- Fixed a bug where the default player bus settings were ignored with Monitor and Main always being used.
ARStudio 3.1.1
- OS 10.5 compatibility related bug fixes
- Uses database mount, MD5, and inode properties to find file URLs when copying/draging between applications.
- Added arserver m4a file recording User Interface
- Added a "Stash" window to locally store (drop/paste) items you browse across and want to put (cut/copy/drag) in the playlist queue or a play later.
- Fixed an Effects window bug: Selecting a new effects stack now clears the old control from the window as soon as the new stack is selected.
- Added UI for ARServer VoIP authentication settings
- Added a "Remote Feed" window and VoIP subsystem to "call-in" to an ARServer instance via a network connection with bi-direction, high quality, mono or stereo AAC encoded. The connection can be either via the IAX protocol, or via a tunnel (to get through firewalls) through the existing ARStudio to ARServer control connection.
ARManager 3.1.1
- OS 10.5 compatibility related bug fixes
- Uses database mount, MD5, and inode properties to find file URLs when copying/draging between applications.
REQUIREMENTS
- 1.2GHz G4 or better
- Mac OS X 10.4 or later
- MySQL 4 or later
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