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Version 0.2
copyright (c) 2002 by Olaf Matthes

oggcast~ is a ogg/vorbis streaming external for pd (by Miller 
Puckette) that connects to an IceCast2 server.


To run oggcast~ place the file oggcast~.dll for win or oggcast~.pd_linux 
in the directory of our patch or start pd with '-lib oggcast~' flag. 

To compile oggcast~ on Linux get the ogg/vorbice library from 
http://www.vorbis.com/.
You have to modify the makefile to make it point to the place where the
ogg/vorbis library is.


This software is published under LGPL terms.

This is software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
Use it at your OWN RISK. It's possible to damage e.g. hardware or your hearing
due to a bug or for other reasons. 

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oggcast~ uses the ogg/vorbice library to encode audio data.
The latest version of ogg/vorbis can be found at http://www.vorbice.com/

Below is the original copyright information taken from the ogg/vorbis library:


Copyright (c) 2001, Xiphophorus

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
are met:

- Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

- Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

- Neither the name of the Xiphophorus nor the names of its contributors
may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
without specific prior written permission.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR
CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR
PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

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Usage:

Use message "vbr <samplerate> <channels> <quality>" to set the vorbis
encoding parameters. Resampling is currently not supported, so 'samplerate' 
should be the one pd is running at. 'channels' specyfies the number of channels 
to stream. This can be set to 2 (default) or 1 which means mono stream taking
the leftmost audio input only. 'quality' can be a value between 0.0 and 1.0 
giving the quality of the stream. 0.4 (default) results in a stream that's 
about 128kbps. 

Since Vorbis uses VBR encoding, bitrates vary depending on the type of audio
signal to be encoded. A pure sine [osc~] results in the smalest stream, com-
plex audio signals will increase this value significantly. To test the maximum 
bitrate that might occur for a quality setting use noise~ as signal input.

Use message "vorbis <samplerate> <channels> <maximum bitrate> <nominal bit-
rate> <minimal bitrate>" to set encoding quality on the basis of bitrates.
When setting all three bitrate parameters to the same value one gets a
constant bitrate stream. Values are in kbps!

Message "connect <host> <mountpoint> <port>" connects to the IceCast2 server.
Note that no response about succesfull connection is send by the server. All
messages in the pd console window about connection status depend on the ability
to send data to the server.
The mountpoint should end with '.ogg' to indiocate to the player/client that 
it is an ogg/vorbis encoded stream.

Use "passwd <passwort>" to set your password (default is 'letmein') and 
"disconnect" to disconnect from the server. "print" prints out the current
vorbis encoder settings.

To set the comment tags in the ogg/vorbis header (which can be displayed by
the receiving client) use message "<NAMEOFTAG> <comment>". Supported tags are:
TITLE, ARTIST, GENRE, PERFORMER, LOCATION, COPYRIGHT, CONTACT, DESCRIPTION and
DATE (which is automatically set to the date/time the broadcast started). To
get spaces use '=' or '_' instead. Note that under Win2k '=' sometimes get lost 
from the patch after saving!!!


Listening to it:

To listen to ogg/vorbis encoded livestreams many player need an extra plug-in.
Have a look at http://www.vorbis.com/ to find the appropiate plug-in for your
player.
To play back the stream just open lacation http://<server>:<port>/<mountpoint>.

Note that changing encoding parameters or header comments while oggcast~ is
streaming to the server might result in audible dropouts.



Latest version can be found at:
http://www.akustische-kunst.de/puredata/

Please report any bugs to olaf.matthes@gmx.de!