MP3_RTP_Streamer v.1.7.4

Installation manual v.1.0

 

MP3_RTP_Streamer is implemented in Java. In order to run, Java Standard Edition 6 or later is required. As the application uses GUI, for Linux/FreeBSD and other *NIX systems, it requires the X-Windows system. The application is distributed as a simple JAR archive. In order to run MP3_RTP_Streamer under most OS's one can simply execute the MP3_RTP_Streamer.jar If for whatever reason it didn't work on a certain system, it can be started via 'java -jar MP3_RTP_Streamer.jar' from a command line interface.

 

Application stores its settings in a default MP3_RTP_Streamer.cfg configuration file, located in the working folder. Therefore, the working folder of the application should be writable. In order to use different configuration file, user would have to start the application from the command line and specify the custom configuration file name there. Alternatively, user can load a different configuration file from the main application menu (“Open configuration”), and save it to a non-default location via “Save configuration as” in main menu.

 

Channel configuration

 

In order to create a new channel, user should double click on a “New channel” label. In a following channel configuration dialog, user will have to specify the channel name (if different from the default one), IP address and port for sending the data. In order to select the Music Library and choose the play list from this Music Library, please use a browse (“...”) button.

 

MP3_RTP_Streamer recognizes m3u play lists and iTunes XML Music Libraries. After choosing the m3u play list file, the application scans the folder, where m3u play list is located, for the correspondent audio content. MP3_RTP_Streamer can only use one Music Library for all the channels. In order to force the channel to play at certain times, please set Start Time and Stop Time.

 

Users can control channel state (play/pause/stop/resume) by double clicking on the text label of the selected channel in the Status column.

 

In order to modify the channel parameters, user needs to double click on the channel in the channel list.

 

Sending channel data on demand

 

MP3_RTP_Streamer can be configured for sending channel data only if a listener exists, via BARP settings. If user has the BARP capable device, IP and port should be configured in order to listen to the requested data. BARP settings in the MP3_RTP_Streamer can be configured in File->Settings dialog. Please note that by setting port value to 0 (zero), BARP would be disabled and all channels would always be sending the data.