Audio tools for Linux commandline geeks
At Insanity I’ve been doing a lot of things with audio. Clearly me being me, I wasn’t doing this using Windows – we’ve now finally made it to 50% Linux, 50% Windows at Insanity and I plan to keep nudging things in the Linux direction for ease of maintenance and use, and because it’s just [...]
Getting started with Asterisk and Sipdroid
Okay, now this is a diversion from my usual blog posts. Today: Telephony! Over the internet! Shortly after I got my handy little HTC Desire running Android, I ran into Sipdroid on the Android Market, which is basically a really nicely integrated softphone. And knowing how often I’m out of signal (living in rural England [...]
The importance of APIs in broadcast
We use a program called Myriad for all our broadcast automation, asset management and general playout purposes. It’s made by a company called P Squared, who are a very able and friendly bunch of people and who make ultimately a fairly decent product. However, as with anything these days, a single app isn’t sufficient no [...]