Campcaster is an open source automation software designed for radio stations. It is a free tool that enables efficient radio broadcasting and management operations.
The Campcaster project resolves this issue by providing radio stations with an end-to-end solution, free to download and use, to manage their radio stations using any standard personal computer. The software is designed to be scalable and modular, making it versatile enough to be used by both large and small radio stations. It has several features, including the ability to digitize and centrally access a station's library, seamlessly integrate MP3 files and open-source Ogg Vorbis, and support multilinguality.
Campcaster can be used for an extensive range of scenarios, such as remote control of unmanned units via the internet, live broadcasting and program automation through accessing central audio, and digitizing a station's library for easy web access. Its multilinguality can be implemented on any level of the user interface and metadata for audio files in the storage system, making it currently available in nine different languages, and easy to localize into more languages.
The software requirement to run Campcaster is to have GStreamer, GTK+, and PHP, but the software is built on top of standard, cross-platform classes, making it easy to be ported into different operating systems in the future. There are several new features in this release, including the option to link files instead of copying, RDS support, interface improvements, and bug fixes.
In summary, Campcaster is an excellent software that offers radio stations a free and open-source automation system that's user-friendly, scalable, and integrated. It's versatile, with a wide range of features and capabilities, making it ideal for small and large radio stations alike.
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