https://wiki.xiph.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=User%3ASim9User:Sim9 - Revision history2026-05-12T00:55:12ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.1https://wiki.xiph.org/index.php?title=User:Sim9&diff=7706&oldid=prevSim9: Some personal info ;)2007-10-30T02:36:16Z<p>Some personal info ;)</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>I'm a user of several of the Xiph.org technologies. I've been having success using Vorbis, Theora, and Icecast. So far:<br />
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* I've been using them Vorbis and Theora for [http://www.editingarchive.com/simworld/ SimWorld], a game project, and<br />
* Theora and Icecast for [http://www.editingarchive.com/eatv/ EATV], a video stream.<br />
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Regarding EATV, here's some background information from the [http://www.theora.org/news/ Theora news page]:<br />
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:'''EATV switches to streaming theora'''<br/><br />
:''2006 October 3''<br />
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:''Archive Entertainment has switched their EATV streaming video feed to Icecast and Theora! They say the switch to open technology has been very successful for them.''<br />
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:''Great news. Check out their streams or read more [http://www.editingarchive.com/press/eatv.php here].''<br />
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Since there's been a few requests on how EATV works (what with the TV-style scheduling), I'll give some insight: Working backwards:<br />
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* The Public stream is distributed through Icecast and connected to by users<br />
** Alternatively, the Private stream (extra slots for donators), which is authenticated by a simple PHP script which checks for valid logins<br />
* Both the public stream and private stream are relays of an invisible HUB stream<br />
* The invisible hub stream on Icecast receives Theora show data from a program called ezstream<br />
* ezstream broadcasts shows from the HDD (uploaded & encoded by the EATV Content Team)<br />
* ezstream receives special signals broadcast from custom shell scripts informing it to take a look at the ezstream config file<br />
* the shell scripts automatically download the latest config file from a custom PHP application [the PHP app also outputs a human readable schedule for the website]<br />
* the PHP application outputs a config file according to the database<br />
* the database is filled every two weeks with a new SQL dump by the EATV administrator<br />
* the EATV administrator generates a SQL dump with a custom VB app called the EATV Schedulizer<br />
* the EATV administrator uses the EATV Schedulizer to schedule shows/movies/amvs to play at specific times<br />
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Hopefully that gives some insight on how to set up your own TV-style station. It's a lot of work, something of a hack, and requires a good organizational superstructure to keep it updated, but gives you a unique and worthwhile result :)</div>Sim9