Omnia Omnia.9, Installation And Operation Manual

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MP3 Encoder Menu
The MP3 Encoder menu allows you to enable or disable the stream, adjust its output gain, enter the
stream’s title, and select the channel mode, sample rate, bit rate, audio bandwidth, and encoding
quality.
The Title field allows you to enter the stream title displayed to listeners and on public
listings, such as shoutcast.com.
The Enable control enables or disables the stream. When enabled, the encoder will
continually try to connect to the specified server.
The Channel Mode menu provides a choice between Mono, Stereo, and Stereo
Independent. Because the Stereo Independent settings forces the encoder to share bits
equally between the left and right channels instead of allowing it to allocate the bits as
needed, we recommend not using this settings unless you have a specific reason to do so.
The Bit rate menu allows you to choose encoding bit rates between 16kbps and 320 kbps.
Your choice of bit rate settings will significantly influence the audio quality of your stream.
However, you will also need to take other factors into consideration, such as the total
amount of bandwidth available for the stream, the anticipated number of users, your
maximum upload speed, and the download speed limits of your intended users.
The Audio Bandwidth menu allows you to set the high frequency range of the stream
between 3 and 20kHZ. Unless you have a specific reason to set the bandwidth manually, we
strongly recommend leaving this control set to Encoder Default.
The Encoding Quality menu provides a choice between Best, Normal, and Low CPU which
allows you to balance the tradeoff between higher audio quality and lower CPU usage.
The Gain control determines the final output level of the encoder.