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STREAMING MENU
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The
Apply Immediately
control determines whether any changes you make to the server settings take
effect immediately or when you manually reconnect.
MP3 Menu
The MP3 menu contains two sub-menus, Encoder and Server.
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.
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The
Title
field allows you to enter the stream title displayed to listeners and on public listings, such as
shoutcast.com.
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The
Enable
control enables or disables the stream. When enabled, the encoder will continually try to
connect to the specified server.
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The
Channel Mode
menu provides a choice between Mono, Stereo, and Stereo Independent. Because the
Stereo Independent settings forces the encoder to divide 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.
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The
Sample Rate
menu will either maintain Omnia.7’s system sample rate of 44.1kHz or 48kHz (depend-
ing on the sample rate setting) in the encoder, or result in a high-quality re-sample to 8, 11.025, 12, 16,
22.05, 24, 32kHz.
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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.
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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