I couldn't and I knew that no one was listening!įor more information, visit: ©2003 Frank IN MAKING A PRESENTATION AT ONE OF OUR MEETINGS? But let your best "Wolfman Jack' loose on a LAN if you can (yeah.I'm that old!). Because of legalities, I can't legally recommend that you use it on a WAN. Nicecast is a first-class OS X app that delivers on all of its promises and then some. This is a new avenue to get your name out there. However, if you're part of a band or a musician who isn't signed up to one of these organizations and have original material, you can play your material to the entire planet with out any fear of repercussions. Or should I say 'at the whim of the big three.' So, if you broadcast over the web, you do so at your own peril. As of now, no one has written a law as to what rules you must follow as an IP station. ASCAP, BMI and SESAC make sure that royalties are collected for everyone involved in each and every song that you broadcast. Well, as a broadcaster (this applies to a WAN set up, not a LAN), you have your own legal headache. Remember the RIAA going after all those Napster downloaders. Hopefully, they will find a way around this in a future release. You can't talk over silence at this point. The one thing that would be great is if you could use the Voice Over feature without having a song playing in the background. But the fault, if that's what you can call it, lies in the technology, not Nicecast. Each time you login, you would have to copy your newly assigned IP address and send it to whomever you want to be able to tune in to 'Radio Free You.' Not exactly a Macintosh experience. Unfortunately, it works against you if you're going to broadcast across the web. That means that each time you log on, you are given a different address and that's not a bad thing it provides you with additional security. If you're on a connection like cable, you more than likely have your IP address dynamically assigned to you. To broadcast to your friends down the block and around the globe, you're going to need that static IP address. Unless you have a static IP address, you can only broadcast over a LAN. But everything else they promised, they delivered on, so I'll take them at their word. To be honest, I didn't get an opportunity to test this particular feature. You can also set the sound quality so that if you have listeners on dial-up, they won't be buffering the stream every thirty seconds.Īnd, if that's not enough, you can configure it to access your iTunes from anywhere in the world. It also has an extremely modifiable pane to put them all in. Nicecast comes with several billion (at least, it seems like several billion) plug-ins to customize your output in any manner you prefer. Input: iTunes and other sources will do and can be easily selected and modified.
This application is customizable beyond your wildest dreams. "Drag this file into your Applications folder." Once you have caught your breath after all that work, it's playtime.
Nicecast can help you create your own internet radio station or allow access to your iTunes Music Library from anywhere in the world!" Time to give her a spin. Broadcast to the world, or just across your house. "Nicecast is the easiest way to broadcast music from OS X. Let me introduce you to Nicecast from Rogue Amoeba (ya' have to love that name!). "But, Frank, I've tried the broadcasting software out there and it's not exactly top-notch!" I anticipated that question. So what can you do? Start your own Internet station for one. When was the last time you found a really good radio station that you could leave your tuner parked on? Exactly. Technologies and Products Specialist for Mid-Atlantic Macintosh User Groups Team (what's it do?):īroadcast any audio from your Mac over the internet or LAN
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