webcast-osx-audio

Streams Mac OS X audio input an mp3 webcast.

Installation

To install the module for use in your projects:

npm install -g webcast-osx-audio

Usage

Global installation exposes the webcast-audio command to your shell. Running this command will start listening to input, and connect to a local Chromecast with a stream of that input.

To direct system audio, use Soundflower.

$ webcast-audio --help
 
Usage: webcast-audio [options]
 
Options:
   -p, --port        The port that the streaming server will listen on.  [3000]
   -b, --bitrate     The bitrate for the mp3 encoded stream.  [192]
   -m, --mono        The stream defaults to stereo. Set to mono with this flag.
   -s, --samplerate  The sample rate for the mp3 encoded stream.  [44100]
   -u, --url         The relative URL that the stream will be hosted at.  [stream.mp3]
   -i, --iface       The public interface that should be reported. Selects the first interface by default.
   --version         print version and exit

Known Issues

• The interface option is only for reporting the IP address that we're listening on, although we're actually listening on all interfaces.

Contributing

Feel free to send pull requests! I'm not picky, but would like the following:

1. Write tests for any new features, and do not break existing tests.
2. Be sure to point out any changes that break API.

History

• v1.0.0
  Uses latest osx-audio

• v0.1.3
  Rewrites stream handling, fixes issues with a wrong interface being selected, and fixes the --iface option causing an error.

• v0.1.2
  Handles piping of lame audio differently, to avoid some skipping.

• v0.1.1
  Updates osx-audio dependency.

• v0.1.0
  First release. Splits from chromecast-osx-audio.

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2014 Nathan Wittstock

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