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In the Encoding Options dialog box of the wizard, shown in Figure 15-11,
configure the setting according to the type of audio source you are going to
stream. Voice broadcasts such as those from a police scanner or shortwave
radio actually sound best when you select Voice Quality Audio; otherwise,
you waste bandwidth and stream out more noise than listeners like to hear.
The better the quality setting the more bandwidth that is taken up by the
digital audio data stream. Click the Finish button and you are one final step
away from becoming an Internet broadcaster.
Start your broadcast by clicking Start Encoding in the main Windows Media
Encoder window, shown in Figure 15-12. A new Audio level meter appears,
enabling you to monitor how many people are listening to your stream, the
data rates, and other factors relative to streaming audio.
On another PC, open Windows Media Player, and press the CTRL+M keys to
display the Classic Menu. On the menu select File, then Open URL, type in
the IP address of the computer sending the stream, followed by a colon and
the port number configured in Step 5, such as 192.168.1.1:9911. From this
point, Media Player will pick up your streamed programming.
There will be about a 10-second delay between the live audio you can monitor at the scanner
and streaming PC, and when you will hear the stream played back at another PC. This is completely
normal, because WME needs a bit of processing time to encode the source material and
buffer it before sending it on to a listening PC.
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