TeleCaster is a web controlled audio/video recording and broadcasting system.

It is written in python and freely available for Linux.

Build and install well on Debian (>= Lenny) or Ubuntu/Kubuntu (>= 10.10)

GitHub: https://github.com/yomguy/TeleCaster-CGI

Twitter : @parisson_studio

TeleCaster now only works on GNU/Linux systems. The installer and the following instructions are based on Debian like software management so that it should work on Debian (>= Lenny) or Ubuntu / Kubuntu (>= 10.4). So please install one of these OS before.

Needed:

sudo aptitude update

sudo aptitude install python python-dev python-libxml2 python-setuptools python-twitter python-liblo python-mutagen \
                    icecast2 apache2 apache2-suexec jackd libjack-jackd2-dev vorbis-tools procps meterbridge fluxbox \
                    vnc4server vncviewer swh-plugins jack-rack libshout3 libshout3-dev libmad0-dev libogg-dev g++ \
                    libgstreamer0.10-0 gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-plugins-base gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad \
                    gstreamer-tools git-core python-pip make libmad0-dev

Cleanup:

sudo aptitude remove --purge pulseaudio

Additional formats:

sudo aptitude install libfaac-dev libmp3lame-dev libflac-dev

Note that obtaining and installing a preempt RT kernel is STRONGLY advised to get a good audio (JACK) stability. Moreover, edit the pam conf file to get RT "su" pam limits at boot:

sudo vi /etc/pam.d/su

Uncomment:

session    required   pam_limits.so

Get the source code with Git:

git clone https://github.com/yomguy/TeleCaster-CGI

and run the install script:

cd TeleCaster-CGI
sudo python install.py

Edit the following files to setup TeleCaster. Please be careful with the XML syntax:

/etc/telecaster/telecaster.xml

and tune your configuration according with your JACK setup, vnc port, icecast passwords, twitter keys, deefuzzer conf, etc...:

/etc/default/jackd
/etc/default/vncserver
/etc/default/icecast2
/etc/icecast2/icecast.xml
/etc/telecaster/deefuzzer_safe.xml
/etc/telecaster/deefuzzer.xml

For more infos on how to configure the deefuzzer streaming tool, see :

http://svn.parisson.org/deefuzzer
https://github.com/yomguy/DeeFuzzer

Just reboot your machine or start the deamons manually:

sudo /etc/init.d/jackd start
sudo /etc/init.d/vncserver start

Configure your apache VirtualHost editing /etc/apache2/sites-available/telecaster.conf

Enable the VirtualHost:

sudo a2enmod suexec
sudo a2ensite telecaster.conf

Maybe remove the default VirtualHost:

sudo rm /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default

Reload Apache:

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload

Browse the TeleCaster web control page:

http://localhost/telecaster/telecaster.py

Fill in the form and start any free recording and broadcasting stream !

To change the form options, just edit the conf file as root:

sudo vi /etc/telecaster/telecaster.xml

Any questions, suggestions ? Please post a ticket on the dev platform:

https://github.com/yomguy/TeleCaster-CGI

or contact the main developer:

Guillaume Pellerin <yomguy@parisson.com>