Studio365-Live Main Window

Descriptions of the drop-down menus are listed below.

Studio365-Live Main Window

From this window, the entire Studio365-Live session is controlled. There are four drop-down menus (Controls, Audio Source, Extras, Help). There are these available "on-top" controls:

• Broadcast (button) - Begins the current Playlist (if not started) or Stops the current Playlist (if started).
• Pause (button) - Will pause your currently playlist. Useful for adding in voice commentary.
• Playlist (button) - Displays the current Playlist.
• Listening Volume (sliding scale) - Only changes current speaker volume, not broadcast volume.
• Current Track: (info) - Name of the track.
• Elapsed Time: (info) - Amount of time into the current track.
• Remaining Time: (info) - Amount of time remaining on the current track.
• Visual Display (embedded window) - Show up to four graphic display types for monitoring your Broadcast. Can display one or more at the same time.

Controls Drop-down Menu

• Broadcast Info... See Studio365-Live Broadcast Info window for details.
• New Broadcast... Will let you create a new broadcast if you have a second account on Live365.com.
• Play mode - Displays another menu with two choices:
  • Continuous Loop - Sets the Broadcast to play continuously, looping back to the top of the playlist when it finishes the last track.
  • Random - Randomizes the playlist each time through.
• Playlist... - Clicking on Playlist displays the current Playlist.
• Playlist Scheduler... - Click on Playlist Scheduler to display a tool that will allow you to build a schedule of your playlists to begin at various times throughout the day. See Playlist Scheduler Window.
• Status... - Clicking on Status brings up an informational window with detailed broadcast information. See Status Window for details.
• Stream Quality... - Click on Stream Quality to display an informational window on the quality of your broadcast. It will indicate any recent dropouts your Listeners may have experienced. See Stream Quality for details.
• Exit - Ends the Studio365-Live Broadcast and closes the Studio365-Live software. Your current broadcast configuration is saved.

Audio Source Drop-down Menu

The Audio Source drop-down menu contains the following items:

• Playlist - Selects your Playlist as the audio source of your Broadcast. (All MP3 files must be on your hard drive.)
• Voiceover... - Activates your microphone so that you can speak over the audio stream of your Broadcast (if not broadcasting, a warning window informs you).
• External Source
  • CD, Line In, Microphone, Volume, Mixer - Allows you to select an Audio Source other than your Playlist. You have a choice of CD (streams from your CD player), Line In (streams from the Line In jack on your system), Microphone (streams only from your microphone) or Mixer (streams from the system mixer panel). The Mixer represents the audio channel, which is sent to your computer's speakers. This is useful for more complex mixing operations that you might be able to do via other products. Use volume to set the level of any of these sources. The one drawback is that everything you hear on your local system will be broadcast, meaning even standard window alert sounds will be heard by your audience.
  • All input sources - Displays every input source your own audio card can support. Some of these duplicate the above sources, others might be for more sophisticated users. In some cases, you may find that the standard source selection, such as CD for example, may not work on your system. This simply means that your audio card manufacturer might have selected a non-standard input line to support. On some Windows-ME systems, the Windows Media Player doesn't play music CD's through the CD channel as one might assume, but uses the "Stereo Out" channel instead available only on this menu.
• Save to Archive File... - Permits you to save your show to your hard drive either while you are broadcasting or for future broadcast.

Extras Drop-down Menu

The Extras drop-down menu provides additional flexibility in your Broadcast.

• Line Warnings - When on, line quality warnings are automatically displayed whenever Live detects a possible line dropout.
• Priority > Normal, Medium, High - Sets the priority level of your Broadcast. (Priority means the amount of CPU capability dedicated to broadcasting.) The higher the priority, the more solid your broadcast is likely to be, but the slower your other applications will run. This may be useful only on slower machines. 
• Restart Server - Contacts the Live365 server to reset and begin the current Playlist from the start. (A last resort if Studio365-Live cannot start your Broadcast due to server problems.)
• Show Log... - Opens up the "live_log.txt" file which shows you the history of your broadcast including listener stats and times of each track. Logs are saved for each session, and are consecutively numbered. So your first session will create "live_log0.txt", the next will be "live_log1.txt", and so on.
• Switch to Basic Mode - Closes the Studio365-Live Playlist and starts your Studio365 Broadcast on demand (if one is available).
• Submit Program Info... - Opens up the window to add information about your broadcast or Track Info (Artist, Title, Album). The information will be uploaded to the Listener's Player Window. Track information is normally sent when you broadcast MP3s from your hard drive. If you are using an external source, you need to provide information about your Broadcast. See Submit Program Information Window for details.
• Visuals > Scope, Spectrum, VU Scrolling, VU Stereo - The small embedded window on the right can display any combination of the four graphic displays.

Help Drop-down Menu

• Studio365-Live Help... - Links directly to the Live365.com's Studio365-Live Help files.
• Technical Support... - Click to send an Email to the Technical Support Department in Live365. This should be used for questions and bugs (problems with the software). If you are reporting a problem (bug), please include the following:
  • Description of Problem (error message text) and whether you can repeat the message.
  • Attach the log file for your most recent session. It will be located in your Studio365/Live folder. So for example, if you installed the application in the default location, you will find the logs in "C:/Program Files/studio365/live." Look for the files named something like "live_log42.txt."
• Tell a Friend... - Lets you email a friend with a URL to your broadcast.
• Tips 'n Tricks... - Displays various tips to improve the technical quality of your show.
• Why does my stream break up? - Detailed discussion about what could happen between your machine and that of your listener's which could cause the broadcast to break up. See Line-Quality.

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