The next screen offers to Archive a copy of the broadcast to a file on the computer. In my experience, the FM quality audio sounds over compressed and anything higher than the 70 Kbps of CD quality audio isn't distinguishably better on a Pocket PC. Feel free to try several different settings to determine what sounds best for your needs. Choose CD quality audio (CBR) as a starting point. Unless your home wireless network is used heavily by other family members, broadcasting audio should use very little of the available bandwidth. Click Next after deciding on a port, making note of the broadcast URL.Īfter selecting the port, it's time to decide on a broadcast quality level. These URLs are used to connect to the broadcast from the Pocket PC (or any computer on your home network). Notice WM Encoder supplies the broadcast URL below the port selection. Port 8080 is commonly used for streaming because Website traffic is delivered to your computer on port 80, making 8080 easy to remember for techies. Adding a colon followed by a port designation to the end of the IP address tells the computer you are looking only for information available at a very specific location, just like dialing a direct phone extension connects a specific employee. Dialing the main company phone number gets you to the front desk, just like typing in a computer's IP address (in the example below ) gets you to the index page of whatever Website might be on the computer. Think of ports on a computer as being similar to extensions in a corporate phone network. By default the port number used by Encoder is 8080, but you could technically choose almost any number by clicking the Find Free Port button. Next the Encoder sets the broadcast port for the stream. Unless you have a media server on your home network, the second option is the one to choose. This tells WM Encoder whether the broadcast is being sent to a Windows Media server or broadcast locally by your computer. The next thing to configure is Broadcast Method. This list varies depending on the sound card, but most sound cards offer an option to encode what the computer is currently playing, designated by something relating to the software mixer. Choose Stereo Mix or Mixer from the drop down list. Click the Configure button next to the Audio dropdown menu.Ĭheck the box next to Enable below the Pin Line Input Mix heading. WM Encoder uses the default sound card on your system automatically, but does not configure the record settings. Since we are only concerned with audio, uncheck the box next to video. Select Broadcast a live event and click OK.Īudio and Video device options are the first thing to configure in setting up a broadcast. The New Session window appears offering several wizard choices. With the install complete, launch Encoder by clicking Start, All Programs, Windows Media, Windows Media Encoder. Once the download completes, install Windows Media Encoder 9, accepting the defaults prompted by the installer. For Pocket PC 2002, WM Encoder 7.1 is required. The WM Encoder 9 download is around 9MB in size. Encoder requires either Windows 2000 or XP for installation. Assuming the Pocket PC used for playback is running Pocket PC 2003, select Windows Media Encoder 9 Series as the version to install. Get started by downloading Windows Media Encoder. The initial setup requires a few steps, but you should be listening to music on the patio in a matter of minutes. Microsoft provides a reasonably simple solution for broadcasting audio and video across a home network using the free Windows Media Encoder. Without wireless, there isn't a practical way to broadcast anything to a remote location on the premises of your homestead. An anonymous reader asks, "Is there a way I can broadcast music on my computer to my Pocket PC? I frequently lounge on my patio and would love a way to listen to music without needing to download the songs I want before I get outside."īased on the question, I'm assuming this particular reader has a wireless home network.
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