Sam Broadcaster Pro Not Built For Relaying A Stream?

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SAM Broadcaster Pro Not Built for Relaying a Stream?

So even though the program is called Streaming Audio Manager It's not actually built for relaying a stream through?

SAM Broadcaster buffers while relaying a stream and takes forever to move onto the next queue item when the stream drops.

That's even with the silence remover/detector active.

I tried relaying a stream through SAM Broadcaster way back in v2.7.9 and had issues with it buffering and breaking up.

I saw this nugget on a the SAM Broadcaster forums recently

SAM Broadcaster Pro is definitely not made for rebroadcasting a stream

Not much of Streaming Audio Manager if it can't relay an online radio stream.

Another issue people run into while trying to rebroadcast a stream via SAM Broadcaster is the title streaming

SAM doesn't relay the now playing information to the encoders.

This is a design problem with SAM Broadcaster

The titles that show on the player are taken live from the stream but what is sent to the encoder and your stream server is only taken from the database

Therefore by default it will show whatever you named the entry is in your library or the URL

Where as RadioDJ can relay stream titles from an Internet stream (providing there is metadata being put out)

If you tick the Use Original stream title box while importing a stream into RadioDJ you should get titles.

RadioDJ handles streaming rather well. I've had a few of my favourite stations playing with no issues.

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  1. Once installed it's stable and works for days/weeks without needing to keep an eye on it
  2. Great Music library support add as many categories & subcategories you require
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  8. Great Technical Support should something go wrong with your installation via the Forums
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I have to agree with the reply to the post on the Spacial forums.

SAM Broadcaster isn't great and there are no end of bugs in the program

SAM Broadcaster still has the same glaring bugs it had 20 years ago.

Make the switch to RadioDJ you should have no issues relaying a stream.

Always remember though you are at the mercy of external factors

Such as Traffic congestion/DNS issues & poor upload/download speeds.

If you have a really poor broadband connection you won't be able to relay a stream successfully