

Hopefully it helps you make the right choice. Here is a little comparison of the basic features. Some are free, cheap, others are expensive, and some the middle of the road. It’s a budget friendly system that serves it’s purpose very well.Īll of these radio softwares have different strengths and weaknesses, and all have a different target market. More recently, I’ve been working with StationPlaylist as well and deploying that across multiple locations as stand alone installs – and they work really well. I’ve come up the ranks using Master Control, NexGen, and also Zetta (which I have to say is my favourite of the expensive softwares), and even used Player101 too. I’ve tried to use ZaraFree Radio software, and it’s pretty much a fancy Windows Media Player, and I got frustrated and lost, because there just weren’t any features. Then you’ll be able to install Airtime from Ubuntu Software Center or Synaptic Package Manager.I’m very fortunate that I’ve worked with some high-end radio software, and also some not so high-end glamorous radio software. Install the package via: sudo dpkg -i b sudo apt-get -f install When it opens, run below commands to download airtime-easy-setup: wget Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. It also supports playout of lossless FLAC and WAV format audio files. Airtime supports the playout of lossy compressed audio files in both MP3 and AAC formats and the open, royalty-free equivalent Ogg Vorbis. The scalability of Airtime allows implementation in a number of scenarios, ranging from an unmanned broadcast unit accessed remotely through the Internet, to a local network of machines accessing a central Airtime storage system. It also supports playout of lossless FLAC and WAV format audio files.Īirtime has been intended to provide a solution for a wide range of broadcast projects, from community to public and commercial stations. It is a free and open source radio management application for remote broadcast automation, and program exchange between radio stations.Īirtime has been intended to provide a solution for a wide range of broadcast projects, from community to public and commercial stations. This simple tutorial is going to introduce you an Ubuntu radio automation software Airtime.
