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{{Infobox software
[[Category:Free multimedia software]]
| name = Campcaster
| screenshot = [[Image:Campcaster-screenshot.png|250px|Campcaster Screenshot]]
| developer = [[Sourcefabric]]
| released = 2004
| latest release version = 1.3.0
| latest release date = 31 October 2007
| latest preview version = 1.4.0 beta3
| latest preview date = 7 May 2009
| operating system = [[Linux]]
| language = English; translatable
| genre = Radio Automation Software
| license = [[GNU General Public License]] v2
| website = [http://campcaster.sourcefabric.org/ campcaster.sourcefabric.org]
}}
'''Campcaster''' is a [[free software|free]] and [[open source]]<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.sourcefabric.org/en/home/radio/67/Overview.htm?tpl=18|title=Campcaster Overview}}</ref> [[radio]] management application for live broadcasting, remote broadcast automation (via web-based scheduler), and program exchange between radio stations. Campcaster was designed to allow implementation in a number of use scenarios, ranging from an unmanned broadcast unit accessed from remote through the Internet to a local network of Campcaster machines inside a radio station handling live broadcasts and delivering program automation by accessing a central audio storage system.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sourcefabric.org/en/home/radio/45/Features.htm?tpl=18|title=Campcaster Features}}</ref>

==History==
The initial concept for Campcaster, originally named LiveSupport, was developed in 2003 by Micz Flor, a German new-media developer. The concept was further developed by Ákos Maróy, a software developer and then-member of [[Tilos Radio]], Robert Klajn, a radio producer at [[B92|Radio B92]], and Douglas Arellanes and Sava Tatić from the [[Media Development Loan Fund| Media Development Loan Fund (MDLF)]]. The initial development was financed from a grant from the [[Open Society Institute]]'s Information Program, through its ICT Toolsets initiative. The development was originally coordinated by MDLF through its Campware.org initiative, now spun off as the independent not-for-profit organisation [[Sourcefabric]].

==Components==
*Studio: a desktop application for live shows or scheduling automated playback.
*Web: an HTML interface for remote scheduling of automated playback.
*Scheduler: a daemon which plays songs at their designated time. There is an XML-RPC interface for the Scheduler.
*Storage Server: stores audio files and playlists and allows access to them via XML-RPC.

==Criticism==
Despite the early enthusiasm and early adequate funding, Campcaster has yet to gain a greater foothold among radio broadcasters. A new Campcaster development team was recruited by [[Sourcefabric]] in June 2010.

== See also ==
{{Portal box|Free software|Radio}}
* [[Broadcast automation]]

==External links==
* [http://campcaster.sourcefabric.org/ Official website]
* [http://en.flossmanuals.net/Campcaster/Introduction User manual]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6241923.stm BBC News: Radio goes the open source route]
* [http://community.linux.com/community/07/01/19/1955221.shtml?tid=11&tid=49 Linux.com: Open source Campcaster empowers independent radio broadcasters]
* [http://www.newassignment.net/blog/bess_kargman/feb2007/01/open_source_radi NewAssignment.net: Open Source Radio is a Sound Salvation]

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[[Category:Free media software]]
[[Category:Radio technology]]
[[Category:Radio technology]]

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