[SOLVED] So I'm gonna use Mixxx for the Internet Broadcast buuuuuuut .....

[Rock And Roll Over]

Since I looked at this wonderful advice:

here s a wiki for internet broadcast via mixxx, maybe that helps

http://www.mixxx.org/wiki/doku.php/internet_broadcasting

I am planning to use Mixxx for my broadcast/podcast ... buuuuut ... there's a catch. In the most recent version, there is no way to speed up the crossfade from one song to another and a 10 second crossfade is terrible. I found that they're working on 1.11.0 and I've got it working in Windows 7 but I'd really like to get it working in AV Linux. Here's the topic: http://www.mixxx.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3678

My question (before I try anything stupid) is: If I try to make this work in AVL, how likely is it that I'm going to break something? Thanks in advance!!

[varpa]

I doubt you'll break something in AVLinux by installing the Mixxx alpha deb.  What might happen is it won't install due to missing dependencies, or it will install but won't work.  If it does not work, remove it with synaptic.  Its more likely to work if you build it yourself.

[Rock And Roll Over]

I may very well try to build it myself. I've only done make install a couple of times but everything always seemed to work so what the heck. Hehe.

[tonyoptical]

Hi

I am currently trying the same thing. Compiling the latest mixxx on AVL 5.03 as per http://www.mixxx.org/wiki/doku.php/compiling_on_linux

The first two errors

ERROR:root:Unmet dependency: Could not find libprotobuf or its development headers.
ERROR:root:Unmet dependency: Could not find libshout or its development headers. Please install it or compile Mixxx without Shoutcast support using the shoutcast=0 flag.

have been resolved by adding

libprotobuf & libprotobuf-dev
libshout3-dev & libspeex-dev

But i am stuck here:

Configuring Qt
Checking for QtCore (4.6 or higher)...    yes
Package QtWebKit was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `QtWebKit.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'QtWebKit' found
ERROR:root:Unmet dependency: 'pkg-config QtCore QtGui QtOpenGL QtXml QtSvg QtSql QtScript QtXmlPatterns QtWebKit --libs --cflags' exited 1

By guessing adding "qt4-dev-tools" gave me:

qt4-dev-tools:
  Depends: libqt4-dbus (=4:4.6.3-4+squeeze1) but 4:4.7.3-8 is to be installed
  Depends: libqt4-help (=4:4.6.3-4+squeeze1) but 4:4.7.3-8 is to be installed
  Depends: libqt4-network (=4:4.6.3-4+squeeze1) but 4:4.7.3-8 is to be installed
  Depends: libqt4-sql (=4:4.6.3-4+squeeze1) but 4:4.7.3-8 is to be installed
  Depends: libqt4-webkit (=4:4.6.3-4+squeeze1) but 4:4.7.3-5 is to be installed
  Depends: libqt4-xml (=4:4.6.3-4+squeeze1) but 4:4.7.3-8 is to be installed
  Depends: libqt4-xmlpatterns (=4:4.6.3-4+squeeze1) but 4:4.7.3-8 is to be installed
  Depends: libqtcore4 (=4:4.6.3-4+squeeze1) but 4:4.7.3-8 is to be installed
  Depends: libqtgui4 (=4:4.6.3-4+squeeze1) but 4:4.7.3-8 is to be installed
 Recommends: qt4-designer but it is not going to be installed

What do i need to add here?
Thx.

[GMaq]

@tonyoptical

QT4 in AV Linux is kind of tricky because the qt4 libs are from Wheezy (Debian Testing). So try VERY CAREFULLY enabling the Wheezy repos and installing the QT4 related build dependencies you need.

[tonyoptical]

Actually i really don't dare to mess up my system ...

I went the easy way:

Install the deb from here:
http://builds.mixxx.org/builds/trunk/mixxx_1.11.0-alpha2-0ubuntu1~trunk~bzr3087_i386.deb

plus this:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/i386/libprotobuf5/download

Just works fine - so far ...

[Rock And Roll Over]

Actually i really don't dare to mess up my system ...

I went the easy way:

Install the deb from here:
http://builds.mixxx.org/builds/trunk/mixxx_1.11.0-alpha2-0ubuntu1~trunk~bzr3087_i386.deb

plus this:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/i386/libprotobuf5/download

Just works fine - so far ...

HA! You sound just as cautious as me. Thanks for jumping in and trying this before I got the chance. Now I ain't so skeerd!

[Rock And Roll Over]

UPDATE: The .deb installer (linked above) worked without a hitch. Well, it did delete the launcher from the start menu but that was easy enough to fix. lol. It upgraded the version that was already installed and kept the old settings I put in so that was a nice bonus. I ran (and recorded) a test broadcast and the fader in AutoDJ worked like it is supposed to. I am pleased.

My next project is to hook up the ol' Presonus Firepod and record voice recordings with Audacity. (Like they say in the Mickey D's commercials) "I'm Lovin' It!"

[tonyoptical]

Great to hear! Do you mind marking this thread as solved.
Thx.

[Rock And Roll Over]

Done. Thanks for the reminder. I always forget to do that.