SilentDisco

Material

• Domestic Router
• Raspberry Pi 5
• Micro SD
• Laptop
• USB Audio Interface ( Used an old Audio 6 from Native Instruments )
• Wifi Access Point (If desired)
• Some Ethernet Cables

Objects Diagram

flowchart TB
    SoundInput[fas:fa-music Sound Input ]
    AudioInterface(far:fa-file-audio Audio Interface)
    Laptop[fas:fa-laptop Laptop]
    Server("fab:fa-raspberry-pi Server"
    192.168.1.2)
    Router["fas:fa-network-wired Router
    192.168.1.1"]
    UAP1["fas:fa-tower-broadcast UAP 1
    192.168.1.3"]
    UAP2["fas:fa-tower-broadcast UAP 2
    192.168.1.4"]
    U1[fas:fa-user 1]
    U2[fas:fa-user N]
    U3[fas:fa-user N + 1]
    USB[fab:fa-usb USB]


    subgraph Users
    direction TB
    U1-.-U2
    U2-.-U3
    end

    subgraph Network Map
    Laptop-.-BUTT_Software-..-Server
    SoundStream-.- USB -.-> Laptop
    Router<==>Server
    Laptop-->Router
    Router--->UAP1-.->Users
    Router--->UAP2-.->Users

Antenas-.-Users

    subgraph SoundStream
    direction TB
    SoundInput -- "ADC" --> AudioInterface
    end

    subgraph Antenas
    UAP1
    UAP2 
    end
    end

    

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Software

To be installed on the computer:

• Ubuntu imager for Raspberry: (https://ubuntu.com/download/raspberry-pi)
• Butt Broadcast tool: (https://danielnoethen.de/butt/)

Server Preparation (Raspberry or WSL)

1. Start server and put up to date all packages

$  sudo apt update
$  sudo apt upgrade
$  sudo reboot

2. Install all needed apps for the project
   • When installing IceCast2 you can press enter on default configurations or put your own password for each user

$  sudo apt install icecast2
$  sudo apt install atop

3. Enable the icecast server to start at server boot

$  sudo systemctl enable icecast2
$  sudo systemctl start icecast2

4. Validate that icecast is running fine with one of this 2 commands

$  ps -aux | grep icecast
$  systemctl status icecast2

5. Next (optional), Changing the Logs folder to be inside the icecast installation and config folder

$  cd /etc/icecast2
$  sudo mkdir logs
$  sudo chmod 777 logs

6. Edit finally the logs destination folder just created on the config file

$  sudo nano /etc/icecast2/icecast.xml

Then change on the file the content by the following one

<logdir>/etc/icecast2/logs</logdir>