I have a project where I need to live stream a lot of audio channels (at least 10, up to maybe 64), while simultaneously recording them on a varying schedule for each track. The content is public meetings, which need to be streamed live to listeners, as well as recording a copy to put on each groups website.
Currently they're running 10 Barix streaming boxes, with a split going to 2 PC's (1 redundant). The Barix boxes take care of the streaming, the PC's, running NCH VRS software, take care of the archiving. One PC records only the times that the groups meet, plus an hour or two buffer, and the second machine records the majority of each day as a backup, in case something gets missed on the first machine. The current system has been working well for the last few years, but needs to be updated and expanded.
The issue is that the PC's are getting old, and the M-Audio audio cards in them are standard PCI, which isn't supplied on newer systems. I need to find a solution that will replace the current systems with more up-to-date hardware. Additionally, they're looking at adding several more channels. I don't know how many channels they'll want to add, but the rumor is that the current number will quadruple.
The VRS software works very well for the current application. It will record up to 64 tracks, with an independent schedule for each track. The scheduling is a key feature that needs to be retained in the new system.
Is there anything out there that's made for this? Maybe a box that I put 32 (or however many) line level sources into, and it will constantly stream and simultaneously can be scheduled to make archival copies of each track? Whatever it is needs to be accessible over network, so the recorded files can be pulled off the local machines easily. An all-in-one box might be nice, but having the streaming and recording duties handled by separate machines is probably preferable. I think one box to handle all the streaming and one to handle all the archiving would be the way to go, with a backup for each system of course.
Is there anything out there that will meet these requirements? Thanks in advance for any insight you can offer into this.
Currently they're running 10 Barix streaming boxes, with a split going to 2 PC's (1 redundant). The Barix boxes take care of the streaming, the PC's, running NCH VRS software, take care of the archiving. One PC records only the times that the groups meet, plus an hour or two buffer, and the second machine records the majority of each day as a backup, in case something gets missed on the first machine. The current system has been working well for the last few years, but needs to be updated and expanded.
The issue is that the PC's are getting old, and the M-Audio audio cards in them are standard PCI, which isn't supplied on newer systems. I need to find a solution that will replace the current systems with more up-to-date hardware. Additionally, they're looking at adding several more channels. I don't know how many channels they'll want to add, but the rumor is that the current number will quadruple.
The VRS software works very well for the current application. It will record up to 64 tracks, with an independent schedule for each track. The scheduling is a key feature that needs to be retained in the new system.
Is there anything out there that's made for this? Maybe a box that I put 32 (or however many) line level sources into, and it will constantly stream and simultaneously can be scheduled to make archival copies of each track? Whatever it is needs to be accessible over network, so the recorded files can be pulled off the local machines easily. An all-in-one box might be nice, but having the streaming and recording duties handled by separate machines is probably preferable. I think one box to handle all the streaming and one to handle all the archiving would be the way to go, with a backup for each system of course.
Is there anything out there that will meet these requirements? Thanks in advance for any insight you can offer into this.
