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1- The Internet Audio Publisher V2.0

2- Contacts

3- Using Internet Audio Publisher
    3.1 Manual installation instructions
        3.11 Problems related to BWCC.DLL (GP on startup)

    3.2 File Manager
    3.3 WWW Browser
    3.4 Installing the Ms GSM and TrueSpeech codec

4- Listening to real time Audio

5- Publishing streaming Audio on a WWW server

6- Licence and Distribution

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1 -The Internet Audio Publisher V2.0

Multi-format streaming audio Publishing tool for Windows 3.x and Win95.

-Play WAV, Sun/Next .AU, GSM6.10, US Robotics GSM (also Ms GSM and TrueSpeech unser Win95).
-Play (Streaming) GSM6.10 and USR GSM (also Ms GSM and TrueSpeech under Win 95) in real time
 from any HTTP/1.0 (WWW) server on the Internet.
-Stream Ms GSM audio file sampled at 8000, 11025, 22050 and 44100 Hz for unprecedented
 streaming audio quality on the net !

-Supports the TrueSpeech format and their metafile (.tsp) so that you can listen to all TrueSpeech programs
 on the net using IAP / DAP V2.0 !
- A recording function which support GSM6.10, USR GSM, Ms GSM @ 8, 11, 22 and 44 Khz, WAV and
  (Sun/Next) AU 8000 Hz "Mu" law.
- A compressing / Expanding function to convert to and from GSM6.10 / USR GSM <-> WAV or AU
- A FTP client to upload the audio file and create the meta file in a single operation ...

The easiest way to publish quality streaming audio on the Net

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2- Contacts and Credits

        Noδl Bouchard
        TELE DATA Consultants
        MontrΘal, QuΘbec

        email: [e-mail]
        WWW: http://www.cam.org/~noelbou
                IAP / DAP WWW Site: http://www.cam.org/~noelbou/gsm_wine.html

        Voice:    [phone]
        Fax:    [phone]

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3 -Using Internet Audio Publisher

3.1 Manual Installation Instructions

- Create a new directory and Download the IAP20.ZIP file.
- Unzip the file in the created directory.
- Run the SETUP.EXE utility (Win95 version) or Install.EXE (Windows 3.x version)

OR

- Move (not copy) the ctl3dv2.dll file in your system's \windows\system directory after having
  made sure that you are not replacing an earlier version of it. (In the case you had an
  earlier version of ctl3dv2.dll, keep this one, delete the one shipped with DAP)
- Move BWCC.DLL to you \Windows directory.
- Move the TCP4W.DLL file to your system's \windows\system directory
- Move the FTP4W.DLL file to your system's \windows\system directory

3.11
  Problems related to BWCC.DLL

  Some users have reported getting GP (general protection) errors on IAP
  and / or DAP startup. This problem is caused by the installation
  program which may fail to install BWCC.DLL (because an existing older copy
  of it is beeing used by other programs).
  If you get GP error on IAP / DAP startup please check your \Windows\ and/or
  \Windows\system directory for BWCC.DLL and make sure that it is not older
  than the one shipped with IAP. if you have an older copy replace it by the
  one shipped with IAP. This will not affect any other application that make use
  of this DLL since these are always backward compatible.

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3.2 File Manager

To have the file manager launch IAP when selecting a WAV, AU and GSM file:

- Open Window's file manager.
- Select File|Associate
- File With Extension: WAV
- Associate with: [path]\IAP.EXE

- Do the same operations for AU and GSM extensions.

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3.3 WWW Browser

To have your internet browser launch IAP after a link to a GSM, GSD, WAV or AU
file has been selected:

- Add a new MIME Type definition for GSM6.10 in your WWW browser: audio/x-gsm
- Set file extension for this type as gsm
- Select DirAudio.EXE as the application launched when receiving audio/x-gsm media type.

For Netscape:

1- Select Options|General Preferences|Helpers
2- Click on the "Create New Type" button.

MIME TYPE: audio
MIME SUBTYPE: x-gsm

3-Set File Extension as: gsm,gsd
4- Select the "Launch Application" radio button.
5- Enter the pathname of IAP.EXE Example: c:\diraudio\iap.exe
6- Press the "OK" button.

Repeat the same procedure for TrueSpeech WAV
Edit existing application/dsptype type or Click on the "Create New Type" button.

MIME TYPE: application
MIME SUBTYPE: dsptype

Set File Extension as: tsp

Same as step 4 to 6 above.

Repeat the same procedure for WAV
Edit existing audio/x-wav type or Click on the "Create New Type" button.

MIME TYPE: audio
MIME SUBTYPE: x-wav

Set File Extension as: wav

Same as step 4 to 6 above.

Repeat the same procedure for WAV
Edit existing audio/x-wav type or Click on the "Create New Type" button.

MIME TYPE: audio
MIME SUBTYPE: x-wav

Set File Extension as: wav
Same as step 4 to 6 above.

Repeat the same procedure for .AU
Edit existing audio/basic type or Click on the "Create New Type" button.

MIME TYPE: audio
MIME SUBTYPE: basic

Set File Extension as: au,snd
Same as step 4 to 6 above.

Note: The helper application definition for audio/basic is usually occupied by Netscape's
audio player app. NAPLAYER.EXE. In this case all you need to do is to edit that entry.
Just select the "Browse" button and select IAP.EXE.

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3.4 Installing the Ms GSM and TRUESpeech   codecs

Windows 95:

Use the following steps to enable the Microsoft GSM 6.10 Audio Codec audio compression
driver:

1. In Control Panel, double-click Multimedia.
2. Click the Advanced tab.
3. Double-click the Audio Compression Codecs branch to expand it.
4. Double-click Microsoft GSM 6.10 Audio CODEC.
5. Click Use This Audio Codec. Make sure the "ALL Rates" is selected for Compression
and Decompression. You can also use Auto-Configure to have Windows evaluate the
fastest speed it can support on your machine for compression and decompression.
6. Click Apply and OK.

Do the same for DSP Group's TrueSpeech   Software CODEC.


For Windows 3.x

MS GSM drivers are available in the file MSGSM610.ACM supplied with Win31 (or later
versions).

Copy this file in  \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.

Add this: MSACM.msgsm610=msgsm610.acm to the [drivers] section of the
SYSTEM.INI file.

In CONTROL PANEL| DRIVERS, set the GSM driver encode and decode rates to ALL
RATES and enable realtime conversions.

If the MSGSM610.ACM file is present in the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory, the
SETTINGS program will prompt you to modify the SYSTEM.INI for you.

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4- Listening to real time Audio

There are two methods to access a GSM / WAV file from a HTTP (WWW) server:

First, by selecting the File|Open Location option on the main menu and
entering the full URL of the file you wish to fetch. For instance:

http://www.cam.org/~noelbou/ex1.gsm will fetch the example from my WWW
site on my service provider's WWW server. (you can use your browser's
Copy Location function (Right click on the link) and then paste it
in IAP Open Location's dialog box by using <SHIFT-INS>).

Second, by clicking on a link to a "description file" on a WWW page. For
instance:

EX1.GSD

will fetch the description file named ex1.GSD on my WWW site. IAP will be
spawned by your WWW browser and the file will instruct the player on which
GSM file to fetch from the net.

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5- Publishing streaming Audio on a WWW server

Publishing your audio files on the net is very simple. Here's the procedure.

1- Create your GSM6.10 / Ms GSM file by using the recording function of IAP or using Windows 95
sound recorder(Start | Programs | Multimedia | Sound Recorder).
(Make sure the Ms GSM codec have been installed.)

You can also create a GSM6.10 file by using the IAP's Compress function:
Start by openning a 8000 Hz 16 bits PCM (WAV) file or from an 8000 Hz 8bits "Mu-Law" encoded file (.AU).(Sun/Next)
and use the Compress command.

2- Use IAP's Send File function to upload the file and description file to your WWW site.

3- Create a link to your description file in an HTML page. The link would be defined as something like:

<A HREF="ex1.gsd">Listen</A>

Or follow the following procedure:

2a- Create a "Description File" with extension .GSD. This is a simple ASCII text file which contains a reference to
the .GSM file that you want to give access to.

The Description File or meta file should have the following form:

IAP_URL|protocol://host[:port]/path/filename

Where:
IAP_URL| is a fixed string used for identification. The | (vertical bar) character is the delimiter. This will be used
in future versions for play lists and WWW site audio index.
protocol is for now fixed to: http
host is the host where the file is located.
port is the optional port (default to 80. Used only when the HTTP server use a different port)
path is the path to the file on the given host
filename is the GSM6.10, Ms GSM or TrueSpeech  file name (with extension .GSM / WAV)

For instance:
IAP_URL|http://www.cam.org/~noelbou/ex1.gsm or
IAP_URL|http://ihs2.unn.ac.uk:8080/~ihbb1/hal.gsm
IAP_URL|http://www.atlas.co.uk/omni/113/30s_22khzgsm.wav

Note that the referenced (.GSM) file may reside on any WWW server on the Internet.

2b- Upload the .GSD (and .GSM) file(s) to your WWW site and make sure the .GSM file that is
referenced in your description file is available on the Net.

Setting up your HTTP server

The HTTP (WWW) server must be set up to accept the GSM, GSD and optionaly, TSP file types
(Extension: .GSM,.GSD and .TSP).

This is done by adding new MIME type definitions to the server (usually in a configuration file).
The new MIME types to add are:

TYPE/SUB-TYPE        EXTENSIONS

audio/x-gsm        gsm, gsd        (For GSM6.10 files)

audio/x-wav        wav            (For Ms GSM (WIN 95))

application/dsptype        tsp            (For True Speech)

The procedure to add a new MIME type varies from one server to another but is quite
straightforward and should not cause any major headaches to your server maintenance
peoples or your service provider.

Check at:

http://www.cam.org/~noelbou/gsm_wine.html and
http://www.cam.org/~noelbou/gsmlinks.html
http://www.cam.org/~noelbou/newlinks.html

for other explanations and examples.

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6- Licence and Distribution

Distribution

This shareware software may be freely distributed, provided that:

(1)    Such distribution includes only the original archive supplied by TELE DATA
    Consultants  You may not alter, delete or add any files in the distribution archive.

(2)    The distrubution does not include a registration number.  In particular, you may not
    distrubute a registered version of Internet Audio Publisher.

(3)     No money is charged to the person receiving the software, beyond reasonable cost
    of packaging and other overhead.

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