Sound Card Issues?

paul0075 · May 02, 2020, 12:29:02 AM

I have a USB FM transmitter that I tested with last night just to see if a different device would work, but everything still came through the onboard sound card.

stevewa · May 04, 2020, 04:41:03 PM

is your usb fm transmitter (LPFM) shown as a sound card choice inside RadioDJ, so you can choose it in Options > Souncards > Cue

if snot, them trade a booger for a cheap pci soundcard. usb devices frequently change bus id, and you have a higher chance of radiodj no longer recognizing the device and resetting the cue device back to the main board, so buy a pci device.

paul0075 · May 08, 2020, 04:44:51 PM

Thanks for the suggestions. I have a USB sound card now working for Cue. Now I just have to work out why my sweepers are still coming up on the main playback channel

Abrondino · May 18, 2020, 10:43:00 AM

Short of purchasing a USB sound card, does anyone know how to get Direct Sound to work in this instance of Win 7?

See screenshot in this link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0xf82kyrnywe8nf/SS%202020-05-18_01h22_21%20copy.jpg?dl=0

Jhonny · May 18, 2020, 11:14:56 AM

Select on main 1 the soundcard
Else see in the page the settings here

Abrondino · May 18, 2020, 06:24:37 PM

Quote from: Jhonny on May 18, 2020, 11:14:56 AM
Select on main 1 the soundcard
Else see in the page the settings here

There is no choice available for Main 1. I've clicked with and without direct sound selected as audio mode.

Jhonny · May 18, 2020, 07:30:05 PM

Possible the sound card is not seen

ghm72 · May 18, 2020, 07:51:50 PM

Good point Jhonny it might be a good idea to try and find the latest audio drivers for your soundcard I used a program called "Driver easy" from winZip that updated drivers for me.

Abrondino · May 20, 2020, 12:01:16 PM

Good ideas from both of you. It put me on the right path.

The issue ended up being windows updates that are "optional". After I installed them I was able to see my sound card.

Now I am off to playing with Widgets to show current song playing and have to figure out how to create a request script (My radio station is going to be request only and streaming directly from my home computer)

I appreciate you guys!

Jhonny · May 20, 2020, 12:41:56 PM

Look in https://www.radiodj.ro/community/index.php?board=6.0 maybe there is some you like

bobsimo · July 31, 2020, 05:42:30 PM

New to RadioDJ but not new to broadcasting.

What I am gathering is that 5.1 is not supported with Radio DJ 2.--, right?

I have a cheap VIVA PCI Sound Card. Front is the Main Output from RDJ. Rear is Sweepers, VO and Voice Tracks, Center is Carts and all 3 Aux Players and the built in PC audio out is the Cue. These are wired to separate "pots" on a PR&E BMX 14 channel broadcast console.

All but Cue comes through the Main (Front) output.

I don't want it this way.

What isn't set right or what needs to be done or worse, what kind of sound card do I NEED to break out the audio in accordance with the options offered on on the Options>Sound Cards settings?

xgipper · September 03, 2020, 01:38:23 PM

Quote from: bobsimo on July 31, 2020, 05:42:30 PM
New to RadioDJ but not new to broadcasting.

What I am gathering is that 5.1 is not supported with Radio DJ 2.--, right?

I have a cheap VIVA PCI Sound Card. Front is the Main Output from RDJ. Rear is Sweepers, VO and Voice Tracks, Center is Carts and all 3 Aux Players and the built in PC audio out is the Cue. These are wired to separate "pots" on a PR&E BMX 14 channel broadcast console.

All but Cue comes through the Main (Front) output.

I don't want it this way.

What isn't set right or what needs to be done or worse, what kind of sound card do I NEED to break out the audio in accordance with the options offered on on the Options>Sound Cards settings?

Indeed.
So to summarise, is it correct that the current free version doesn't work with 5:1?
Or perhaps not very well with external 5:1 usb cards?
This tutorial clearly suggests it does work with both 5:1 and 7:1, although it is dated 2014, and doesn't talk about internal/external.
I was planning to install and test it for a project, using a cheap external 5:1 card, or even 7:1 into several different stereo channels on my mixer, but having read some of this thread, I'm wondering how much of a headache this is likely to be?

ghm72 · September 03, 2020, 01:41:03 PM

RadioDJ only supports Stereo output and not surround AFAIK...

xgipper · September 03, 2020, 02:39:19 PM

Quote from: DJ Garybaldy on September 03, 2020, 01:41:03 PM
RadioDJ only supports Stereo output and not surround AFAIK...

Thanks for your reply.
I think the intention isn't to output in surround per se, but rather to utilise (if now possible/realistically workable using external USB cards, which is my question) the six or eight channels some quite inexpensive cards offer to provide several different external mixer stereo line ins - as the tutorial describes. Or is doing it this way now not possible for some reason, or a pain in the proverbial?

Chris2021 · May 26, 2021, 03:41:36 PM

Many thanks Marius and the rest of the contributors for this excellent forum and RDJ itself! Love the product!!

Question
Does RDJ 2.0.0.6 require a real sound card or is there a virtual sound card option?

Background
We are trying to set up RDJ on a virtual Windows 2018 server which has no sound card and no option to plug in a USB (its hosted remotely by a third party provider).

Appreciate there are also many conversations about virtual server set ups and apologise if I missed a direct answer to this question.

Thank you + keep up the great work!

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