Category: Blog

  • Episode 17 – Livestream Test #4

    Episode 17 – Livestream Test #4

    On today’s show I test out livestreaming again. This is for my music podcast called Sats and Sounds. I got it all working to be able to record but there was no audio coming from Curiocaster or The Split Kit. These are things to figure out in the coming weeks. But, at least the live…

  • Live streaming music show test 3

    Live streaming music show test 3

    This is a test of putting on a live streaming music show with wallet switching from The Split Kit. Here are some links to apps where you can see this happen in real-time. The Split KitCurioCasterPodcast Guru  To listen to my music podcast, Sats and Sounds, go to satsandsounds.com. Here’s a direct link to the…

  • Live streaming a podcast using Icecast, noip.com, DUC, BUTT, and VLC

    Live streaming a podcast using Icecast, noip.com, DUC, BUTT, and VLC

    This post is all about streaming from your computer. It’s a mishmash of different apps and puzzling concepts, but trust me, it works. Start with Icecast for your audio server app, configure it, master port forwarding for access to the web. Sign-up for a no-ip account for convenient URLs. Download the Dynamic Update Client (DUC)…

  • How I produce my music podcast, Sats and Sounds

    How I produce my music podcast, Sats and Sounds

    The author shares experience in producing a music podcast called Sats and Sounds, a project begun in August. With a modest approach towards production quality, the author uses affordable and available tools to simplify the process and ensure regular content output. The focus lies on understanding podcast production rather than creating professional-level audio. Some of…

  • Start9 Server update

    Start9 Server update

    Since I could not figure out how to get sats out of Alby (Lightning Network) back on-chain (Bitcoin blockchain), I decided to get the ball rolling on my Start9 Bitcoin node and purchased $100 in Bitcoin using Cash App. I didn’t want to spend more money buying Bitcoin. Unfortunately, it seemed the quickest way to…

  • Cherry On Top – Ainsley Costello – Music Experiment Part 2

    Cherry On Top – Ainsley Costello – Music Experiment Part 2

    Let’s see if I can get it right this time. The last time out I think I published my RSS feed with a mistake in the song’s GUID. This time out, using Podcasting 2.0’s last episode’s RSS feed as a guide, I confirmed which GUIDs to use. So before I hit Podping to publish my…

  • My last music experiment failed

    My last music experiment failed

    I thought I set everything up properly but for some reason it didn’t work when using podcast apps compatible with remoteItem and valueTimeSplit. What I’ve done to make up for any problems is I put the song I used in my value block. So if anyone plays that episode most of the sats will go…

  • The Underclass – Longy – Music Experiment

    The Underclass – Longy – Music Experiment

    On the Podcasting 2.0 podcast they’ve been playing music regularly to promote the idea of Value4Value streaming payments to music artists. I see this as a first step to really opening up all entertainment to Value4Value. Anyone with a Lightning Network Node ID and an RSS feed can have their entertainment streamed, viewed, or listened…

  • Start9 resetting password debacle

    Start9 resetting password debacle

    I installed the Start9 server with little issue. You can read about that here. But what I’ve run into now, short of learning how to move Bitcoin to my node and using the lightning network as well, is my password is weak and I need to reset it. I chose a weak password while experimenting…

  • Take 2 on the Start9 installation attempt

    Take 2 on the Start9 installation attempt

    Yesterday didn’t go so well. I was able to get the .iso file and start the installation process on the machine but the entire thing stalled out. I ended up waiting about an hour before abandoning the installation for the day. You can read what happened blow by blow here. Today I downloaded the other…