Detecting silence with LiveStream
LiveStream can monitor your audio levels and perform certain tasks when silence has been detected like playing an emergency file, emailing you to let you know there is a silence and sending alternative audio to another sound device.
By default, whichever sound device you are streaming, the audio levels will be represented on the main LiveStream screen at the bottom right of the app. They will also be shown on the Silence & Emergency page in Settings. This is to assist with setting the threshold slider.
Threshold %
The slider underneath the level meter represents where the audio must drop below before determining silence (default 10%).
If audio level goes below the threshold set above... play the file
When you enable this option, if the audio drops below the threshold you set for more than the number of seconds you set, it will play the file selected in the field underneath. To choose this file, click the ... button at the right of this field.
When audio begins to play, if the silence continues longer than the length of the audio playing, then the audio will loop and play over. It will do this continuously until the audio returns.
Also play to this audio device
This option allows you to send the emergency audio to an additional audio device.
Pass audio levels to Monitor
Enabling this allows the audio levels to be sent directly to PlayoutONE Monitor for additional monitoring.
Send email when silence is detected
You can set LiveStream to email you or a number of people a notification when silence has been detected, and audio has returned. To receive these notifications, you need to check this option to turn it on and then set your email settings, which you can get to by clicking the 'Email Settings' button. For more information on setting the email settings up, see the Email section.