[afnog] Audio Streaming

[Phil Regnauld]

On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 07:12:34PM +0300, Mike Barnard wrote:
> 
> if you are running on Linux or UNIX, i would recommend trying winamps
> solution for this. it is what i have used and it has worked well.
> windows advanced server does come with its own encoding software but that
> ties you down a whole lot. i avoid windows at all costs.
> FreeBSD is the platform i run on and it runs like a baby with winamps
> software, just download the necessary scripts it from winamps site (
> winamp.com <http://winamp.com>) and get rolling.

	You mean shoutcast ?

	It might also be worth looking at icecast, it's free:

	http://www.icecast.org/

	See also this:

	http://lists.xiph.org/pipermail/icecast/2003-July/005538.html
	http://lists.xiph.org/pipermail/icecast/2003-July/005539.html

	www.streamingalliance.org

	He might also be able to pull it off with Apple's streaming
	server -- you still need to generate the stream, though.

> the encoding you use restricts your listeners to that media player. if you
> use real, then they need real media player, if you use winamp, they need
> winamp. the other option is to have a media player embedded into a browser,
> this makes it easier for people to listen regardless of any media player. if
> you want this option, find a service provider who has this provided.

	mp3 is very practical for this..