Shoutcast?

[AAZZ]

Sorry if wrong forum.

I have been seeing so many posts about shoutcast. Shoutcast sites, hosting, etc..

What is exactly shoutcast? I tried googling it but got multiple answers and a little confuse.

Anyone?

-Thanks

[Darknight]

Shoutcast is...
RAIDO
:D online streaming software
www.shoutcast.com
:)
Make your own radio station etc
Steam via a winamp plugin
Able to listen to the stream via windows media winamp itunes etc..
I make a fair bit of my money from selling shoutcast

[Stanley08]

also shoutcast is a very expensive way for a server cause they drain all your bw and bw costs alot ;)

[Decker]

also shoutcast is a very expensive way for a server cause they drain all your bw and bw costs alot ;)

That's why hosts manage it and charge accordingly :angel:

[Stanley08]

:angel: :beer: same

[Hosting Advisor]

Shoutcast refers to audio / video streaming live on the website. A live example for the same is youtube.com, however in the matter of space, its requirements are specifically very high. You can also have a look at the following link -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHOUTcast

Hope this helps :-)

[Decker]

Shoutcast refers to audio / video streaming live on the website. A live example for the same is youtube.com[/URL]

No it's not youtube is a totally different method of streaming.


however in the matter of space, its requirements are specifically very high[URL="http://"] (http://)

Again no it's not - a 'radio' quality (say 24kbps) live stream requires very little actual space and transfer amounts.

[Stanley08]

yes your right decker cause they are diffrent normal streaming uses mainly bandwidth but video uses space and bandwidth!!!:beer:

[hibs1875]

Once you have a taken a shoutcast package and are up and running, do you need any licenses or anything to be allowed to stream all types of music etc?

[Decker]

If it's all 'owned' by you then it should be alright, but if the material is anyone elses you need to get permission which usually involves paying.

[Darknight]

You need licences to play copyright music yes.

EDIT: You can get a licence to stream any and all music from streaming licence people :P

[DavidsAwesome]

and if you're serious about it, you can stop using winamp and use Sam Broadcaster... which is like... mmmmmmm excellent.

[Decker]

By the time you add SAM to SC hosting it can add up, especially if it's free/owned content. If it's commercial content I couldn't agree more a worthwhile investment.