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evilgold

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Registered: 2008-10-30

Posts: 120

shoutcast/icecast broadcasting program

Hello all,

My girlfriend came to me with a most disturbing question the other day. She asked me if i would install windows for her so she could run a program to broadcast to a shout cast radio station over the internets.

While i assured her this was not possible, i did promise her i'd find a gnu/linux solution that she herself could use.

Apparently the popular non-linux options are: sam broadcaster for windows, and nicecast for OS-X. I've already tried and the windows program doesnt work properly with wine. So far my best easy to use solution is using winamp inside of wine... but this only allows her to stream a playlist, it doesnt offer any extra features like broadcasting from her mic, which she wants to do.

Can anyone in the arch community recommend a nice linux friendly alternative to these programs?

Rasi

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From: Germany

Registered: 2007-08-14

Posts: 1,914

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Re: shoutcast/icecast broadcasting program

mpd can stream to both icecast and shoutcast servers. It can even stream all alone using a httpd output plugin... the latter is only available in the git version or in the 0.15alpha1 release, but its worth checking it out!

*edit* havent seen the broadcasting from mic part... that might be tricky with mpd

Last edited by Rasi (2009-04-20 22:14:24)

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sand_man

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From: Australia

Registered: 2008-06-10

Posts: 2,164

Re: shoutcast/icecast broadcasting program

So you are only looking for an app to stream to a shoutcast server? I guess mpd is the way to go, it's pretty much what it was made for

edit: typo

Last edited by sand_man (2009-04-20 23:01:13)

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evilgold

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Registered: 2008-10-30

Posts: 120

Re: shoutcast/icecast broadcasting program

Although i do personally use and LOVE mpd... its not a solution that my girlfriend could handle. And it does lack the microphone option, which is sort of a must.

Pretty much anything command line is out of the question. Sure i dont mind setting up config files for her, but whatever part she uses to broadcast has to be point and click simple.

Stythys

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From: SF Bay Area

Registered: 2008-05-18

Posts: 878

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Re: shoutcast/icecast broadcasting program

mpd has GUI's.....

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TecnoVM64

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From: Santiago, Chile

Registered: 2007-06-02

Posts: 45

Re: shoutcast/icecast broadcasting program

answer: IDJC
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=6631