INFORMATION
SHOUTCAST SERVER 1.9.5
December 27, 2004
Introduction:
SHOUTcast is a streaming audio system for Windows and Un*x platforms.
At the center of the system is this product, the SHOUTcast Distributed
Network Audio Server (DNAS). The DNAS is responsible for accepting
a broadcast feed from Winamp and the SHOUTcast Source DSP plug-in, and
repeating the broadcast to listeners connected to this SHOUTcast DNAS.
Once your source content is being fed into the SHOUTcast DNAS, it will
also, dependent on the source content's configuration, list itself
with the SHOUTcast directory so listeners can locate your broadcast.
The DNAS also has the ability to deliver on-demand content in MP3
format stored in the content/ directory.
SHOUTcast is a product of Nullsoft, Inc, makers of the fantastically
popular Winamp audio player for Win32. The SHOUTcast system relies on
Winamp for playback and content sourcing. Winamp is available at
Requirements:
If you want to broadcast to listeners, you'll need:
* 90Mhz or faster server, running one of Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, ME,
Mac OS X, Sparc Solaris 2.7+, FreeBSD 4.x+, or Linux with a libc6 kernel.
* 14kB of memory for every listener you want to broadcast to (i.e. 1,000
listeners means you need 14 Megabytes of RAM), plus whatever your
operating system needs for overhead, plus 1.5MB for the server's
base requirements. Don't set the listener count higher than you need,
it just screws things up.
* Enough bandwidth to run the server. If you want to broadcast to 100
listeners at 24kbps, you'll need about 24kbps*100 = 2,400kbps = 2.4Mbps
of bandwidth. That's about 2 T1 lines worth of bandwidth. Trying to
push 100 128kbps listeners down your 768kbps cable modem isn't going
to work :)
* If you want people on the internet to be able to hear you, you also need
a clear connection to the internet. No firewalls, NAT devices, web
caches at the ISP, proxy servers, or internet sharing devices. In some
cases you can make a workaround but if you intend to provide a quality
streaming service you have to invest in a quality connection. Naturally,
if you just want to run a private server locally on a LAN, you don't need
this at all.
* If you want to list this server on the SHOUTcast directory, you will need
a working DNS server configured as well. You can verify DNS is working
by pinging www.yahoo.com, or pulling up a web browser and visiting
www.shoutcast.com. Note that you can't ping www.shoutcast.com, because
AOL blocks ICMP traffic.
* A broadcast source. This is usually in the form of a computer running
Winamp (can be the same computer running the DNAS), and the SHOUTcast
Source Plugin. This is available in the
"I wanna be a DJ" section on
If you don't have some/any of the above, you can still broadcast a station,
but you'll have to pay someone for the privelege of hosting a SHOUTcast server
for you, and you won't need this piece of software. To find good providers,
visit the SHOUTcast forums on www.shoutcast.com and hear what others say
about the growing number of streaming audio providers.
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