Icecast
Developer:	Xiph.org Foundation
Latest release:	2.3.1 / November 30, 2005
OS:	Unix-like and Microsoft Windows
Use:	streaming media server
License:	GPL
Website:	www.icecast.org

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Technical details

The Icecast server is capable of streaming content as Vorbis over standard HTTP, Theora over HTTP, MP3 over the protocol used by SHOUTcast, AAC, and NSV over the SHOUTcast protocol. (Theora, AAC, and NSV are only supported in version 2.2.0 and newer.) It uses external programs, called "source clients", to originate the streams, and the Icecast project includes a source client program known as IceS. The source runs typically in the place where the audio is generated (e. g. a studio) and the Icecast server in a place where a lot of bandwidth is available (e. g., a colocation). Vorbis is an open source, lossy audio codec project headed by the Xiph. ... Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is a method used to transfer or convey information on the World Wide Web. ... Theora is a video codec being developed by the Xiph. ... A portable MP3 player MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a popular digital audio encoding, lossy compression format, and algorithm, designed to greatly reduce the amount of data required to represent audio, yet still sound like a faithful reproduction of the original uncompressed audio... SHOUTcast is a multiplatform freeware audio streaming technology, developed by Nullsoft. ... Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) is a standardized, lossy compression and encoding scheme for digital audio. ... SHOUTcast TV streaming in Winamp 5. ... In computing, a client is a system that accesses a (remote) service on another computer by some kind of network. ... A colocation centre (colo) or carrier hotel is a type of data center where multiple telecommunications network or service providers, such as telcos or ISPs, site their connections to one anothers networks (points of presence). ...

It has similar functionality to the proprietary media server program SHOUTcast, by Nullsoft. Proprietary software is software with restrictions on using, copying and modifying as enforced by the proprietor. ... SHOUTcast is a multiplatform freeware audio streaming technology, developed by Nullsoft. ... Nullsoft is a software house founded in 1997 by Justin Frankel. ...

See also

• Peercasting
• SHOUTcast

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Peercasting is a method of multicasting streams, usually audio and/or video, to the internet via peer-to-peer technology. ... SHOUTcast is a multiplatform freeware audio streaming technology, developed by Nullsoft. ... Image File history File links Portal. ...

External links

• Icecast's Official Website
• Directory of Icecast streams
• Freshmeat's Icecast Site
• Icecast Installation and Management Site(no longer active)
• Linux NetMag's Icecast Introduction Article
• Icecast archive / forum