Reliable and scalable live streaming solutions?
I wonder if you can share your thoughts / resources on live audio streaming (to run an online radio station). I must admit I am a complete newbie on this subject, so please excuse me for missing the details.
What are the most recommended platforms / software settings?
Opinions based on personal experience will be highly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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Reliable are:
Shoutcast can break from time to time if you try to enable introfile in run. See icecast2 and cricket performance comparison . There are many easy to use tools like sc_trans or winamp DSP shoutcast plugin that you can easily configure to start streaming your own radio on these servers. See here and generally skim this thread, there are many tutorials on how to start your own radio.
Both Icecast2 and Shoutcast can serve several thousand clients with no problem (I've had this in a heavy production production for years).
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