[microsound] a mo' better audio-cast?

Phil Thomson hellomynameisphil+mcrsnd at gmail.com
Mon Jul 20 08:14:49 EDT 2009


you may be thinking of darwin streaming server.

http://developer.apple.com/opensource/server/streaming/index.html
http://dss.macosforge.org/

On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Michael
North<michael.north at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> there's a cheap mac alternative from rogue amoeba called nicecast and there
> is an apple product based on quicktime with the name of broadcast or
> something, just did a quick search and couldn't find it under that name but
> it's free but didn't look trivial to set up when i looked at it
> On 19-Jul-09, at 3:28 PM, A Stranger Paradise wrote:
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> It doesn’t seem a Shoutcast problem. The amount of pc resources for running
> it is minimal on the CPU side, and I think the amount of memory needed for
> each listener is something like 14k.
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> Normally that diagnosis refers to a bandwidth problem (for six listeners at
> the same time you need around 620kbps in continuum). If you are broadcasting
> from your home, it depends of your internet connection and ISP. Speed and
> stability. If you´re running a server, or an online service is doing that
> for you, the same applies.
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> I’m hearing now the emission, and things seems pretty fine.
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> On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 8:53 PM, { brad brace } <bbrace at eskimo.com> wrote:
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>> I've been using Shoutcast for years but have noticed a
>> dramatic decrease in both the number of listeners (excluding
>> all the bots and spiders), and dependability of service
>> (connection errors).
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>> Is there a better (free/Mac) alternative?
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>> thanks for any suggestions...    /:b
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