[icecast-dev] Hot Topic: Icecast in Macromedia Flash

Jack Moffitt
Fri, 06 Aug 2004 14:57:35 -0000

> I am trying to build an mp3 player in Macromedia Flash that would work with
> Icecast. Using Flash as a mp3 player instead of Winamp, XMMS,. could
> democratize Icecast because Flash is cross-platform/cross-browser, it is
> installed on almost every computer connected to the internet and it will be
> embedded into a webpage.

Unfortunately flash doesn't work on many of the xiph developers
platform of choice (ppc linux), nor does it support Ogg.  So while
interesting, it's not nearly as democratizing as one would at first
think.

jack.