Thanks mike let me get more detailed for you all then. As i understand it - ICECAST - is actually the streaming server itself but where does it reside? I am looking to go back to broadcasting from a streaming server on a 24/7 basis. I was looking through the documentation on the icecast site but it talks of detials that i did not have to handle and my host company did. What im looking for is: A) How would i gain access of use of an icecast streaming server B) What are the costs involved (per listener or per block of listeners) C) Will i be able to have direct access to uploading the audio for streaming D) Will i be able to have direct access to setting / editing a playlist of the files. F) When my djs Do their shows LIVE, what tools are usualy used or best implemented for streaming directly to the icecast server from the djs remote location. -----Original Message----- From: Michael Smith [mailto:mlrsmith@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 6:13 AM To: eric@wearesp.com Cc: icecast@xiph.org Subject: Re: [Icecast] Icecast? what it is? will it work for me? On 6/16/05, Eric Robinson <eric@wearesp.com> wrote:> > As of this moment i find that the streaming system that has been made > available to me might be taken offline and would no longer be > an option from my hosting company. > What is ICECAST and would it work for what i need? > Would it include the certain features that i would require for user > capability?How are we supposed to answer questions like these, when you don't say what you're trying to do? Icecast is a streaming media server. The website, including the documentation, has a lot more details. Mike -----Original Message----- From: icecast-bounces@xiph.org [mailto:icecast-bounces@xiph.org]On Behalf Of Eric Robinson Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 4:48 PM To: icecast@xiph.org Subject: [Icecast] Icecast? what it is? will it work for me? As of this moment i find that the streaming system that has been made available to me might be taken offline and would no longer be an option from my hosting company. What is ICECAST and would it work for what i need? Would it include the certain features that i would require for user capability? _______________________________________________ Icecast mailing list Icecast@xiph.org http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/icecast
On 6/17/05, Eric Robinson <eric@wearesp.com> wrote:> Thanks mike > let me get more detailed for you all then. > > As i understand it - ICECAST - is actually the streaming server itself > but where does it reside?Right, icecast is the server. It resides on a server, somewhere - somewhere with enough bandwidth for your needs. You can either run your own server, or there are companies which offer hosted services for this sort of thing (anyone running something like this, feel free to contact Eric, but only off-list).> > I am looking to go back to broadcasting from a streaming server on a 24/7 > basis. > I was looking through the documentation on the icecast site but > it talks of detials that i did not have to handle and my host company did. > What im looking for is: > A) How would i gain access of use of an icecast streaming serverYou either run your own, or pay someone to run one for you.> B) What are the costs involved (per listener or per block of listeners)If you run your own, you need pay only for your bandwidth. If you pay someone else, they will provide you with pricing. Icecast itself is just software, we don't provide hosting services.> C) Will i be able to have direct access to uploading the audio for streaming > D) Will i be able to have direct access to setting / editing a playlist of > the files.If you run your own, of course. If you use a hosted service, you'd have to ask them.> F) When my djs Do their shows LIVE, what tools are usualy used or best > implemented for streaming directly to the icecast server from the djs remote > location.There are many, I personally use ices2 (of which I'm the primary author, so I'm a bit biased :-), but I can't recommend anything in particular, since what's good depends on precisely what you're doing, and on what platform you're running on (ices2 only runs on unix-like systems, for example). Mike
So i was asked to shoot the request here in the list serv to get a proper responce. Im looking for someone to setup an Icecast server for me. Im not sure of what other questions to ask so ill start with that one and please reply to me DIRECTLY instead of to the list? This is more a private conversation then a public one as 90% of the list readers already understand this and dont need to be botherd with our conversation. Im looking for someone to setup a server for me and ill need to know your cost and why.