i've just came across the "Mediaplayers that support Icecast streams" section on http://icecast.org/apps/ i think i'd be worth to note that a plain browser-based Jplayer (html5 audio /w flash fallback) setup, as you can find here for example: http://jplayer.org/latest/demo-08/ works rock solid with icecast, for days without any glitches. --u