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...es that indicate that Redhad would be a preferred distro to use? What are people's experience around here that run large (20k plus listener) icecast setups? What hardware / OSs do you use and why? Also, can icecast relay WMA9? We decided to go with the Spacial Audio SOS product to deal with AFTRA requirements, and it supports encoding to mp3, mp3pro, WMA9, and OGG - is it much of a headache to have an icecast server be able to relay mp3 and WMA9 streams at the same time? Thanks for your help -- Michael Hale <giftculture@gmail.com> gift culture http://www.gift-culture.org init s...

...ions) scalability issues, but I could be wrong. I'd expect the windows version to have much more serious issues, other OSes such as linux, solaris, or *bsd should basically be fine,. > > Also, can icecast relay WMA9? We decided to go with the Spacial Audio > SOS product to deal with AFTRA requirements, and it supports encoding > to mp3, mp3pro, WMA9, and OGG - is it much of a headache to have an > icecast server be able to relay mp3 and WMA9 streams at the same time? Our primary aim is to have excellent support for free formats (primarily, this means the xiph codecs - we'...

...come across and it is my understanding is that traditional radio stations are not exempt if they broadcast via the web. In short, the RIAA and the labels it represents are greedy individuals and will take their money whereever they can get it. If the money is green they want it. I believe it is AFTRA that has raised a stink about webcasting commercials, many stations have either pulled their webcasts or have silenced their webcasts when AFTRA artists provide the voice over. This in particular applies to national ads, ie for GM, IBM, or some other major company w/ a nationwide push. The point...

Last year I arranged with my college radio station and ITS department to webcast the radiostation using icecast. The webcast has been a wonderful success so far. My problem now is not technical, but political. A few days ago I recieved the following message from the station director: ================================================================== hey josh, i talked to [faculty advisor]

Hi There, I have just ported to Linux a program that I wrote years ago in Prolog under DOS to automate our Shortwave radio station. Back in 1990 the original program used ADPCM coded audio files and a special board. Now I can use MP3 files and a Soundblaster compatible card ;-) under Linux, and it runs from a console without any fancy interface. I absolutely need to fade-in and fade-out