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Help Needed: Streaming Music in the Plot o' Land

Goodwrench Grayson
Classic Gaming Nut
Join date: 18 Jun 2004
Posts: 223
06-22-2004 21:40
I've searched these forums thoroughly and looked on the internet at great length and all I can say is that either I'm using the wrong keywords, or there is a complete dearth of information as to how to get Shoutcast working at all.

As someone who's not a programmer, but very saavy, I'm having a problem figuring out this streaming music problem. I have a second, networked PC ready to deliver streaming music, but I just can't get the knack.

And so I turn to you, my fellow SL-izens. Who among you can explain the process in words that even I can understand. :D Failing that, I'd love to be pointed in the right direction.

Thanks in advance.
Grim Lupis
Dark Wolf
Join date: 11 Jul 2003
Posts: 762
Not an answer to your actual question...
06-23-2004 07:49
But have you tried Icecast? http://www.icecast.org/

It has basically the same functionality as Shoutcast, but is much better documented.
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Goodwrench Grayson
Classic Gaming Nut
Join date: 18 Jun 2004
Posts: 223
06-23-2004 08:38
Thanks for the tip. I've looked at that site too... Perhaps I'm just assuming that the whole thing is more GUI oriented than it actually is. I have no love of coding and from what I gather from the how-to's, I need to compile something or other.

The whole thing gives me a big headache. I can always go the Live365 route (even if their HTTP streams like to dance around), but was hoping there was a non-monthly way of doing it that doesn't drawn on my ability to edit text files. :D
Grim Lupis
Dark Wolf
Join date: 11 Jul 2003
Posts: 762
06-23-2004 08:43
Icecast is distributed in binary form (already compiled, setup program) for certain platforms. http://www.icecast.org/download.php

And there's a list of source clients (what you use to send your source stream to the icecast server) that work with icecast.
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Goodwrench Grayson
Classic Gaming Nut
Join date: 18 Jun 2004
Posts: 223
06-23-2004 08:45
Thanks, I'll give that a shot, then.... here's hoping. :)