On Thu, 2007-03-08 at 20:12 +0100, Ben Humpert wrote: > > Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 10:15:36 -0800 > > > > Hi all, > > > > Believe it or not I actually have an on topic discussion I'd like to > > start.... ;) > > > > I contacted one of the Spokane, WA radio stations because I could > not > > listen to their streaming audio and received a response asking what > I > > would recommend as the person was very unhappy with what he was > > currently using. > > > > What I'm asking here is, what open source friendly streaming audio > > protocols are the best one's out there and why? I would like to give > > this guy an intelligent answer. > > > > TIA > > > > SHOUTcast ist working great, its used by many thousands (or millions) > of users without problems its using http (port 80 streaming is also > possible for listeners behind firewall). > also there are XPI Plugins for netscape/firefox and for sure for IE > afaik there are no licences to pay for > > if he want to use video-streaming too, he should give NSV (Nullsoft > Streaming Video) a try, it uses the same plugins and can handle > mp3/ogg/aac as audio. The video-codec it uses is only free of charge > for non-commercial users but i guess a license isnt expensive, cause > its already some years old. > > If he or someone else need some advice where to get files, infos, etc. > just respond, i have established a whole resource for all of the > codecs and files.
Thanks Ben, I will research this some more. Can you give me some appropriate links? I'm a little lazy today....;) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
