Hello John: Just as another John already answered you, a DSL connection is not enough to broadcast from home to many listeners. I have 768 kb upload speed and is not enough. Similarly, many services that offer streaming overload their systems with the result of periodic fading of the signal at peak hours, so you must either contract a reputable streaming service or set up your own in a VPS or dedicated server.
As far as software, the two major ones are Shoutcast and Icecast, they are both free; to manage the streaming server, unless you write your own software, there are likewise two major options: Centova Cast and WHMSonic, neither one is free. As far as tutorials, you may find some at www.centova.com and www.shoutcast.com but the best I found is at www.mushroomfm.com. However, there is a lot to learn, you will need to go to Google and do some research as problems present themselves. I am using Shoutcast 2 in my VPS and trying to script my way to handle it without Centova or WHMSonic, a complex task for which I have found little help. My previous message to this list went unanswered and although I have looked extensively in forums, still have some difficulties. Regards, Humberto -----Original Message----- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of John Chilelli Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2013 1:47 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: PHP and Shoutcast Hi Humberto, I am wanting seriously to do a internet radio broadcast and was wondering if shoutcast was the way to go. I don't want to just broadcast to a few folks, but to mmany many. I am truly a greenhorn concerning all of this stuff. I have a MacBook Pro that I am just learning and I am running a Kruzweil K2600 keyboard through an Allen - Heath Zed 12FX mixer that I just got today. I have a lot to learn and I was also wondering if you would point me to some simple but good tutorials or podcasts on this subject? Thanks much, Blessings, John On 5/1/2013 9:53 PM, Humberto Rodriguez wrote: > Hello all, > > I have installed Shoutcast 2 in my VPS and have figured out how to obtain > stats and more, but although I am able to easy start, stop and restart the > server in the background from the command line or with a shell script, I > have not been able to do it from a PHP script from the browser, for easy > management. The shell_exec() function does not do it, for some reason > uncomprehended by me. > > I have searched extensively in Google and Winamp without success. Any ideas > of how to do it, or where to find the answer? > > TIA, > > Humberto > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
