What is Icecast and Shoutcast?
What is Icecast and Shoutcast? The latest versions of Icecast, Steamcast, and Shoutcast allow you to have multiple streams in one radio server. For instance: Your radio can have two streams; a high-quality stream (e.g., at a bitrate of 320 Kbps). And a low-quality stream for listeners on limited data plans or slow connections.
What is Icecast used for?
Icecast is a streaming media (audio/video) server which currently supports Ogg (Vorbis and Theora), Opus, WebM and MP3 streams. It can be used to create an Internet radio station or a privately running jukebox and many things in between.
Is Icecast safe?
A vulnerability discovered in Icecast streaming media server could be leveraged by an attacker to kill the broadcast of online radio stations that rely on it to reach their audience. The flaw is sufficient to trigger a segmentation fault in the server process – an access violation condition that leads to a crash.
What is the best software for internet radio?
- RadioDJ – Witt track management.
- PlayIt Live – Easy to install.
- Mixxx – With up to 64 samples cart.
- SAM Broadcaster Pro – Simple to use voice-tracking.
- RadioBOSS – With versatile event scheduler.
