Icecast

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Icecast

https://icecast.org/
Streaming media server

Icecast is a streaming media server which currently supports WebM and Ogg streaming including the Opus, Vorbis and Theora codecs. Also Icecast can handle other streams like MP3/AAC/NSV in legacy mode, but this is not officially supported.

It can be used to create an Internet radio station or a privately running jukebox and many things in between. It is very versatile in that new formats can be added relatively easily and supports open standards for communication and interaction.

Icecast was first released in 1999 as an alternative to proprietary and patent-encumbered streaming audio technologies of the day, which included both RealAudio and Shoutcast. Later, Icecast 2 brought improved metadata support, compatibility with Shoutcast clients, and more advanced configuration options, which were features that lead to widespread adoption in the internet radio community.





Licensing

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License

GPLv2

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Janet Casey

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19 March 2001




Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)Role
Philipp Schafft
Karl Heyes
Thomas B. Rücker
Jack Moffitt Maintainer
Michael Smith


Resources and communication

AudienceResource typeURI
SupportE-mailmailto:icecast@xiph.org
DeveloperE-mailmailto:icecast-dev@xiph.org
DeveloperVCS Repository Webviewhttp://www.icecast.org/svn.php
Ruby (Ref)https://rubygems.org/gems/icecast


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