[icecast-dev] Could Icecast be used for this application?

[Michael Smith]

On Wednesday 02 June 2004 05:08, Ready, Matthew wrote:
> I am developing an application that will require many users to be able
> to request audio files on demand from a server.  There will be thousands
> of individual audio files.  Eventually there will be hundreds of
> simultaneous users requesting different audio files at different times.

Icecast can do this (but so can any web server - this doesn't require a 
streaming server like icecast).

>
> This type of application will require a full fledged audio server at
> some time.

.. but icecast might be a reasonable choice anyway, if you want to do actual 
streaming in the future.

>
> Could Icecast be used for this purpose?
>
> If Icecast is used, can it be bundled with a commercial application?

Yes. You should read the license yourself for the full details, but basically 
you're required to supply the icecast source if any of your customers ask for 
it (this is not a particularly significant requirement - but it _does_ mean 
that you must provide the full source for any changes to icecast that you 
make). The application it is bundled with is not affected in any way by this 
license.

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> Can Icecast be used in a commercial endeavor?  Where people are charged
> to listen to audio coming from an Icecast server?

Yes. If you're using it commercially, we'd love to see a donation of some sort 
(see http://www.xiph.org for details - it's even tax-deductible!), but 
there's no obligation.

>
> Finally, if Icecast is used...do I need my own server?  Or are there any
> hosts out there that already run Icecast and would simply host my audio
> files for a fee?

There are some people running icecast hosting services, I believe. We don't 
maintain a list (perhaps we should?), but a web search will probably find 
some. Or maybe one of them will contact you off-list about this.

>
> Did I send this message correctly?

Well, you sent it to the wrong list - this is a question about using icecast 
(and so should go to icecast at xiph.org), not about developing icecast. But 
that's ok.

Mike

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