[icecast] what I'd like to do

Chris Parrinello chrisp at ryoko.chrispy.net
Wed Apr 4 18:01:12 UTC 2001



> 
> the bitrate on the mp3's is 128 (great for listening off the HD)
> 
> whats a good bitrate to encode for streaming audio?

I think this might be the problem 128kbps isn't going to work over a modem.

I think 24kbps is probably the pratical limit for 56k modems. 56k modems might
be able to get a 32kbps stream but only under optimal conditions.

Chris

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