[Icecast] re-encoding questions

[Geoff Shang]

Guy McArthur wrote:

> A couple pf questions regarding reencoding... I've got ogg, mp3, and aac 
> files to stream.
> a) What are the restrictions in the current version of ices (0.4?), is it 
> that channels and samplerate must be equal in all files?

Nope, these can be different if reencoding.  Note that I can't remember if 
AAC support is in the 0.4 release or only SVN.

> b) will they be reencoded to ogg or to mp3, or is there a choice?

MP3.

Geoff.



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