[Icecast] bandwidth calculation

[Daniel Ballenger]

I'm pretty sure that the protocol used by icecast is TCP so you also
have the overhead from TCP to add, though in the end, the overhead
probably isn't enough to be really noticed.

-Daniel

On 7/14/05, carlo <right_tack at katamail.com> wrote:
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> Hi all, 
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> my question: 
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> how is the exact formula to calculate bandwidth needed to upstream at given
> bitrate to a certain number of simultaneous listeners ? 
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> is it simply BANDWIDTH (bps) = BITRATE (bps) X LISTENERS ? 
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> tnx in advance, 
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> carlo. 
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Daniel Ballenger
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