FW: [Icecast] Server Requirements

[Matthew Lamb]

davidhooper at tiscali.co.uk wrote:
> Hi J,
>
>   
>> Hi David, 
>> Do you know of a flash player that works for icecast and IE7?
>>     
>
> Whilst I've never used the software myself I came across Wimpy via the Icecast
> forum:
> http://forum.icecast.org/viewtopic.php?p=2822&
>
> You may want to give it a try.
>
>   

I'm currently having major issues with wimpy and IE7. Issues such as - 
it doesn't work.
if anybody else has seen similar issues with wimpy - and has found a 
solution, please let me know the secret!


Matt
>> j
>>     
>
> Regards,
> David
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: icecast-bounces at xiph.org [mailto:icecast-bounces at xiph.org] On Behalf
>> Of davidhooper at tiscali.co.uk
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 11:49 AM
>> To: icecast at xiph.org
>> Subject: Re: [Icecast] Server Requirements
>>
>> Hi Chip,
>>
>>     
>>> hi david
>>>       
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I'm looking to stream a large amount of conncurrent connects and want
>>>>         
>> to
>>     
>>>> use icecast probably on a CentOS base. The bandwidth requirements are
>>>>         
>> over
>>     
>>>> 60 Mbps before any overheads, I'm looking at using some Dell SC1425
>>>>         
>> machines
>>     
>>>> but am not sure how many I'd need, I'd appreciated hearing your
>>>>         
>> experiences
>>     
>>>> and suggestions.
>>>>         
>>> this is probably of some tangential relevance:
>>>
>>> http://www.icecast.org/loadtest1.php
>>>       
>> Thanks for the link I will have a good look through. At first glance it's
>> looking impressive.
>>
>>     
>>> Oddsock tested up to 14,000 concurrent users - but it was only
>>> listeners that were tested for. it would be great to see another test
>>> to simulate concurrent encoders and listeners.
>>>       
>> Am I right in thinking when using the likes of SAM, Oddcast, Simplecast
>>     
> the
>   
>> encoding is done clientside? Under what circumstance would the encoding
>>     
> load
>   
>> be server-side? On-demand delivery?
>>
>>     
>>> anyway, Icecast appears to scale very nicely.
>>>       
>> It looks that way.
>>
>>     
>>> cheers
>>>
>>> Chip
>>>       
>> Thanks,
>> David
>>
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