[Icecast] creating a station from the ground up

[William Hetherington]

Hi Bob,

Well, if you plan to do it from home - it's unlikely you'll be able to
support more than 3 people on a domestic internet connection, broadcasting
at 128kbps.....not sure what you have, connectivity wise there.

Can you run a speedtest? http://speedtest.net

Regards,

William

On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 8:26 PM, Bob Cavanaugh <bobdavcav at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hi William, Here's what I've got, I don't think getting a server is free,
> so will probably do it from the home computer.  If I can get a server for
> free, that's probably the way I'll go.  I'll probably stream at 128 kbps.
>
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>> From: William Hetherington <william.hetherington at gmail.com
>> To: icecast at xiph.org
>> Date sent: Wed, 5 May 2010 18:39:40 -0700
>> Subject: Re: [Icecast] creating a station from the ground up
>>
>
>  Hi bob,
>>
>
>  If you can give up some basic info - we can help you get started!
>>
>
>  How many people do you expect to listen to your streams? (Or
>>
> better
>
>> question: how many would you like to be able to support?)
>> Do you know what bitrate your stream will be?
>> Do you intend to rent a server - or run this from your home
>>
> connection?
>
>> If rented - What operating system will you be choosing?
>> If you want to set something up in your home do you:
>> a) Have a computer to run it on (it can be the same one you run
>>
> Icecast on)
>
>> b) What kind of internet connection do you have? The number of
>>
> people you
>
>> can support is directly relational to the upload capacity of your
>>
> connection
>
>> (and your stream bit rate)
>>
>
>  If you can answer these questions we can give you a much better
>>
> idea! If you
>
>> want some to just do all this for you, please feel free to send
>>
> me a mail
>
>> off-list, william.hetherington at gmail.com - I'd be happy to help.
>>
>
>  Regards,
>>
>
>  William Hetherington
>> willskills.com <http://www.willskills.com
>>
>
>  On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 2:39 PM, bob cavanaugh
>>
> <bobdavcav at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>   Hey all, I am looking to start my own station, but don’t know
>>>
>> where do
>
>> start.  I have edcast, so will use that to originate my
>>>
>> programs.  However,
>
>> how do I set up a server to broadcast to? Thanks.
>>>
>>
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