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[pyrillix]

You made it way too complicated for people who want to try streaming, in particular the bandwidth required. Using ustream all you need is 400 kps upload or better, ustream takes care of the bandwidth required for distribution. You could literally hit millions of veiwers and ustream takes care of the charges and bandwidth, so its free. I suspect all the streaming sites work like this, and there is some really great free software for streaming audio and video..

[soundboy]

Internet radio can be so simple. My stations were a breeze to set up after i had found the right hosting and some dj's to help host. Remember content is the key!

I found great help from a small forum, www.broadcastingworld.net. James is a great guy (owner) and the rest of the crew will help you out with finding the right software and give you some free voiceovers too.

[fjhaynes]

He didn't make it complicated. It IS complicated, but too many people go in like babes in the woods thinking you just hook this to that and you're online. Nope.

Either their stations don't sound good or they really don't have a driving reason for putting up the station in the first place, so they soon quit. Those are the hard facts, I'm afraid.

The biggest question to ask yourself before going through all the trouble of putting up a radio station: WHY?

[gfheiche]

Icast2 does not work for windows 7!!

Here are quotes from their website:
Icecast2
Version: 2.3.2
Date Added: Mar 3, 2010
Operating Systems: Windows XP, Windows NT, Windows 2000

How can one set up one's own internet radio station in Windows 7?

[Jeffkw]

As fjhaynes wrote, it is complicated, and getting clear instructions in a short story is tough. Nicely done, Patrick Miller!

[A41202813]

Sooner Or Later RIAA Will Eat Your Heart Out.

JANGO.COM Is The Next Best Thing.

[lgblklimo]

soundboy, on 05 March 2010 - 04:37 PM, said:

Internet radio can be so simple. My stations were a breeze to set up after i had found the right hosting and some dj's to help host. Remember content is the key!

I found great help from a small forum, www.broadcastingworld.net. James is a great guy (owner) and the rest of the crew will help you out with finding the right software and give you some free voiceovers too.

[lgblklimo]

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Internet radio can be so simple. My stations were a breeze to set up after i had found the right hosting and some dj's to help host. Remember content is the key!

I found great help from a small forum, www.broadcastingworld.net. James is a great guy (owner) and the rest of the crew will help you out with finding the right software and give you some free voiceovers too.
Hi I,considering starting a station,formerly I was an radio announcer @ a local urban station in my town I would love too pick it up where I left off I really miss the audiance out there i want to know how to really get me a station up

[EthanMickelsonmbxs]

can I play songs that I have purchased on iTunes on my station?

can I play songs that I have purchased on iTunes on my station?

[AliBondarxj1k]

ali bondar music

[MarcusBittle]

This is easy didn't take to long to get it up and going! Thanks

[elroyfamily]

Dear All
Actualy i could not get any information from here, i need to make a christian internet Radio. before that 1 months i need to run Test , so where i can found free internet radio streeming for one months. ( after one moths i will buy a server space )
Thanks
sijukallada

www.elroyfamily.org

[elroyfamily]

is here any solustions for this issue ?

[ReneT]

Please, instructions for setting a regular radio station from the internet?, different country,yeah1us@gmail.com, thanks

[dumbledore27]

Only one question: How do you start recording from your mic?

[A41202813]

@dumbledore27

Start Your Own Thread.

http://forums.pcworl...new_post&f=2024

You Will Have A Lot More Answers.

Good Luck.

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PS. Sorry For These Recurring Posts.

[Lindhoff]

This is a well written, helpful and interesting article. It is the only article I found that actually

stated what I needed to know. However, there are some items that caused me confusion and I trust the

following is helpful for those wishing to set up their own internal & external service:

Icecast.xml

1. "For the 'hostname' tag, enter your IP address"
This is always "localhost" OR your LOCAL IP address. It is NOT your external IP address and the comment

"Otherwise, you can find your outside IP address at WhatsMyIP.net" is misleading.

I set my LOCAL IP address to a specific address (i.e. no DHCP) that enabled me to operate additional

streams on different PCs by using additional ports (e.g. 192.168.1.210 @ port 8000 & 192.168.1.220 @ port

8001).

2. "The 'port' tag[s]" MUST be forwarded in your router (not probably) for this is how your stream(s) can

be accessed externally. You can stop your stream from external access by turning off the port forwarding

BUT... to save you having to do this...

3. "The source password" can be helpful here. It must be matched in the Edcast encoder[s] and this enables

switching off external access by mismatching the source password.

Edcast

4. On each server PC (if more than one) you can have as many encoders as your system can tolerate each at

different bit rates, stream types/mountpoints. You may therefore have different encoders for internal &

external access. I have one set to 320kbps for local access and another at 96kbps for external. Only the

external mountpoint detail is given to users and I can control whether it is accessible or not by matching

or mismatching the encoder password in the icecast.xml.

5. Note that ALL encoders will attempt to connect and I changed the "Reconnect seconds" to a large number

to avoid constant retries for mismatched passwords.

To control external access you may prefer to create/delete the specific encoder containing the user mountpoint and this may be a better approach.

The following is misleading: (it is true only for local access)

"If your IP address is 192.168.0.1 and you are using port 8000 and you set the mountpoint to '/stream.ogg', your listeners can tune in by pointing their audio player of choice to http://192.168.0.1:8000/stream.ogg."

This IS where your external IP address IS required, so the address should be:
http:/(my external IP add.):8000/stream.ogg

But as your external IP address is probably not fixed, the DynDNS method mentioned is most worthy and your external access address would then become:
http://(mysubdomain).dyndns.org:8000/stream.ogg

Hope this helps.

[JarodMedart]

gfheiche, on 07 March 2010 - 06:11 PM, said:

Icast2 does not work for windows 7!!

Here are quotes from their website:
Icecast2
Version: 2.3.2
Date Added: Mar 3, 2010
Operating Systems: Windows XP, Windows NT, Windows 2000

How can one set up one's own internet radio station in Windows 7?

I'm running it great on windows 7 64bit. you just have to have the right version of icecast2 or it wont work.

[JarodMedart]

Lindhoff, on 29 January 2012 - 03:38 AM, said:

This is a well written, helpful and interesting article. It is the only article I found that actually

stated what I needed to know. However, there are some items that caused me confusion and I trust the

following is helpful for those wishing to set up their own internal & external service:

Icecast.xml

1. "For the 'hostname' tag, enter your IP address"
This is always "localhost" OR your LOCAL IP address. It is NOT your external IP address and the comment

"Otherwise, you can find your outside IP address at WhatsMyIP.net" is misleading.

I set my LOCAL IP address to a specific address (i.e. no DHCP) that enabled me to operate additional

streams on different PCs by using additional ports (e.g. 192.168.1.210 @ port 8000 & 192.168.1.220 @ port

8001).

2. "The 'port' tag[s]" MUST be forwarded in your router (not probably) for this is how your stream(s) can

be accessed externally. You can stop your stream from external access by turning off the port forwarding

BUT... to save you having to do this...

3. "The source password" can be helpful here. It must be matched in the Edcast encoder[s] and this enables

switching off external access by mismatching the source password.

Edcast

4. On each server PC (if more than one) you can have as many encoders as your system can tolerate each at

different bit rates, stream types/mountpoints. You may therefore have different encoders for internal &

external access. I have one set to 320kbps for local access and another at 96kbps for external. Only the

external mountpoint detail is given to users and I can control whether it is accessible or not by matching

or mismatching the encoder password in the icecast.xml.

5. Note that ALL encoders will attempt to connect and I changed the "Reconnect seconds" to a large number

to avoid constant retries for mismatched passwords.

To control external access you may prefer to create/delete the specific encoder containing the user mountpoint and this may be a better approach.

The following is misleading: (it is true only for local access)

"If your IP address is 192.168.0.1 and you are using port 8000 and you set the mountpoint to '/stream.ogg', your listeners can tune in by pointing their audio player of choice to http://192.168.0.1:8000/stream.ogg."

This IS where your external IP address IS required, so the address should be:
http:/(my external IP add.):8000/stream.ogg

But as your external IP address is probably not fixed, the DynDNS method mentioned is most worthy and your external access address would then become:
http://(mysubdomain).dyndns.org:8000/stream.ogg

Hope this helps.

Great info above.

as a general rule of thumb if you have computer or programs trying to communicate on the same network use the internal IP address of the computer, otherwise the program/computer will be sending its info requests out to the web and then back to the computer adding lag to the connection.
Only use the external IP for computers/programs trying to communicate from outside the network. your listeners would use the external IP address to communicate and listen to your music. However most home broadband connections don't have a static external IP address, so i recommend using a DNS service. Most of these services have a program that you can install on your computer that will every so often check what you external IP is and send that to your DNS host. If you have a good router sometimes this feature is built in. All the free DNS service does is when someone types in ( (subdomain).(dnshost).com) it routes the request the the external IP address that they have for your computer. This is so your listeners won't have to constantly ask you for your current ext IP so they can listen.