Icecast

Icecast is an open source streaming media project maintained by the creators of the Ogg media format, Xiph.org Foundation. It also refers specifically to the server program which is part of the project.

=Technical details=

The Icecast server is capable of streaming content either as Ogg over standard HTTP, or as Nullsoft Streaming Video (as of version 2.2.0) or MP3 over the protocol used by SHOUTcast. It uses external programs, called source clients , to originate the streams, and the Icecast project includes a source client program known as IceS .

It has similar functionality to the Proprietary software media server program SHOUTcast, by Nullsoft.

=See also=

*IceShare is a Peer_to_peer implementation of Icecast

=External links=

*[http://www.icecast.org/ Icecast s Official Website] *[http://dir.xiph.org/ Directory of Icecast streams] *[http://freshmeat.net/projects/icecast Freshmeat s Icecast Site] *[http://www.linuxnetmag.com/en/issue4/m4icecast1.html Linux NetMag s Icecast Introduction Article] *[http://www.nabble.com/Icecast-f2880.html Icecast archive / forum]