On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 10:15:36AM -0800, Gary Koskenmaki wrote: > Hi all, > > Believe it or not I actually have an on topic discussion I'd like to > start.... ;) > > I contacted one of the Spokane, WA radio stations because I could not > listen to their streaming audio and received a response asking what I > would recommend as the person was very unhappy with what he was > currently using. I live in Spokane and I spend advertising dollars on radio, so... who was it? I'll put boots on the ground and see what I can do to help from here. I'd be happy to help them get something going as I could use the learning experience and come really really cheap. > > What I'm asking here is, what open source friendly streaming audio > protocols are the best one's out there and why? I would like to give > this guy an intelligent answer. > A little judicious wikipedia reading suggests for truly free -- ogg over http using icecast. slightly less free but more supported on the client side would be mp3 over http with icecast. check here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_radio http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streaming_media#Streaming_media_technologies A
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