Re: open source friendly streaming audio
On Thu, 2007-03-08 at 11:11 -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> 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
Andrew,
It was KGA. BTW, how did that flooring project go?
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