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You can stream directly from a Windows machine using the free Windows Media encoder software. I've often seen this used to webcast shows at venues. Kevin disclaimer: I was on the team that wrote v7 of the encoder. ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Rainer Thelonius Balthasar Straschill" <rs@moinlabs.de> Reply-To: <rs@moinlabs.de> Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 00:58:22 +0200 >I'm currently negotiating with a place regarding a possible looping live >show. This place has a DSL internet access (don't have information about >bandwith yet). > >I'd like to ask you whether any of you has experience with streaming live >shows on the internet. From what I understand, you basically need two >things >(technically): > >a) a stream source, which encodes the received audio (e.g. from an audio >input on the computer) and sends it out to a server. Bandwith requirement: >what it takes to transmit the stream. Example: SimpleCast >b) a stream server, which receives the audio stream from the source (a) >and >sends it to the audients. Bandwith requirement: the stream times the >audients. Example Icecast. >c) possible relay servers, which take a stream from a server (b) and send >it >out to the audients. > >Specifically, I'd like to know whether you know of any affordable (read: >free si possible :-) services doing the (b) part? Also, any hints >regarding >the software for (a) would be appreciated (windows platform). > >Thanks, > > Rainer > >Rainer Thelonius Balthasar Straschill >Moinlabs GFX and Soundworks - www.moinlabs.de >The Straschill Family Group - www.straschill.de >digital penis expert group - www.dpeg.de >Eclectic Blah - www.eblah.de > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Kevin Goldsmith remove "online" from reply address Unit Circle Media http://www.unitcircle.com ------------------------------------------------------------- --