Re: streaming live shows

["Kevin Goldsmith" <kevin-ml@unitcircle.com>]

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
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>
>

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