How To: Online Radio?

Shaggybuns · 10-19-2004, 05:24 AM

Hey I'm just curious how to go about setting up an online radio station, what's involved and how much it costs to do this and run it?

I'm in New Zealand BTW.

Cheers people.

**ZER0X** · 10-19-2004, 10:34 AM

Get WINAMP, and then download Shoutcast.....you can set up a free online radio...and people who visit the shoutcast site, and see your radio station might go into it and check it out....Make your radio station stand out from the rest

DK999k · 10-19-2004, 07:00 PM

I wouldent advise you do that... things like shoutcast and jetcast are not suitible for streaming audia/video to people you dont know because they are basically connecting DIRECTLY to your computer/hard drive using those kinds of software. (and it gets around ur firewall if you have given that program access rights to the internet.)

Also, software like that is limited to ur internet (upload) bandwidth. if u have some audio at 20Kbps (20Kbps is fairly low quality) and you have an upload speed for 33k (like on a 56K modem) then you can only have 1 person listening to ur radio. (You can calculate this by taking the upload bandwidth divided by the bit rate of the audio)

If you want more people to be able to listen to ur online radio then get a server (they are quite expensive, if you dont have the funds then find a friend who does and ask if they can upload it to their server for you. Or you can try a free or evaluation server here.

**ZER0X** · 10-20-2004, 04:49 AM

Well yes he could do that...but he could easily just use that program just to...iono...Practice

or something... theres no real harm on using....there are tons of people who use it

DK999k · 10-21-2004, 08:36 AM

lol, yeah its goood for 'practice'

But the last time i used jetcast someone hacked my registry. Luckily windows makes its own back-up now and again. At least i was able to get the MoFo's IP address before i got the critical error message.

Its all good now though, after windows recovered itself i just rolled back the settings and everything was normal...

Make sure you dont list your online radio in the shoutcast directory so you dont get any idiots trying to hack ur computer.

DK999k · 10-21-2004, 08:40 AM

Oh yeah, and we've forgotten to give you some links to where you can get the software for the online radio.

You can get Jetcast Here .................... (Jetcast is part of Jetaudio)

You can get shoutcast here

Hope this helps.

**ZER0X** · 10-21-2004, 08:40 AM

Quote:

lol, yeah its goood for 'practice'

Well I was stumped for words so thats all I could think off

b3n · 10-26-2004, 09:21 AM

Shoutcast has alot of problems tho...

**ZER0X** · 10-30-2004, 01:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by b3n

Shoutcast has alot of problems tho...

Yer expecially trying to get it happenin the first time you use it....

It can be a pain

10-19-2004, 05:24 AM	#1 (permalink)
Shaggybuns New Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1	How To: Online Radio? Hey I'm just curious how to go about setting up an online radio station, what's involved and how much it costs to do this and run it? I'm in New Zealand BTW. Cheers people.

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ZER0X Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Australia Age: 18 Posts: 1,405	Get WINAMP, and then download Shoutcast.....you can set up a free online radio...and people who visit the shoutcast site, and see your radio station might go into it and check it out....Make your radio station stand out from the rest __________________ AMD X2 4000+ Socket AM2 2Gb RAM DDR2 667 Dual Channel 160Gb ATA100 8mb Nvidia GeForce 8600GT PCI-E 256mb

10-19-2004, 07:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
DK999k Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: United Kingdom Age: 18 Posts: 90	I wouldent advise you do that... things like shoutcast and jetcast are not suitible for streaming audia/video to people you dont know because they are basically connecting DIRECTLY to your computer/hard drive using those kinds of software. (and it gets around ur firewall if you have given that program access rights to the internet.) Also, software like that is limited to ur internet (upload) bandwidth. if u have some audio at 20Kbps (20Kbps is fairly low quality) and you have an upload speed for 33k (like on a 56K modem) then you can only have 1 person listening to ur radio. (You can calculate this by taking the upload bandwidth divided by the bit rate of the audio) If you want more people to be able to listen to ur online radio then get a server (they are quite expensive, if you dont have the funds then find a friend who does and ask if they can upload it to their server for you. Or you can try a free or evaluation server here. __________________ http://www.j-sig.com/sig2166.png

10-20-2004, 04:49 AM	#4 (permalink)
ZER0X Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Australia Age: 18 Posts: 1,405	Well yes he could do that...but he could easily just use that program just to...iono...Practice or something... theres no real harm on using....there are tons of people who use it __________________ AMD X2 4000+ Socket AM2 2Gb RAM DDR2 667 Dual Channel 160Gb ATA100 8mb Nvidia GeForce 8600GT PCI-E 256mb

10-21-2004, 08:36 AM	#5 (permalink)
DK999k Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: United Kingdom Age: 18 Posts: 90	lol, yeah its goood for 'practice' But the last time i used jetcast someone hacked my registry. Luckily windows makes its own back-up now and again. At least i was able to get the MoFo's IP address before i got the critical error message. Its all good now though, after windows recovered itself i just rolled back the settings and everything was normal... Make sure you dont list your online radio in the shoutcast directory so you dont get any idiots trying to hack ur computer. __________________ http://www.j-sig.com/sig2166.png

10-21-2004, 08:40 AM	#6 (permalink)
DK999k Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: United Kingdom Age: 18 Posts: 90	Oh yeah, and we've forgotten to give you some links to where you can get the software for the online radio. You can get Jetcast Here .................... (Jetcast is part of Jetaudio) You can get shoutcast here Hope this helps. __________________ http://www.j-sig.com/sig2166.png

10-26-2004, 09:21 AM	#8 (permalink)
b3n VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 373	Shoutcast has alot of problems tho... __________________ WinXP Home SP2 Intel Celeron D 3.1ghz XFX nVidia Geforce4 MX4000 128mb AGP 8x 512mb RAM 160 HD (2x80GB) Lite-On DL CDRW/DVD -/+ R RW 16x 17" LCD - 1280x1024@75hz www.glaciagames.com

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