Tag Archives: streaming

March, 2010

• 4 March

  What is FFmpeg hosting?

  Question: What is FFmpeg hosting? Answer: FFmpeg is a suite of tools that provide users with video manipulation, editing, streaming, and recording capabilities on numerous platforms and multiple formats. As the name indicates, it supports a number of mpeg compression formats as well as other open and proprietary video codecs. …

February, 2010

• 4 February

  Apple's open source streaming server

  In a previous post, we learned about two streaming media servers, one proprietary (Shoutcast) and one open source (Icecast). But there are other free and open source media servers, and one worth noting is Darwin Streaming Server (DSS), which is based on Apple’s Quicktime Streaming Server (QTSS). DSS supports RTP …

January, 2010

• 5 January

  How to install Shoutcast on a Linux server

  Yesterday, we learned about two radio streaming servers available for Linux: Shoutcast and Icecast. Today, you will learn how to install and setup a Shoutcast server. In this example, you will create a special user to run Shoutcast, rather than having it run as root, which is a security risk. …
• 4 January

  Radio broadcasting from a web server

  Setting up a radio broadcast requires two main components: 1. server-side streaming software and 2. some type of streaming software on your local computer that sends streaming music through the server. There are many popular audio streaming solutions, but two of the most common free solutions are Shoutcast and Icecast. …
• 4 January

  How to create a music playlist for your website

  Question: How do I stream Mp3s to my website visitors using an m3u playlist? Answer: Setting up an m3u playlist is very easy to do. Once you have it setup, visitors will be able to listen to your site’s Mp3s either by opening the m3u playlist in a music player …

June, 2009

• 2 June

  CBS News to stream live news on Ustream

  In an attempt to attract a younger, more internet-savvy audience, CBS News has partnered with a website called Ustream to simulcast its news online. The web site will show CBS News with Katie Couric live over the Internet. Their hope is that streaming their news with third-party websites will attract …