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The best advice I can give for new users looking to start streaming audio is to sign up for the icecast mailing list. Consult the archives for any older posts that may relate to your own question. You may find answers to questions you haven't even had yet. I will post additional tips and methods for improving quality as time goes on and as I become more familiar with the latest icecast.
If there is a feature missing from icecast or ices that you would like to see added, file an "enhancement" level report at http://bugs.xiph.org/. You will have to first create an account on the bugzilla page.
This file is what we reference on our page and is called kslradio.asx. It launches the Windows Media Player.
<ASX VERSION="3"> <ENTRY> <REF HREF="http://icecast.ksl.com:8000"> </ENTRY> </ASX> |
This next file is called kslradio.pls and is available for reference on our site as well. It launches the Winamp Player.
[playlist] NumberOfEntries=1 File1=http://icecast.ksl.com:8000 Title1=KSL Radio 1160 (((AM Radio))) |
This last file is what launches an Ogg Vorbis player, usually XMMS for Linux users or Winamp for Windows users. It is called kslogg.pls.
[playlist] NumberOfEntries=1 File1=http://icecast2.ksl.com:8000/ksl.ogg Title1=KSL Radio 1160 (((AM Radio))) |
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