What is Icecast?

Icecast is an audio broadcasting system that streams music in both MP3 and Ogg Vorbis format. It is available under the terms of the GNU GPL. The main home page for the Icecast Project is located at http://www.icecast.org/. Source code for the Icecast program can be downloaded from off this site. Please note that when referring to the Project itself, Icecast is uppercased. The Project includes a variety of other programs. If you are talking about the Icecast program only, then the name is lowercased.

The Icecast program also requires libraries and a streaming application to which listeners connect and then "stream" the audio from off Icecast server to their home machines. All of these programs together comprise the Icecast Project, though many of them do fall outside the realm of the developers control. There are a variety of streamers currently available for use with Icecast. It is recommended that you test several and decide which works best for you. This document will explain how to install and configure some of the more popular ones.

Icecast normally broadcasts using port 8000. Originally ports 8000 and 8001 were used. This has since been limited to just port 8000. However, you can use any other port 1024 as long as you define it in your Icecast configuration files. Using something odd or not 8000 is not recommended. It is best to stick with TCP connections using port 8000.


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   What is Ogg Vorbis?

Ogg Vorbis is a new audio compression format. It is roughly comparable to other formats used to store and play digital music, such as MP3, VQF, AAC, and other digital audio formats. It is different from these other formats because it is completely free, open, and unpatented.

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     Pricing per concurrent listener audio Ogg Vorbis

Oggv0 actual bit rate (16kbps-20kbps) - ($0.50 per listener) Oggv1 actual bit rate (20kbps-24kbps) - ($0.60 per listener) Oggv2 actual bit rate (28kbps-32kbps) - ($0.80 per listener) Oggv3 actual bit rate (35kbps-42kbps) - ($1.00 per listener) Oggv4 actual bit rate (40kbps-48kbps) - ($1.20 per listener) Oggv5 actual bit rate (56kbps-64kbps) - ($1.60 per listener) Oggv6 actual bit rate (70kbps-76kbps) - ($1.80 per listener) Oggv7 actual bit rate (80kbps-89kbps) - ($2.00 per listener) Oggv8 actual bit rate (90kbps-102kbps) - ($2.40 per listener) Oggv9 actual bit rate (112kbps-122kbps) - ($2.80 per listener) Oggv10 actual bit rate (128kbps-140kbps) - ($3.20 per listener) Oggv11 actual bit rate (160kbps-179kbps) - ($4.40 per listener) Oggv12 actual bit rate (180kbps-192kbps) - ($4.80 per listener)

Pricing per concurrent listener standard AAC

16kbps ($0.30 per listener) 20kbps ($0.40 per listener) 24kbps ($0.50 per listener) 28kbps ($0.55 per listener) 32kbps ($0.60 per listener) 40kbps ($0.70 per listener) 48kbps ($0.80 per listener) 56kbps ($0.90 per listener) 64kbps ($1.00 per listener)

Pricing per concurrent listener AAC+

8kbps ($0.10 per listener) 10kbps ($0.15 per listener) 12kbps ($0.20 per listener) 16kbps ($0.25 per listener) 20kbps ($0.30 per listener) 24kbps ($0.35 per listener) 40kbps ($0.45 per listener) 48kbps ($0.50 per listener) 56kbps ($0.55 per listener) 64kbps ($0.65 per listener) 96kbps ($0.75 per listener) 128kbps ($1.00 per listener) 320kbps ($2.00 per listener)

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18kbps ($0.45 per listener) 20kbps ($0.50 per listener) 24kbps ($0.60 per listener) 32kbps ($0.80 per listener) 40kbps ($1.00 per listener) 48kbps ($1.20 per listener) 56kbps ($1.40 per listener) 64kbps ($1.60 per listener) 80kbps ($2.00 per listener) 96kbps ($2.40 per listener)

     Pricing per concurrent listener mp3

8kbps ($0.20 per listener) 16kbps ($0.40 per listener) 20kbps ($0.50 per listener) 24kbps ($0.60 per listener) 32kbps ($0.80 per listener) 40kbps ($1.00 per listener) 48kbps ($1.20 per listener) 56kbps ($1.40 per listener) 64kbps ($1.60 per listener) 80kbps ($2.00 per listener) 96kbps ($2.40 per listener) 112kbps ($2.80 per listener) 128kbps ($3.20 per listener) 192kbps ($4.80 per listener)

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