ZDNet Devhead: Stream and Shout | Linux Today

ZDNet Devhead: Stream and Shout

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 13, 1999

“Help Channel Tipmaster, Henry Kingman, introduces you to
SHOUTcast — an application for streaming MP3s live over the
Web.”

“The excitement reverb’ed around our office after I installed
the Shoutcast server.”

“Shoutcast is a slim repeater that streams MP3s. It is trivial
to install and use and would seem a deathknell to musical copyright
as we know it. You can hook it up on a Linux, Unix, or Win32 box
and use it to let your friends all around the world listen in on
your MP3 player.”

“to install the server. On Linux, you just unzip the binary,
rename it without the version info and run…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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