On 12/8/06, Mark Haney <mhaney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Arthur Pemberton wrote: > Hello, > > I may have the need to do some live audio streaming soon, so I am > doing some preemtive research on the topic. The last time I did any of > this was on Windows with Windows Encoder no less. I have since grown > to hate Windows and would much rather do this in Linux. Since Fedora > is my distro of choice I ask you guys: > > What is the status of audio streaming (and I suppose recording) on > Linux? What are hardware requirements like? I would doubt that they > would be high, but I rather not assume too much. > > The application would be for live audio of the classical music type, I > have no preference yet of codec, but I am guessing that the avg. > simultaneous connections once it is fully up and running would be at > least 50, but I am just guessing at this point. > > Please let me know what your thoughts, and esp your experiences are. > > Thank you. > I use icecast at home for my streaming jukebox on my LAN at home. It's solid, handle MP3 and OGG files and can handle the 650GB or so of audio files I have. I use an old 400MHz PC with 256MB RAM and it seems to handle the streaming fine with a half dozen connections or so.
Just curious: for home use, what is the advantage of streaming vs. just setting up a file share, shared to the "receiving" system? I have an old laptop plugged into my stereo and I just play files over NFS. But I've always wondered if I should try Icecast instead. Thanks, Matt
