This streaming provider is one of the most hi-end providers out there, the pricing plans are not cheap, but they offer very good quality, fast support, and very reliable servers. This format is very old and requires a server component to be extracted, for this reason, is not very recommended, but if you have a popular stream in Shoutcast V1, this can come in handy. The stream itself contains a “header” information very similar to the ID3 tags of an MP3 file, which are meant to contain artist name, song title, and album name.
The ICY metadata are the first standard conceived for audio streaming. The main noticeable difference between Icecast and Shoutcast is that Icecast has a built-in precaching time of about 6 seconds, which is the time you wait between the connection and the music, so after you click play, there is a little delay, while Shoutcast instead starts more instantaneously.
This ensures less compatibility hassle with your website server.
NICECAST TO RADIO.CO SOFTWARE
The Icecast software is GPL and can hold up to 3 streams on the same port, making it more versatile for streamers that need to switch between auto-dj and live stream often.Īnother big advantage of Icecast is that it uses mountpoints instead of ports, so your HTTP stream is always on port 80 and your HTTP stream is always on port 443. Icecast is another super popular format for a radio stream.
NICECAST TO RADIO.CO PRO
With the Pro Radio theme you can integrate any type of Shoutcast server and make sure it can play the music and display the titles correctly, whatever type of URL it uses, and fetch the album artworks automatically from the iTunes open API archive. The new options of Shoutcast settings are allowing 2 types of HTTPS URL: one based on a proxy on the port 80 or 443, and one based on HTTPS on custom ports.
NICECAST TO RADIO.CO INSTALL
Is basically an open-source software you can install on your own server, or rent services from any streaming provider offering this format.
Shoutcast is probably one of the most popular streaming formats.
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