It was started as a shoutcast replacement, and is almost entirely ShoutCast compatible. Icecast's advantages over Shoutcast include: it uses less cpu and memory resources, you can have several streams per server, you can use multiple directory servers, administration is simple through either telnet, console, or the WWW interface.
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User FAQ included; user manual included in HTML formatSupport contacts
| Help List | <icecast@xiph.org> |
| Developer List | <icecast-dev@xiph.org> |
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| Source repository | :pserver:anoncvs@xiph.org:/usr/local/cvsroot password: anoncvs http://cvs.icecast.org/cvsweb.cgi/ |
| Interfaces | web |
| Source languages | C |
| Related programs | Ogg Vorbis |
| License verified by | Janet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org> on 2001-03-19 |
| Entry compiled by | Janet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org> |
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