Run Your Own Webradio Station - what about MP3?

[hgoor]

Hi,

I understand the idea behind the "open source" thought and thats why the tutorial talks about Ogg Vorbis as the file format, but let's be realistic here: 99% of all people use MP3.

So the tutorial is nice - but to be honest - not that useful. No one wants to convert a few gig of MP3 into Ogg...

So my question is: what about a how-to that deals with streaming MP3?

Also: is there ANY program for Linux that even comes close to having features like this one: http://www.spacialaudio.com/products/sambroadcaster/?

- downsample MP3 on the fly (i.e. your stream = 96k, the file 128k)
- automatic crossfading
- equalizer
- normalizer for volume of MP3's
- listeners can browse and search your library
- listeners are able to make requests (that are added to playlist)!

I use SAM3 Broadcaster right now, but I'd like a equivalent for Linux. So any ideas are welcome...

(Maybe something that works like iTunes music sharing?)

[falko]

Take a look at the list of source clients on http://www.icecast.org/3rdparty.php . You can use other clients than Ices2, and I'm sure that some of them support MP3. BTW, SAM is listed there, too. :)

[sjau]

For streaming mp3s off your server without too many special featuers (well, being able to make your playlist online) you can have a look at gnump3d

Btw, you do not want to convert from any compressed format into another one (e.g. mp3 --> ogg or similar...). This will reduce quality significantly.