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    <p>Here´s a reply from someone who actualy runs a shoutcast radio station and who is an audiotechnicain and webdesigner also, below is knowledge gathered from over 5000 hours of up-to-date research !</p> <p>6) </p> <ul> <li>Audio Software ?</li> </ul> <p>You need to have software that can:</p> <ul> <li>Convert to other bitrates and formats</li> <li>Normalize the audiovolume to a same "normalized" level for all mp3´s. (-1 dB)</li> <li>Cut-off silence at beginning and/or end.</li> <li>Equalize the audio so it sounds good.</li> <li>Add effects, Mix...etc.</li> </ul> <p>Best,most-used, very solid and FREE is "Audacity"</p> <p>5)</p> <ul> <li>Good bitrate ?</li> </ul> <p>If the bitrate is to high your listeners on slower connections wil suffer from "bufferunderuns" ie: hickups / short breaks in the audio cause their connection cant keep up with the (to high) speed.</p> <p>If its to low then the quality is no good.</p> <p>Best choice is 128 kb/s it sounds good and wont cause underruns for most.</p> <p>Best format is Mp3 since its the format that can be handled by most players and shoutcast-providers.</p> <p>Using above your average filesize for a 4 Min track will be around 4 Mb.</p> <p>Since Mp3 @ 128kb/s is the most popular you will get the best price/quality-deal from a shoutcast server provider .</p> <p>5b)</p> <ul> <li>Audio tagging ?</li> </ul> <p>You did forget that one.</p> <p>You need to make sure to have your audio-files "Tagged" ie: what is displayed in the players as "Artist - Title" information is not taken from the filename..but instead from the (iD1/iD3) "Tag" </p> <p>Best, most used, very solid and FREE software is: "mp3tag" it can do "Bulk" also (a 1000 mp3´s at once)</p> <p><a href="http://www.mp3tag.de/en/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.mp3tag.de/en/</a></p> <p>4)</p> <ul> <li>Codec ?</li> </ul> <p>You upload your files to a server in the format described above "Mp3 @ 128 kb/s" since its the most used format all players can play it.</p> <p>Make shure you upload in the same format (above) as the output of the server this will keep a (important) low processor-load on your server (it wont need to convert).</p> <p>A Shoutcast-server (or other streamserver) will take take your separate mp3´s and convert them into one single realtime stream, it will create multiple streams to multiple listeners (100´s). It will also provide you with statistics (nr of listeners,from where,now playing,played before)</p> <p>A listener can play it 2 ways:</p> <p>a-From a embedded player embedded on your website. b-Or by clicking a link on your website wich will open your stream in any (standalone) player your visitor has installed ( Winamp, WindowsMediaPlayer, Realplayer, Quicktime, iTunes...etc) A standalone will give best quality because it will have more/better audiocontrols (equalizer...etc)</p> <p>Best practice is to offer BOTH a embedded player and a simple clickable link. check out at least 20 radio-station-websites (both professional and amateurs) to see how they do it.</p> <p>Best , and free embedded-player right now is "jPlayer" because its dual-mode (HTML5 / Flash) so ALL BROWSERS and ALL MOBILES will play it. and its very well supported with a forum,tutorials...etc</p> <p><a href="http://www.jplayer.org" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.jplayer.org</a></p> <p>2)</p> <ul> <li>Hosting providers ?</li> </ul> <p>Google for "Shoutcast streaming" or "Shoutcast server" compare 20 of them for best price / quality...research them again using Google.</p> <p>They will have special shoutcast software (webbased) such as "Centova" you control it from any browser, you can stream live to it...or create playlists that play unattended from the server while you sleep ("autodj") You can create multiple playlists such that they will play at certain times/days/random...etc.</p> <p>You could create your whole station based on autodj playlists only like that you wont have to worry about your own upload-connection interrupting and you can shutoff your own pc.</p> <p>For autodj you want a shoutcast service with at least 5 Gb storage (mp3´s) that will give you around 3 to 4 days music without repeats...using the playlists in a clever way and taking into account that listeners will on average listen between 30 mins and 2 hours at certain times,..you can make shure that they will not hear the same tracks all the time.</p> <p>If you insist to do "live" (realtime) broadcast (streaming) from your OWN computer (directly or via a stream-server-provider then most used software is "Sam broadcaster"</p> <p>Thats it...start with a good Shoutcast server provider, then built your website and create a clickable link to the stream, after that you do the embedded player.</p> <p>Good luck !</p> <p>(Ps i wish i would get such good info for my own questions myself..unfortunately i get nearly zero)</p>
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    1. COI got so much knowledge about audio streaming from your answer. thanks alottt @dutchguy .. (Y) I'm still developing my site, may I have your email address?
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    2. CO@Naveen ...shure tell me where to send it to.
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    3. COThanks, plese send a email to naveencg@ovi.com ..
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