Audience

Audio/video broadcasters and hobbyist radio stations seeking a solution to create live or pre-recorded Internet streams

About Icecast

Icecast is a free, open source streaming media server that supports audio and video formats, including Ogg (Vorbis, Theora), Opus, WebM, and MP3. It enables the creation of Internet radio stations, private jukeboxes, or other streaming setups, and is versatile, new formats can be added relatively easily thanks to its support for open-standard communication and interaction. Components include the server program itself, libshout (a library for communicating with Icecast servers), and IceS (a source client that sends audio data, either from disk or live captures, to the server). Icecast operates in a client-server model, where source clients originate streams, and the Icecast server relays them to listeners, with support for multiple mountpoints so different streams can coexist on one server. It provides a built-in administration interface and stats pages (HTML, XML, and JSON), exposing runtime information such as active connections, cumulative counters, listener numbers, etc.

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Starting Price:
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Free Version:
Free Version available.

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Company Information

Icecast
Founded: 2004
United States
icecast.org

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Product Details

Platforms Supported
Windows
Linux
Training
Documentation
Support
Online

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Icecast Product Features

Live Streaming

Encoding
Browser-based
Session Recording
Live Streaming Production
Streaming Platform Integration
Social Media Integration
Multiple Camera Feeds
Multi-Screen / Split-Screen
Moderation
Multistreaming
Access Control
Audience Analytics
Customizable Branding
Audience Engagement
Monetization Tools
Event Scheduling