Network Radio With Icecast - Facing the Music
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Right, now that your server and streamer are talking to each other, and a stream is being broadcast to the world at large, there's only one question left: how do you tune in to it?
Well, the answer's pretty simple. All you need is a player capable of decoding Icecast streams, and you're golden. In our environment, we have successfully used Winamp 2.x and Windows Media Player with Icecast – you can obtain a list of other supported players from http://www.icecast.org/thirdparty.html
If you're using Winamp, tune into the stream by selecting the "Add URL" menu command and entering the server name, port and mount point, in the following format:
http://server:port/mountpoint
Using the example above, the URL would be
http://olympus.local.net:8000/80s
Winamp should now connect to the server and begin decoding and playing back the stream.
Sit back and enjoy the music -- you've just set up your own little radio station!
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