Streaming
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Streaming your output to Icecast and Shoutcast
PlayOnRadio can act as a source client, encoding its final mix and pushing it to your streaming server — no second application in the chain.
Read the postDropping a live stream into your playlist like any other track
Network news, a syndicated show, a sister station relay — an HTTP or MMS URL sits in the playlist exactly where a file would, and plays the same way.
Read the postChoosing a streaming bitrate and codec
Bitrate is a bandwidth bill and a quality decision at the same time. Here is how the defaults are chosen and when to move away from them.
Read the postWhat listeners see: stream metadata and the now-playing line
The track title in a listener's player is the only interface most of your audience ever sees. It is worth configuring deliberately.
Read the postWhen the stream drops: reconnect policy
Network connections fail. The only question that matters is whether your stream comes back without somebody noticing first.
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