[Rumori] mp3 audio streaming

[Pan]

On Monday, September 29, 2003, at 09:42 PM, { brad brace } wrote:

>
> I'd appreciate a synopsis of audio-streaming options... I've
> been looking at Shoutcast as a means of distributing some
> lengthy, mysterious field-recordings... Is that a good
> choice?  Shoutcast seems to usually have about 14,000
> stations online, most of which have zero listeners most of
> the time...

A couple questions to start:

1. What are the length of these recordings?

2. Do you want to play things at a specific time? or 24/7?

3. Will you loop a playlist of files? or have a live broadcast at any 
point?

4. What bandwidth to you want the recordings to stream at?

You could provide the streams yourself via shoutcast. Yeah, there are a 
lot of stations without listeners, however, that's how anyone gets 
started. The key at that point is promotion. Tell everyone you know, 
set up a site for people to reference, etc.

You can reflect to other "stations" who can help promote you:

We're trying to get a fledgling station going here at SRN. Right now, 
we've only got 4 DJ's and are just building our "promotion machine". 
You're welcome here. Field Recordings sound cool and would fit into our 
Burroughs-eque approach to radio.

There's also Radio Freedom if you want something more established. Dave 
Dixon posted a message earlier today with their  URL. There are many 
more out there. Actually, I'm surprised Steev hasn't gotten into it.

Pan