You might want to look at Apple's XServe.
It includes QuickTime streaming server.
I don't know what you will be broadcasting audio tracks (songs, etc).
a continuous streams.
In either case QuickTime has some nice capabilities.
If sending multiple mp3 (like a playlist), the QT plugin/player can
test to determine the user's connection speed. if the mp3 metadata
includes duration, QT can determine where in the playback of the
current song it should begin downloading the next-- so enough will be
buffered for uninterrupted playback.
HTH
Dick
"The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to
choose from."
- Andrew S. Tanenbaum -
On Jul 22, 2004, at 7:06 AM, Tim DaSilva wrote:
> I'm gonna have to setup an Internet radio. As I am shopping around for
> a
> dedicated server I came up with this issue: How much bandwidth and
> what
> kind of connection would I need for the station so that 2,000 users
> could hear the streaming at the same time at 128kbps.
>
> Most sales people I spoke with could not give me a clear answer.
>
> One of the companies told me a 1 terabyte/month data transfer with a
> 5mbps connection would do the job. Do I need this much?
>
> Something else. We're thinking of transmitting on plain mp3 only. No
> wma
> or ra. Is this a good move?
>
> Any input would be helpful.
>
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