I would say forget the proprietary format, and stream mp3. There's shoutcast
for streaming, and also a free, open source mp3 streamer called icecast,
that has linux, and windows version of the server
http://www.icecast.org/
mp3 sounds much better anyhow.
> Hello, everyone. I have a ton of questions. I'll keep this intro message
relatively short to increase the possibility of someone actually reading it
:-) Plus, much of this may be off-topic. If any of you can think of a better
forum for my questions, please let me know.
>
> Recently, I've been hired at Magnitude Network, a company that provides
streaming audio services for radio stations in Canada and the U.S. Upon my
hiring I found, much to my dismay, that the company was switching their
Linux encoders (using real 5) to NT encoders! The execs had decided to
support Windows Media format, which (for obvious reasons) was not readily
available on the Linux platform.
>
> Recently (yesterday), I heard that some potential clients mentioned
wanting to run Linux encoders rather than NT. Although there aren't any
definite plans, I'd like to look into the possibility of setting up a
Linux-based encoder that can:
>
> - Run multiple encoders for a single audio source, possibly:
> - mp3
> - real
> - Windows Media (possible WINE support?)
>
> I have a few ideas about this, but I am trying to keep this message
concise ;-) Would esd work in reverse (i.e. one input, multiple output), or
is there a better/easier way?
>
> I'd really like to get this setup to work (reliably). It goes without
saying that I'd very much prefer working with Linux (or anything that's not
MS-based, really). Plus, I won't have to keep installing and remotely
maintaining (bleah!) NT on 80+ (and growing quickly) boxen across North
America (excluding Mexico ATM). That would rule.
>
> TIA,
>
> -Chris
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