We’ve been using streamguys.com for ten years or more, and have no complaints.
Simon ------------------------------------------------------ Simon Frech, Technical Director KMUD-FM Redwood Community Radio PO Box 135, Redway, CA 95560 [email protected] > On Jan 28, 2016, at 9:29 AM, Wayne Merricks <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi, > > I've been using internet-radio.com for about 6months because Live365 and our > mobile app didn't mix very well. I don't have any long term experience with > them but our stream appears to work fine. Playback is within a second or two > vs Live365 which seemed to buffer for up to 30 in most things. > > They let you login to a web front end that backs on to icecast which is a bit > weird but fairly straight forward if you're familiar with Icecast. > > They also take meta data direct from the Icecast server so you don't have to > do anything special with web API's. > > As a complete curve ball, I also use digitalocean.com for unrelated tasks > however they start at 1TB transfer per month and you get full shell access so > you can install anything you like. Obviously that means maintaining a server > which you might not be up to. > > However, the real problem with Live 365 going away is not the streaming. You > now need your own agreement with whatever licensing authorities you have to > comply with. In the UK this is not cheap at all. > > Regards, > > Wayne > > On 2016-01-28 14:50, Cowboy wrote: >> On 01/28/2016 09:36 AM, Harris, Don wrote: >>> We have been using Live365 as our streaming provider and just learned >>> yesterday >>> that they are closing down on the 31^st of Jan. My question or poll is what >>> other services people are using and ones I should avoid. >> >> The thing about Live365 has to do with the CRAP Act. >> Congress abdicating to lawyers who pay themselves out of "pay to play" >> streaming "royalty" fees. Live365 can no longer afford to do what they do. >> Mission Accomplished !! The CRAP Act, at the urging of the RIAA is >> effectively >> killing the competition ( streaming ) in legal but highly unethical ways. >> >> Lawyers and $$$$$ ! >> Whod-a-thunk it ? >> >> I've got a client or two with SecureNetSystems. ( use my name !!! ) >> BUT, they absolutely do require a M$ Windows machine for their proprietary >> M$ Windows Only encoder. >> They do NOTHING as far as DMARC or CRAP Act reporting requirements. >> That will ALL be on you ! ( but they do have a partner arrangement >> with a group >> who does at least some, and possibly all, of it ) > > _______________________________________________ > Rivendell-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list [email protected] http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
