Hi Marsha, it's been a long time since I've used Live365, but I think this
is still an accurate summary of the differences.
Live365.com is a hosting service, which offers a directory of stations it
hosts. It is, if you like, an all in one solution. You can upload your
content and have them stream for you, or you can stream live to them from
your PC. They publicise your station for you on their site. Depending on the
plan you choose, and the plan the listener chooses, they may insert ads into
your station.
Shoutcast.com is a place from which you can download the Shoutcast software,
including the Winamp plug-in and the server. It is also a directory where
anyone using this software can choose to be listed if they wish. They do not
offer hosting to the general public however. You need to find that
elsewhere, either by running the server on a computer on your own
connection, or by streaming to a Shoutcast server hosted somewhere else,
such as http://www.ultrastreams.us or similar service.
So basically, the big difference is that Live365 offers you bandwidth and
streaming, Shoutcast.com as a rule will not and will require you to get that
elsewhere.
Personally, I'd go with Shoutcast because the end user, the one who this is
all for, doesn't have to log into any special service, and you are free to
widely publish the direct URL to your Shoutcast stream that people can paste
into a Shoutcast compatible player.
Hope this helps.
Jonathan
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