Shoutcast Server

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  1. V1sual B1nary

    V1sual B1nary Well-Known Member

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    My friend is setting up a shoutcast server on her home computer.
    She only has a 1mb line and because of this i think it won't work because when it's trying to stream a song to users it will have to buffer all the time making it very bad for music listening especially if their are multiple users i think it will just say 'buffering' most of the time because a 1mb line will not be able to stream music to multiple people. She disagrees and says it will work fine. Just wondering what exactly would happen in this situation.
     
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    from what I can see, a 1mb line won't cut it. you'd need at least a T1 connection.

    don't kill me if I'm wrong..
     
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    I thought it needed to be alot faster aswell, i really can't see a 1mb connection being able to handle it.
     
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    I stream to a shoutcast server all the time and I have a 1.1 mb connection. My listeners haven't had any really long buffer times either.
     
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    Is it hosted from your own computer?
     
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    I think Jammie means he sends info to a server, not streaming from his own computer, or at least what i got out of it..
     
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    No, it's not hosted on my computer. Sorry I misunderstodd the first post.
     
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    Ok, the general feeling here is that hosted from your own computer on a 1mb connection it cannot stream music efficiently to listeners; right ok i shall return to her with the info.
     

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