This is just a text file so changes can be made to the text values, and then the file can be closed NB changes only take effect when the server is restarted.ġ3. Click on the ‘Edit config’ button at the top right of the application to edit the settings. Depending on your circumstances you may need to adjust things further. There is a small amount of configuration to be done to get the basic functionality working.
Double click the server application to launch it – as with any server, the computer and the software needs to be kept running in order for it to work correctly:ġ2. Unless you know you want to change it, choose the default setting, the GUI (graphical user interface) install:ġ1.
You will be prompted to specify the type of server install you wish to perform. It is best left at the default (C:\Program Files\Shoutcast) unless you know it should go somewhere else:ġ0. You will be prompted for a location to install the software. When you have done so click on the button marked ‘I agree’, as shown below:ĩ.
Double click on the application to begin the installation – you should read and accept the terms of the license agreement. Close down any open applications before beginning the install:ĩ. When the download is complete you should find the file in the location you saved it to. The filename, at the time of writing, was ‘shoutcast-1-9-2-windows.exe’ 8. Choose ‘Save this program to disk’, and pick a location that you will remember, such as on your desktop. Click on the link to download the file – you should get a window prompting you to open or save the file, as shown below:ħ.
The version for PC is at the top of the page and is called the SHOUTcast WIN32 Console/GUI server v.1.9.2 (the version number is correct at the time of writing). If you are happy with the license agreement, click on the link to proceed to the download () 6. Click on either the download icon, or the link to the license agreement page. This should be done from the machine that will become the server: 1. Server install – Shoutcast server (download, install and configuration) Your listeners will need PCs too! The only software required is a Winamp player. Alternatively, if you can get direct access to the server yourself, you can install the broadcast plug-in software on the same machine as the server software – this will save you having to use another computer. The requirements for this are lower but it is still useful for this computer to have a good connection to the server. To host your own server you will need a spare computer with a reasonably fast network connection, such as on a school/company network or broadband – a modem is not good enough! Ask your administrator if you need more information about this. The functionality may differ in these versions - we haven’t tested them! You will need: 1. We have run all the software purely on PCs, although Mac and Linux versions are also available. Detailed technical information First of all, go to It is highly recommended that you read the documentation on their site – it is very clear and concise! All of our downloads are from this website. Why? There's four people in our group and one of us will be doing the broadcasting. To conserve memory and bandwidth I have currently set the maximum number of listeners to three. The server then relays the broadcast to the listener at the quality specified by the broadcast machine. This machine only needed Winamp, and connects to the server via its IP address and port number. The third desktop was used to listen to the broadcast. The streaming quality can be set according to the amount of bandwidth available.
In terms of configuration, this only required the IP address and port number, plus the broadcast password I had set on the server earlier. This required the Shoutcast plugin to be added to Winamp. The second desktop was configured to broadcast an audio stream to the server. A quick read of the accompanying help file was enough to explain the options, and I found most of the default settings to be fine for our test. This was quite easy to do, and just involved editing a text file by clicking a button from within the server software. Original brief explanation I installed the Shoutcast server onto a desktop and made some minor configuration changes, such as setting the passwords and the maximum number of listeners.