<?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <head> <title>Icecast v2.x Documentation</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" /> </head> <body> <div class="boxtest"> <h1>Icecast 2 Introduction</h1> <hr id='titlebar' /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <h2>What is Icecast ?</h2> <p>Icecast is a streaming media server which currently supports Ogg Vorbis and MP3 audio streams. It can be used to create an Internet radio station or a privately running jukebox and many things in between. It is very versatile in that new formats can be added relatively easily and supports open standards for commuincation and interaction.</p> <br /> <p>There are two major parts to most streaming media servers: the component providing the content (what we call <b>source clients</b>) and the component which is responsible for serving that content to listeners (this is the function of icecast). </p> <br /> <br /> <br /> <h2>What platforms are supported ?</h2> <p>Currently the following Unix platforms are supported:</p> <ul> <li>Linux (Most flavors including Redhat and Debian)</li> <li>FreeBSD</li> <li>OpenBSD</li> <li>Solaris</li> </ul> <p>Currently the following Windows platforms are supported:</p> <ul> <li>Windows NT</li> <li>Windows 2000</li> <li>Windows XP</li> </ul> <br /> <br /> <br /> <h2>Where do I go for questions?</h2> <p>There are many ways to contact the icecast development team</p> <h3>Best Ways</h3> <ul> <li>Icecast mailing list <a href="http://www.xiph.org/archives">http://www.xiph.org/archives</a></li> <li>Icecast Developers mailing list <a href="http://www.xiph.org/archives">http://www.xiph.org/archives</a></li> <li>Icecast IRC chat room - irc.freenode.net : #icecast</li> </ul> <h3>Alternate Ways</h3> <ul> <li>team@icecast.org</li> </ul> <br /> <br /> <br /> </div> </body> </html>
