<LINK REL=STYLESHEET TYPE= "text/css" HREF= "style.css"> <div class=boxtest> <body bgcolor="#efefef" text="#323232" link="#0000ff" vlink="#800080" alink="#ff0000"> <h1>Icecast 2 Introduction</h1> <table width=100%><tr><td bgcolor="#007B79" height="10" align="center"></td></tr></table> <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> <li>Linux (Most flavors including Redhat and Debian) <li>FreeBSD <li>OpenBSD <li>Solaris <p>Currently the following Windows platforms are supported:</p> <li>Windows NT <li>Windows 2000 <li>Windows XP <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> <li>Icecast mailing list <a href="http://www.xiph.org/archives">http://www.xiph.org/archives</a> <li>Icecast Developers mailing list <a href="http://www.xiph.org/archives">http://www.xiph.org/archives</a> <li>Icecast IRC chat room - irc.freenode.net : #icecast <h3>Alternate Ways</h3> <li>team@icecast.org <br> <br> <br> </div> </body> </html>