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README.win32 - Information about the binary Ezstream distribution for Windows
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1. .ZIP Archive Contents
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| File | Description |
+======================================================================+
| \COPYING.txt | License for using, modifying and |
| | distributing Ezstream. |
+-----------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| \README.txt | This file. |
+-----------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| \ezstream.1.pdf | The ezstream manual in PDF format. |
+-----------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| \ezstream.exe | The ezstream executable file. |
+-----------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| \ezstream-X.Y.Z.zip | The ezstream source distribution, from which |
| | ezstream.exe was built. |
+-----------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| \examples\*.xml | Ezstream example configuration files. |
+-----------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| \examples\*.sh | Example playlist and metadata scripts, for |
| | demonstrational purposes (these are shell |
| | scripts.) |
+-----------------------+----------------------------------------------+
2. Installation
---------------
As of version 0.3.0, ezstream no longer comes with an installer. If you have a
previous version of ezstream installed, you might want to simply uninstall it.
The ezstream.exe file can be run from any location. To install it, simply copy
it to a location of your choosing. To make it available anywhere on the
system, add the installation folder to your PATH environment variable.
If it doesn't start, e.g. running
> ezstream.exe -h
does not show the command line help, the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 runtime
libraries are missing. Download and install vcredist_x86.exe, which can be
easily found on www.microsoft.com via
http://www.google.com/search?q=vc+2008+redist
3. Limited functionality
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A few useful features are missing in the Windows version of ezstream:
* Runtime control via signals is not possible.
* Some useful external utilities (encoders, decoders) may not be available on
Windows.
4. Source code
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Ezstream uses:
* zlib (http://www.zlib.net/, BSD-like license)
* libiconv (http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/, LGPL)
* libxml2 (http://xmlsoft.org/, BSD-like license)
* libogg, libvorbis, libvorbisfile (http://www.vorbis.com/, BSD-like license)
* libFLAC (http://flac.sourceforge.net/, BSD-like license)
* libtheora (http://www.theora.org/, BSD-like license)
* libshout (http://www.icecast.org, LGPL)
* TagLib (http://ktown.kde.org/~wheeler/taglib.html, LGPL)
These libraries are statically linked into the ezstream.exe file.
Ezstream itself is licensed under the GPL version 2 (see COPYING.txt for
details.)
5. Support
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For information on how to report issues with ezstream, please visit the
ezstream home page at http://www.icecast.org/ezstream.php