So inclined), this will make you stream in Vorbis. For “Encoder type” select “OggVorbis” (or MP3, if you are Right-click on it and select “configure”. You should see the oddcast window pop up, looking something like this:Ĭlick on “Add encoder” and a new encoder will be added in the box below. To the “DSP/Effect” section of the preferences and click on “oddcast DSP v3”. Your server is now ready for people to connect to it, but there’s no music Click the “Start server”īutton and the listboxes below should be populated with various information, You have done this, save the file and close the window. You can copy it and paste it in the open notepad window (the one with theĬonfiguration), but make sure you change hackme to more secure passwords. A notepad window will pop up with various configuration options. Run it and click “Edit configuration” in the “Configuration” menu. Download Icecast from this page (you presumably want the Windows version) and install it.

You can use Winamp’s own Shoutcast plugin and server, but I prefer to broadcast in Vorbis because it’s smaller and has much better quality than MP3. The programs I use are Winamp for playing, oddcast DSP for broadcasting to the server and Icecast for serving. Note that the amount of listeners you will be able to support is limited by your outgoing bandwidth and the bitrate of the song you are streaming, so if you’re streaming at 128 kbps and you have 256 kbps upload bandwidth, you’ll obviously be able to support 256/128 = 2 listeners. Through a plugin (which you will download and install), Winamp will send the music you play to the broadcasting server (which can be on your PC or on another one with a larger connection), and the server sends the music to the listeners, reencoding it to a better format, if you are so inclined. You probably need a fast internet connection so you can broadcast without buffering occuring. You have your music player (I will use Winamp, get it if you don’t have it) and you play your music as you normally would. It is actually very easy, and you can set up your own radio station and begin broadcasting songs in about 10 minutes.įirst of all, let me give you a quick rundown on how it works. If you’ve ever wondered how internet radio stations work and/or wanted to create your own, this tutorial will show you how.

Win 10 icecast setup