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Every week on
Tom Lucas' Retro-Rock show, Mark Oberg the Head Weenie gives his picks of software, web
sites and technology news. This week: Shoutcast
Shoutcast is a new technology that allows anyone with an Internet connection to
broadcast streaming audio from their desktop. Best of all the technology is free for
non-commercial use.
This week, the tools you need to broadcast and listen to Shoutcast. |
| Winamp |
| You'll need a copy of Winamp to listen to Shoutcast
broadcasts or to send your own broadcasts. Winamp also doubles as a great audio
media player for MP3 and similar formats. DOWNLOAD VISIT SITE |
| MP3 Spy |
| This cool product will help you find
Shoutcast servers on the Net and provides you with infomation on the servers, music genre,
number of streams available and the quality of the server's Net connection. It also
lets you chat with other folks who are tuned into the same station as you and who share
the same musical taste. Using the chat program, you can even share files with
others. DOWNLOAD VISIT SITE |
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| Shoutcast |
| Shoutcast is the free Internet broadcast server. To
make your own broadcasts, you'll need Winamp the Shoutcast plug-in and the Winamp server.
To listen, go to the Shoutcast site and select from the list of stations which is
updated continuously. BROADCAST LISTEN VISIT SITE |
| Winamp Talking |
| A fun accessory to Winamp, this uses
Microsoft's Agent technology to announce each song before it is played. Using it
requires that you first install the Agent technology files, so I will give you a link to
the page which explains how to do it and links to all the files you'll need. VISIT SITE |
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