Subj : Update on my online radio project
To   : All
From : Malvinas
Date : Sun May 14 2023 01:18 am

So, this is how far I got:
I managed to install an LUbuntu desktop on my computer and after some fiddling I got Butt going. Then I installed x11vnc and could connect from my main computer to the LUbuntu desktop remotely. I do this because my intention is to have the "radio broadcast computer" at a different location than my home, and plan to log into it remotely and handle the broadcast session that way.
I managed to access the desktop remotely and get Butt going and have a regular mp3 loop-playing in the background. Then I registered at caster.fm and started a stream. With the config info given by the site I set up Butt to cast audio to their server. I then used my cellphone to listen in on the broadcast and can confirm that audio was trickling down from my own broadcast.
It was pretty mind numbing how many things were going on at the same time through my home network and out into the void of cyberspace at that time. I had a VNC connection to the linux desktop, there I had an audio broadcast started, that pointed to a free server on caster.fm, and my cell was listening in on that to pickup the audio being broadcasted. It all "worked" if it wasn't for the fact that Caster.fm free service is rather piss-on...
Can you guys recommend some freemium online service that can handle icecast broadcasts? If this thing really gets going, I'll consider upgrading to a paid service and maybe get a better infrastructre, but maybe for a start I need a free service to get a good idea of how to set things up and automate everythign, and maybe *then* pay for a better service.
Or maybe even install a server on my own computer do the streaming out my own public IP... is that a better option at all?
Thanks for the read and your kind interest.
Cheers,
Malvinas!

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