Bandwidth and concurrent connections
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Buzi BuziBuzi Buzi
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    Hi,
    i have a client who's interested in setting up a live radio webcast on his website.
    I'm considering using Airtime.

    The cast input will be from his home PC sound card connected to a microphone or some media player.

    Are there any limitations on the Airtime platform concurrent connections ? or is this dependent on the hosting ?
    How do i estimate the required data/bandwidth i need from my web hosting account ?

    Thanks
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down John ChewterJohn Chewter
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    Airtime streams its output to an Icecast 2 or Shoutcast server – normally on the same machine.

    The concurrent connections are dependent on the bandwidth available from the Icecast/Shoutcast server machine (if you see ‘unlimited’ - start laughing and look for the ‘reasonable use’ clause), the bit-rate of your stream(s), how powerful the server is, the amount of client connections set in the Icecast/Shoutcast config and lots of other stuff.

    Sorry this is not a definitive answer - but its a complex question. There are some charts on the Icecast site.

    Check out http://www.icecast.org/ http://www.shoutcast.com/
    Post edited by John Chewter at 2014-01-30 04:05:49
    No longer using Airtime or Libretime.
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