James Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 The name asks it.. Do you stream on your own server? Or a streaming companys server? Confused? Some people are able to stream off their home computer by downloading the shoutcast D.N.A.S. But most go to a hosting company.. Whick one do you go for? Studiio - All-In-One Radio Communication Platform SMS | Phone Calls | Social Media | Content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cucco3 Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Im currently on a companys server but i am looking into making my own with linux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigloo Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 streaming off your own computer at home? I hope you have lots bandwidth on your service, or lots of money to pay for the bandwidth you'll be using when you get lots of listeners. ________ Lou Bigloo Christian Radio http://www/biglooradio.com/ digiSTREAM SHOUTcast Hosting http://www.digistream.info/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazin 97 Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 I stream off of a comapny's server and reccomend it 100%! Sure, it costs a monthly fee but it sounds great and you get to choose the slots and bitrate. Streaming it from home is the harder route that I dont reccomend, I tried starting a station that streamed on a server of my own around this time last year and never got it to even work. Plus, it depends on how good of a computer/internet connection you have to determine how good your at home server is. Not only that, they sound like AM radio... crap and can only hold a few listeners at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtySouthRadio Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 streaming off your own computer at home? I hope you have lots bandwidth on your service, or lots of money to pay for the bandwidth you'll be using when you get lots of listeners. haha good luck on that im in the top 200 stations on shoutcast at 1 time i was number 78 with 1.4 million listeners and there is no big money at all i wish there was i should sold my station wile ago when i had a good offer but i didenet and i guess i might just take a loss and shut down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronsnet Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 haha good luck on that im in the top 200 stations on shoutcast at 1 time i was number 78 with 1.4 million listeners and there is no big money at all i wish there was i should sold my station wile ago when i had a good offer but i didenet and i guess i might just take a loss and shut down Perhaps you could implement a free low bitrate stream with many many slots (like 24kbps), and offer a 128kbps premium stream to paid subscribers. Make sure you advertise the higher bitrate stream that is available a lot on your site and on the stream. I use my own server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruby Tuesday Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Own server in studio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpazzRadio Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 I rent a server and host my own shoutcast servers. SpazzRadio.com Home of Absolute Rockz, Absolute Spazz, Always HOT Country, and Absolute Hitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chq Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 I rent a server and host my own shoutcast servers. me aswell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexr Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 We have been moving a lot recently but finally secured a deal that no other streaming provider currently has. We host ourselves, but since we are a KWD Services, Inc radio station we share the same host and technology. We have just secured a deal with one of the best networks in the United States, Softlayer and will soon be offering streaming services out of their DC and network. I would recommend staying tuned to KWD Services or contact them now if you have any idea what kind of network Softlayer (Internap, NTT, Global Crossing, Level3, Qwest) has . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA101 Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Hi, I started setting up my webradios from home at the late 90's with a RTC modem, then with a dsl one...Gee, it was very frustrating when the line was cutting (mostly for long periods of time!!!..;arg...). Then I started hiring a server with an "On Demand" station (the Podcasts wave was in the market yet!). I went into colocation option (also called "Housing") in 2004 before directly hosting my server on optical fiber since November 2007. California-101 hasn't gotten a single downtime since then. Long was the road...Lol François Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkey Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 i use a combination of stream host providers and my own server boxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKIye Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Hi James and fellow members, My project GKRadio Europe has the advantage to stream straight from a server located at a datacenter at my country Belgium. That server is used and managed by Me by using remote deskcontrol directly from my place .. so technology has no borders .. However I'm using a mainserver at that datacenter I do stream to a 3rd party shoutcast provider This provider is based in The Netherlands (country in the North of Belgium) Reason why is rather easy to understand : x-times slots are having x-times datastream .. so this counts also for the connection at the mainserver By using a 3rd party stream provider I have to stream only once my data .. and the stream provider distributes it worldwide Looks rather strange to US members .. but my project is based in Belgium and the IP/port stream is distributed to the listeners coming from an other country Royalties are paid to the royalty agency of the country where the streamsource is based ... so to Me is this Belgium Visit and listen @ BW ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberFM Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 We have been moving a lot recently but finally secured a deal that no other streaming provider currently has. We host ourselves, but since we are a KWD Services, Inc radio station we share the same host and technology. We have just secured a deal with one of the best networks in the United States, Softlayer and will soon be offering streaming services out of their DC and network. I would recommend staying tuned to KWD Services or contact them now if you have any idea what kind of network Softlayer (Internap, NTT, Global Crossing, Level3, Qwest) has . Alexr... good move, you'll be happy over at Softlayer. Our hosting company helped start them up back in the day, we were customer number 8. We have some special 10tb Monthly Bandwidth allotments with them for our servers and our streaming has been FLAWLESS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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