chq Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 heres another free host i found http://www.freeshoutcast.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoutcaststreaming Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 heres another free host i found www.freeshoutcast.com We have gotten 5 spam e-mails from them in the past few months. One e-mail is OK (we don't sent out any) but come on ... enough is enough. SCS - Dedicated Bandwidth Servers Shoutcast / Icecast / Windows Media Transcoding - Auto DJ - Mobile Radio - FLASH Players - Auto DJ Broadcasting World's Stream Host of the Month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted June 10, 2009 Author Share Posted June 10, 2009 We have gotten 5 spam e-mails from them in the past few months. One e-mail is OK (we don't sent out any) but come on ... enough is enough. I find it funny how they send it to another hosting company! Studiio - All-In-One Radio Communication Platform SMS | Phone Calls | Social Media | Content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwdservices Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 I find it funny how they send it to another hosting company! That Shoutcast Unlimited place was doing that to us too. I was like uhh, why are you spamming in the first place, and why are you sending it to a competitor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icyshout Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 How could a company offer any hosting for free? How do they pay for the bandwidth...? I can understand having low prices but you still have to guarantee customers uptime. Do they make thier money just off adspace? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoutcaststreaming Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 What they do is to offer you this service. Which usually buffers like crazy and / or is not listed on Shoutcast. Then they try to get you to 'upgrade' to their premium service that will be a 'painless migration'. You're correct, there is no way they can make money giving away free servers. SCS - Dedicated Bandwidth Servers Shoutcast / Icecast / Windows Media Transcoding - Auto DJ - Mobile Radio - FLASH Players - Auto DJ Broadcasting World's Stream Host of the Month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadkillarteest Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 I'm looking for a free host as I am poor. I have one, and it works fine, but about 75% of the time it won't allow winamp to connect and I can't run a statistic relay on it from SAM... these seem to go hand in hand, anytime I CAN run winamp on it, the statistic relay works fine. I want people to be able to connect via MY site, not the crap that is http://www.listen2myradio.com - In my search today alone, I've found more than 30 forum threads that list this site as crap. I would have to agree. I hate it. I've even tried to embed THEIR player in my site to no avail. If you know of any free hosts, or find any good ones, please, let me know. Other threads were responded to by people that run servers and were more than happy to allow people to stream shoutcast from them. There still are some kindhearted people out there, I guess. btw, listen2myradio.com at first for me, the server jumped around, I had to keep up with it, constantly changing the upload IP and port. What a pain in the butt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citrus3 Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Anyone who is free like listen2myradio is going to give you nothing more than a poor jumpy service. I would advise that you see if your listeners can chip in a few pennies here and there to keep you running and then look into cheaper hosting packages. Citrus 3 Shoutcast Hosting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoutcaststreaming Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 If you know of any free hosts' date=' or find any good ones, please, let me know.[/quote'] We sent you a PM to make a barter of services, but you never answered us. SCS - Dedicated Bandwidth Servers Shoutcast / Icecast / Windows Media Transcoding - Auto DJ - Mobile Radio - FLASH Players - Auto DJ Broadcasting World's Stream Host of the Month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chq Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 If you know of any free hosts, or find any good ones, please, let me know. Try: www.freeshoutcast.com http://freestreamhosting.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadkillarteest Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 We sent you a PM to make a barter of services, but you never answered us. I did answer. I answered that it was poor timing, as I had JUST filled out and paid for 3 months of service. Plus, my paranoid friend tells me to be wary of such offers. Also, I didn't know what it was you were trying to barter... the rights to use the image, or a print? If a print, well, they cost me, too. Just as much any user. The rights to use it? That's a no. I'm flattered and honored that you like it well enough to barter for it, but too little too late. Sorry, I thought you got my answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airmedia Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 I just ask Nick at SS for a stream and he helps me out, Its very rare i need anything big Air Media - Radio Production Company Radio Imaging Effects - News Beds - Traffic Imaging Voice Overs - Imaging Effects - Radio Sweepers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadkillarteest Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Totally agree, OK to dabble with and that's it.... IMO. yea, it's what I used starting out, but left me YEARNING for more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brutish Sailor Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Roadkilla, drop me a message sometime. KNSJ.org / 89.1 FM San Diego Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MixStream.net Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 I'm looking for a free host as I am poor. I have one, and it works fine, but about 75% of the time it won't allow winamp to connect and I can't run a statistic relay on it from SAM Unfortunately, I don't think you will ever find a free host that's completely reliable as streaming is expensive and it is hard to offer for free without cutting costs right down. This means using lower quality bandwidth, cheap servers and getting as many streams per server as possible, resulting in occasional buffering and server overloads. If you're just after a basic service which 'works most of the time', then a free service may be a good way of getting in to streaming, but as your station grows it may be worth asking your listeners for small donations towards the cost so that you can get paid hosting - if you have quite a few DJs playing on your station then they will probably be willing to donate as well, just explain that with a small amount of funding you can get a more reliable server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadkillarteest Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 I'm the only dj and want to keep it that way. Right now, listen2myradio.com suits my needs... I'm really just doing it for myself, and if I tell someone what I'm playing I'll direct them there if they ask. I found out the hard way until I can afford to go big and advertise, it's not really worth anything I have to pay for. However, I may go back to gameservers.com for a bit... they were around $4 a month for 10 listeners at 64 kbps... really all I would need ATM. I can't broadcast 24 hours a day right now, so anything more would be a waste. I need a desktop computer I could keep online all the time, I'm on a laptop right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WavestreamingConnect Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Lets face it your not going to get a host with decent servers and decent support for free, its just not going to happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WavestreamingConnect Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Why not try Auto DJ @roadkillarteest sounds perfect for you? http://www.wavestreaming.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark7158 Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 would this work for a radio station that uses a satalite feed? Not sure how this all works. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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