If the computer that will be serving your broadcast is behind a firewall, be sure to open a service port (the default is 8000) if you want to be heard outside of your LAN. Quick-access presets range from a stream that a dial-up modem should be able to handle, all the way up to Intranet/LAN bandwidth.Īudio stream quality settings: you can choose specific settings or use the slider to balance between CPU usage and audio quality. Finally, choose how good you want your broadcast to sound. Artist and title information is automatically generated. There’s space to fill in the name of your broadcast, a genre, an AIM screen name, and a Web address. Next, you’ll want to provide a little bit of information to go along with your stream-especially if you plan on listing to your broadcast on Stream Tracker, which Nicecast can automatically do. In my case, I would be using iTunes, which was already chosen for me by default. To get started, you choose the source of your broadcast. If that weren’t enough, Nicecast also offers an assortment of effect plug-ins and the ability to DJ your broadcast with voice-overs and save archives of your broadcasts. Fresh out of the gate with a version 1.0 release, Nicecast will have you broadcasting online with practically a single mouse click.

If you ever thought running your own Internet radio station would be too complicated and too expensive, you thought wrong.

Trial: Static is overlaid on all broadcast audio after 20 minutes. Requirements: Mac OS X 10.2 and an Internet or Intranet connection.

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