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How To Install Shoutcast Server On Linux

This document provides instructions for installing Shoutcast Server on Linux to set up an internet radio station. It explains that the client initially installed Shoutcast on Windows but encountered buffering issues when playing audio for more than 10 minutes. Testing the Linux version resulted in better performance with no buffering. The summary then outlines the installation process, which includes creating a Linux user for Shoutcast, downloading and extracting the software, configuring the configuration file, and starting the Shoutcast server process.

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How To Install Shoutcast Server On Linux

This document provides instructions for installing Shoutcast Server on Linux to set up an internet radio station. It explains that the client initially installed Shoutcast on Windows but encountered buffering issues when playing audio for more than 10 minutes. Testing the Linux version resulted in better performance with no buffering. The summary then outlines the installation process, which includes creating a Linux user for Shoutcast, downloading and extracting the software, configuring the configuration file, and starting the Shoutcast server process.

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How to install Shoutcast Server on Linux?

aAs an Internet consulting company, we had an opportunity to setup


Internet Radio station with Nullsoft's SHOUTcast application. Our client
is a local Radio Broadcasting Company (Chicago Radio Korea, AM1330),
inspired to expand it's audiences by offering an Internet Radio.

We initially installed SHOUTcast server on a Windows 2003 server,


but buffering in Windows Media player was a major problem. The media
player play starts to buffer audio after listening about 10 minutes of
continuous broadcasting. We were fairly new to the SHOUTcast, so we're
not sure there is a configuration change that can be made to correct
this buffering problem. This led us to experiment Linux version, and the
result was great! So, we decided to write up this article although it
doesn't directly relates to web hosting topic.

SHOUTcast is a free application that allows anyone to start their


own radio station, or streaming audio. The executable binaries are
available at

You can't view the links! Click here to register or


.

Installation Procedure

Assumptions:
A. SHOUTcast application runs on a server connected to the Internet.
You may use shared or dedicated server for hosting Internet Radio
(SHOUTcast) application, and allow others to connect to it by an IP or
domain name.
B. With security consideration, SHOUTcast server will be run by a
Linux user (except for root). Running the SHOUTcast as a regular Linux
user will tighten the server security considerably.

1. Create a Linux user with 'adduser' command. This user will be


solely responsible for running and operating SHOUTcast server

application.

Code:
bash# adduser -c "Shoutcast User" shoutcast
bash# passwd shoutcast

2. Download the latest copy of SHOUTcast Server at


You can't view the links! Click here to register or
. SHOUTcast Server is available for the following platforms: Windows, Mac OS, FreeBSD, Linux
and Solaris.

3. Extract the the downloaded tar file.


Code:
Login as a shoutcast user.
bash% tar xfz shoutcast-{x.y.z}-linux-glibc6.tar.gz
bash% mv shoutcast-{x.y.z}-linux-glibc6 ~

4. Configure SHOUTcast Server


Edit the sc_serv.conf file as described on shoutcast.com website
with your favorite editor. Settings you may with to change include
"MaxUser", "Password", "PortBase", "AdminPassword" and among others.

5 Start the SHOUTcast Server


Code:
bash% ./sc_serv sc_serv.conf >/dev/null 2>&1 &

Or create a shoutcast daemon called shoutcastd in the home


directory.

[Content of shoutcastd file]


#!/bin/bash

./sc_serv sc_serv.conf >/dev/null 2>&1 &


[End of shoutcastd file]

bash% chmod +x shoutcastd


bash% ./shoutcastd
Credit : Scott Seong

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