If you want to know more about Icecast, then please read on. This article will show you how to download and install the Icecast software onto your windows server. We will talk briefly about the two basic types of Icecast application, that is available for download and that is also available for free on their website. For those of you who do not know much about hosting applications, you will learn a few tricks here as well.
In order to use the Icecast application, you first need to download and install the software onto your windows server. If you only have a little technical knowledge about computers, you will know that this pretty easily. For those of you who don't, please read on. For an easy to understand guide, the application will advise you to either use either a dedicated server or you may opt to locally host it on your computer.
After you have downloaded and installed the software on your computer, the next step is to get an Icecast account. This is pretty simple and you will see a wizard guide walk you through it very easily. Once you have filled in all the necessary information and once your account is verified, you are ready to actually start up your Icecast server. Just click on the "start" button and you should be able to see your very own live streaming web page.
