Newbie: need help! setting up Linux dedicated server!

[msimonds]

Hi all, I am new to the forums, this is a great site!

I run a sports site and we currently have taped radio show. I have my own dedicated server with plenty of bandwidth. The server specs are as follows:

WHM 10.1.0 cPanel 10.2.0-R82
CentOS 3.4 i686 - WHM X v3.1.0

I have root access and also have my site on this server. I want setup the radio show as a live streaming show using shoutcast so members and visitors can listen to the show, live, at a designated time.

The guys that host my show are out of Ohio.

Can shoutcast be used to do this?

I tried to read which package i need to download to install on my server, but I am confused to which one i need. I am also wondering if windows media encoder can be used by my show hosts to stream this show from my server.

I am looking for anyone that is willing to help me get this setup and understand. I am not asking for a freebie

If anyone can or is willing to help me do this, please contact me from one of my IM's in my profile or email me


I hope that I am not violating any of the forum rules here, I am sorry for that, I am not trying to do this intenionally

Regards,

Mike
Sportsrant.com

[msimonds]

Does anyone know of anyone that is willing to help with this or am I asking the wrong type of question

[msimonds]

I guess I am asking a stupid question or request!

[dotme]

Shoutcast can be used to stream audio content across the Net, however you cannot use Windows Media Encoder as a source.

You need Winamp (free) and the Winamp Shoutcast Plugin (DSP - also free) to make a source.

Set those up and you're half way there. Next step is to download shoutcast and install it, and run it. Note that if you try to do this on a webserver and the owner of the server does not intend that it be used for this purpose, you might not be successful. Talk to your hosting provider about whether shoutcast is supported on their systems.

If it is, once installed, you need to edit the config file (See the readme that comes with the download) and change your password. Usually, no other changes are necessary. Once you have saved that change, start Shoutcast.

Now in Winamp, set up the DSP plugin with the IP address, port (8000) and password of the shoutcast server. Play some files to make sure it connects and is working.

To listen to the stream, you would go to

http://serverIP:serverPort/listen.pls

That's it - (The .pls file is created automatically)

[msimonds]

I did and can you test it here

http://66.147.239.138:8000

but I am trying to get it to lanch windows media player so we can broadcast a live sports radio show

can this be done

[MegaRock]

You can create an .asx file that will launch WMP to the shoutcast stream. This may help:

http://www.onlinetools.org/tools/asx-o-matic.php

Put the resulting .asx file on your webserver and make sure the mime types are setup in the webserver. Information on mime settings can be found here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/howto/articles/webserver.aspx

[msimonds]

Thanks to the both of you for helping me, it worked