mooky
28th May 2000, 04:43
After using shoutcast for awhile and surveying what's out there, here are some thoughts.
On first hearing of shoutcast, I was excited by the prospect of anyone with an ISP being able to broadcast. In particular, I was hoping to find a large variety of interesting stations on the shoutcast server list -- stations that, freed from the traditional market-driven nature of broadcating, would offer more varied fare than is available on the local FM spectrum.
And there is some neat stuff out there: the guy who broadcasts Las Vegas police radio, a few talk shows, a few random guys with mikes and things to say, some good hip-hop. But for the most part it seems like shoutcast is just a bunch of MP3 playlists on eternal shuffle. It's nice and all, but a little underwhelming.
Has anyone come across interesting uses of shoutcast?
On first hearing of shoutcast, I was excited by the prospect of anyone with an ISP being able to broadcast. In particular, I was hoping to find a large variety of interesting stations on the shoutcast server list -- stations that, freed from the traditional market-driven nature of broadcating, would offer more varied fare than is available on the local FM spectrum.
And there is some neat stuff out there: the guy who broadcasts Las Vegas police radio, a few talk shows, a few random guys with mikes and things to say, some good hip-hop. But for the most part it seems like shoutcast is just a bunch of MP3 playlists on eternal shuffle. It's nice and all, but a little underwhelming.
Has anyone come across interesting uses of shoutcast?