What should my bitrate be when shoutcasting?

duhreetoh · 11th June 2003, 22:03

I checked my bandwith and it had a between 218-220kbps speed..What should i be broudcasting at?

FesterHead · 11th June 2003, 22:06

Use a bandwidth calculator to get a balance between quality (bitrate) and number of listeners you want to support.

Check out the Sticky post titled:
SHOUTcast: Important Info & Answers to FAQs. READ ME!

Scroll down a bit and look for the section titled:
1. DNAS Stuff -> Bandwidth -> DSLReports Bandwidth tester(Only be concerned with the UPLOAD bandwidth)
2. DNAS Stuff -> Bandwidth -> CasterClub's Listener Calculator
3. DNAS Stuff -> Bandwidth -> CasterClub's Bandwidth Calculator

Use 1 to find your upload.
Use 2 to determine the number of listeners you can support at your selected streaming bitrate.

Jay (KXRM) also has a Bandwidth Calculator.

duhreetoh · 11th June 2003, 22:14

Cool thanks .. Yea i was asking because i was testing it last night and 2 people were listening and they said it kept breaking up on them.

Jay · 11th June 2003, 22:17

really low bitrate will do fine 24kbps or so

also your listeners need to be able to suck down the bitrate you select, anything over 24kbps and 56K modem users are not going to be able to listen.

duhreetoh · 11th June 2003, 22:24

Yea i'm on cable if thats not obvious by now so 24 is a good speed to go at?

Jay · 11th June 2003, 22:31

if you want more then 2 listeners to be able to listen

duhreetoh · 11th June 2003, 22:35

OK thanks =)

duhreetoh · 11th June 2003, 23:41

Someone running winamp 3 is having trouble listening in to my shoutcast...

<06/11/03@16:41:52> [dest: 68.96.32.28] starting stream (UID: 2)[L: 1]{A: WinampMPEG/2.9}(P: 0)
<06/11/03@16:41:59> [dest: 4.42.226.40] starting stream (UID: 3)[L: 2]{A: Nullsoft Winamp3 version 3.0b build 4****(P: 1)
<06/11/03@16:42:00> [dest: 4.42.226.40] connection closed (1 seconds) (UID: 3)[L: 1]{Bytes: 24576}(P: 1)

thats whats showing up when he connects...

FesterHead · 12th June 2003, 00:37

That appears to be a normal listener connect/disconnect log snippet.

Please post a link to your DNAS.

Jay · 12th June 2003, 03:02

don't read too much into logs, alot of people do connects like that on purpose.

11th June 2003, 22:03	#1
duhreetoh Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 19	What should my bitrate be when shoutcasting? I checked my bandwith and it had a between 218-220kbps speed..What should i be broudcasting at?

11th June 2003, 22:17	#4
Jay Moderator Alumni Join Date: May 2000 Location: Next Door Posts: 8,942	really low bitrate will do fine 24kbps or so also your listeners need to be able to suck down the bitrate you select, anything over 24kbps and 56K modem users are not going to be able to listen. -Jay \| Radio Toolbox.com

11th June 2003, 22:31	#6
Jay Moderator Alumni Join Date: May 2000 Location: Next Door Posts: 8,942	if you want more then 2 listeners to be able to listen -Jay \| Radio Toolbox.com

12th June 2003, 03:02	#10
Jay Moderator Alumni Join Date: May 2000 Location: Next Door Posts: 8,942	don't read too much into logs, alot of people do connects like that on purpose. -Jay \| Radio Toolbox.com

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11th June 2003, 22:06	#2
FesterHead Alumni Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Maui, Hawaii Posts: 14,108	Use a bandwidth calculator to get a balance between quality (bitrate) and number of listeners you want to support. Check out the Sticky post titled: SHOUTcast: Important Info & Answers to FAQs. READ ME! Scroll down a bit and look for the section titled: 1. DNAS Stuff -> Bandwidth -> DSLReports Bandwidth tester(Only be concerned with the UPLOAD bandwidth) 2. DNAS Stuff -> Bandwidth -> CasterClub's Listener Calculator 3. DNAS Stuff -> Bandwidth -> CasterClub's Bandwidth Calculator Use 1 to find your upload. Use 2 to determine the number of listeners you can support at your selected streaming bitrate. Jay (KXRM) also has a Bandwidth Calculator.

11th June 2003, 22:14	#3
duhreetoh Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 19	Cool thanks .. Yea i was asking because i was testing it last night and 2 people were listening and they said it kept breaking up on them.

11th June 2003, 22:24	#5
duhreetoh Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 19	Yea i'm on cable if thats not obvious by now so 24 is a good speed to go at?

11th June 2003, 22:35	#7
duhreetoh Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 19	OK thanks =)

11th June 2003, 23:41	#8
duhreetoh Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 19	Someone running winamp 3 is having trouble listening in to my shoutcast... <06/11/03@16:41:52> [dest: 68.96.32.28] starting stream (UID: 2)[L: 1]{A: WinampMPEG/2.9}(P: 0) <06/11/03@16:41:59> [dest: 4.42.226.40] starting stream (UID: 3)[L: 2]{A: Nullsoft Winamp3 version 3.0b build 4****(P: 1) <06/11/03@16:42:00> [dest: 4.42.226.40] connection closed (1 seconds) (UID: 3)[L: 1]{Bytes: 24576}(P: 1) thats whats showing up when he connects...

12th June 2003, 00:37	#9
FesterHead Alumni Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Maui, Hawaii Posts: 14,108	That appears to be a normal listener connect/disconnect log snippet. Please post a link to your DNAS.