The whole multi node aspect of the internet makes for some very interesting and very powerful applications. The problem is that most of us haven’t woken up to that power. The internet has a synergistic power about it that P2P really shows well. And PeerCasting has come up with a cool example of that synergy by unleashing P2P Broadcasting.
PeerCast is a Win, Linux, and Mac app that allows you to broadcast with a power you couldn’t achieve on your own. Here are the features:
Support for MP3, OGG Theora and Vorbis, WMA, WMV and NSV.
HTML (Linux/Windows) and Windows task-bar icon interface
Remote configuration via any web browser
Extremely low memory footprint and CPU load
One click streaming - click on any peercast:// URL to start listeningâ€
Direct streaming - PeerCast can act as a standard streaming server such as Shoutcast/Icecast to provide both direct and P2P streaming.
Multiple broadcasting - use mount points to broadcast multiple channels from the same server
Anonymous broadcasting - clients do not tell each other if they are the source or just listening
Remote broadcasting - broadcast to a client located on another machine anywhere on the Internet
Icecast/Icecast2/SHOUTcast/WindowMedia streaming support including relaying from external sources.
Support for all popular media players, WinAmp, XMMS etc..
Fully decentralized - any PeerCast client can be used to setup a private relay or provide connection bases to the main network
Security settings to control access rights for Connections/Broadcasting/Admin etc..
IP address filtering and banning
Custom settings to limit bandwidth and the number of connections in/out
Does not require incoming ports to be configured
Full support for ICY-Metadata (MP3) and OGG Vorbis comment headers for title/artist/song display
One-click play for any channel straight from the Taskbar icon
Favorite channels list allowing almost instant reconnection to your channels
Freeware, not ad/spy ware
Open source
Now includes OggCap - Video broadcasting tool.
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