Streaming Audio Tutorial Page 3 — Install and Configuration Go to the Shoutcast download page and click on "download Shoutcast." Click on "Be a server." Click on "Download the latest version of Shoutcast server." Click through the license terms. That's a lot of clicking so far, so take a moment, take a breath and flex your fingers. Ok, let's continue. Click on "Download" for the Shoutcast WIN32 Console/GUI server. It's small and downloads fast. Now run the installer. The installation will put an entry in your Startup menu. Begin the Shoutcast server by selecting "Start->Programs->Shoutcast DNAS->Shoutcast DNAS GUI." Now click on the "Edit config" menu option located at the top. This will start the default text editor, opening the configuration file for the Shoutcast server. Follow all directions written in the configuration file. Config values: The primary value to set is "MaxUser," which specifies how many users can connect simultaneously to your server. This is how you make sure your connection doesn't get overloaded and resources aren't wasted. The default is 24 simultaneous streams but, thanks to the thoughtfully included formula, we realize we only want to provide 8 simultaneous users with 24kbps streams. That adds up to 192kbps and leaves us a little bit of space to browse the Web on a 256kbps DSL connection. Note that even though we set this value to 8, it doesn't automatically mean 192kbps will be used all the time. The server won't use any bandwidth unless users are actively connected and listening. The other important value is (obviously) "Password" which should be changed to avoid hackers getting in to your server. The rest of the values can be left as they are for regular operation. (Feeling adventurous? If you want to play with some neat stuff, take a look at the "IntroFile" setting.) To last page of Streaming Audio To next page of Streaming Audio Back to the HTML Home Page