4 Streaming radio output

 

 

 

Web radio’s equivalent of a radio mast is the computer. Anyone with a phone connection can set one up to send their radio programmes out to the online world. There are many specialist sites on the Web which tell you how to go about doing this (several are suggested at the end of this chapter as ‘Further reading’), but for those approaching web radio for the first time there are a number of important basic principles to be aware of before diving in.

Perhaps the first point to emphasize is just what a vast resource the Internet is in its own right. Not only are there the websites of companies who provide the software for streaming – stacked with as much technical detail as you can absorb – there is also an entire ...

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