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PeerCast enables anyone to broadcast streaming media on the Internet without the need for expensive servers or bandwidth PeerCast enables anyone to broadcast streaming media on the Internet without the need for expensive servers or bandwidth.

PeerCast offers considerable savings for broadcasters because they do not have to provide bandwidth for all of their listeners. A single 56K modem can be used to broadcast a radio station to the entire network.

PeerCast is a robust network because there is no central server, each user can be a client, server or broadcaster of streams. It offers anonymity for broadcasters because there is no easy way to trace back to the original stream, it is even possible to broadcast directly to a single client located in a different country and have that provide the source for the entire network.

PeerCast can also serve streams directly to any media player. This means that it can be used in place of a Shoutcast/Icecast server to provide both direct and P2P streaming at the same time.

It works in much the same way as other P2P fileshare clients except that instead of downloading files, the users download streams. These streams are then exchanged in real-time with other users. No data is stored locally on any machine connected to the network.

The client software has the ability to serve web pages to normal browsers such as Mozilla and Internet Explorer. This means that people on your LAN can search for and listen to channels without having to install the client software on their PC.

Offices can have one PeerCast client providing audio streams to the entire LAN. Or you can set up a private network with your friends on the Internet to listen to music. Its your choice about whether you connect directly to the PeerCast network or not.

Here are some key features of "PeerCast":

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 listening

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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Downloads:	12	Last update:	Feb 23, 2008
Size:	501 KB	Operating System:	Windows All
Price:	-	License:	Freeware

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