| PeerCast.org
was established in April 2002 as a non-profit site
providing free P2P radio software. The aim
of the project is to create an easy to use, simple and reliable
software client that 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.
PeerCast runs on Windows™,
Linux and Mac OSX.
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