internet radio?

[higashi]

I just recently decided to make an internet radio station (no idea why... just randomly decided to) and i need to know more about it before i start...

Basically, i just need to know how the hell to do this. I've looked around the internet and read about SHOUTcast but i'm still not 100% sure what exactly it is or how to use it.

Is SHOUTcast the best thing for me to use? This is what i want to be able to do:

allow people to listen to my music, be able to talk on my station using my mic if i feel like it, be able to set a playlist to play random songs from for when i'm not at my computer... i think thats all for now.

Can someone provide me with a tutorial that a complete noob can understand, or just tell me what i need to know urself?
TIA

EDIT: This program (http://www.onlymeok.nildram.co.uk/) looks pretty cool. is it up-to-date enough? Would you recommend i use it?

[pastalavista]

I don't know much about it but my son uses icecast2 (it's in the repositories). He uses Crunchbang-linux which is an Ubuntu-based system so it shouldn't be too hard. He isn't all that smart.. haha.

[higashi]

lol

icecast looks pretty cool, i think thats what i want to use. I'm not having much luck installing though.

I went System>administration>synaptic package manager and added it, (also added ices2 since it was required) and everything seemed to go fine, but once i closed synaptic and looked under applications, it just wasnt there. :(

When i run icecast2 in a terminal, i get this:
me@my desktop:~$ icecast2
Icecast 2.3.2

usage: icecast [-b -v] -c <file>
options:
-c <file> Specify configuration file
-v Display version info
-b Run icecast in the background



how can i get it to run, and get it in my main menu so that i dont have to run it in the terminal each time ?

[pastalavista]

I asked my son and he said you also need something like "idjc" or "ampache". I made him spell ampache. He said they were gui clients. He has used both but also said he doesn't mess with it any more. Sorry... you know how kids are

[higashi]

Ahah, yeah.

Now, i installed ampache and idjc. I tried running idjc but there were some errors with JACK (which im not gunna bother listing right now cuz im more interested in ampache) and i still have no idea what icecast2 is... Oh and ampache isn't listed in my main menu either, and when i type it in a terminal, it says "command not found".
I am so lost right now @.@

[Samhain13]

Oh and ampache isn't listed in my main menu either, and when i type it in a terminal, it says "command not found".
I am so lost right now @.@

I don't think you'll find this type of application in the menu. Looking at the wiki (http://ampache.org/wiki/) right now because this thread got me interested. :)

Anyway, try to open this URI in your web browser: http://localhost/ampache. I believe that if you don't get a 404 error (page not found), Ampache is probably running already. You can also check if there's an entry for it in System > Administration > Services, and if such entry is checked.

Good luck. I might look more into this, but I may take some time.