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URL Shorteners. How to create an internet radio station. If you’ve ever wondered how internet radio stations work and/or wanted to create your own, this tutorial will show you how. It is actually very easy, and you can set up your own radio station and begin broadcasting songs in about 10 minutes. First of all, let me give you a quick rundown on how it works. You have your music player (I will use Winamp, get it if you don’t have it) and you play your music as you normally would. You probably need a fast internet connection so you can broadcast without buffering occuring. Through a plugin (which you will download and install), Winamp will send the music you play to the broadcasting server (which can be on your PC or on another one with a larger connection), and the server sends the music to the listeners, reencoding it to a better format, if you are so inclined.

The programs I use are Winamp for playing, oddcast DSP for broadcasting to the server and Icecast for serving. Let’s get started, then. Click OK here and then click “Connect”. Print Friendly & PDF. Save paper & ink printing only what you want « PrintWhatYouLike.com. This to That (Glue Advice) How To Do Things » How To Articles & How To Videos. How to do anything. Free online speed reading software | Spreeder.com.

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