Icecast 2 is a free, open-source streaming media server used to create internet radio stations. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the process of installing Icecast 2 on Windows 11.
Before we begin, make sure that you have already installed the following:
First, we need to download the latest version of Icecast 2 for Windows. Go to https://icecast.org/download/ and select the Windows version you want to download, either 32 bit or 64 bit based on your system.
Once the download is completed, extract the contents of the downloaded ZIP file to a folder on your computer
After extracting the files, navigate to the Icecast 2 folder and find the icecast.xml file. This is the configuration file for the Icecast server.
Open icecast.xml in a text editor, and make the following changes:
<hostname> tag to your computer's IP address or domain name<port> tag to a value between 1024 and 65535 that is not already in use<admin-user> and <admin-password> tags for the admin interfaceSave the changes to icecast.xml.
To start the Icecast server, open a Command Prompt by pressing Windows Key + X and selecting Windows PowerShell (Admin).
Navigate to the Icecast folder and run the following command:
.\icecast.exe -c icecast.xml
If the server started successfully, you should see a message similar to the following:
Icecast 2.4.4 started
Finally, you can verify the Icecast server by opening a web browser and going to http://localhost:<port>/status.xsl where the port value is replaced with the port number you specified in Step 2.
If the Icecast server is running properly, you should see a status page with various server statistics.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed and configured Icecast 2 on Windows 11. You can now use the server to stream audio content to listeners over the internet.
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