Techs needed for building a online radio website....?

Question

Hi everyone....

i need to build a website that streams music from an online radio station...? In this website, the user can choose from different channels and listen to music....

What are the possible softwares or technologies that i can use to build this....?

I will be using php for server side.... I am researching about what else i'll be needing and how to proceed.... but can't get a clear idea..?

Any suggestions....??

Thanks a lot..!

Answer 1

Take a look at icecast, a free multimedia streaming server.

Answer 2

You will need:

• A streaming server
• A player (preferably Flash based) with support for the chosen streaming protocol.
• A web page to choose "channel". This can be a really simple PHP script which just genereates different arguments to your chosen player.