Hi Marsha, it's been a long time since I've used Live365, but I think this is still an accurate summary of the differences.
Live365.com is a hosting service, which offers a directory of stations it hosts. It is, if you like, an all in one solution. You can upload your content and have them stream for you, or you can stream live to them from your PC. They publicise your station for you on their site. Depending on the plan you choose, and the plan the listener chooses, they may insert ads into your station. Shoutcast.com is a place from which you can download the Shoutcast software, including the Winamp plug-in and the server. It is also a directory where anyone using this software can choose to be listed if they wish. They do not offer hosting to the general public however. You need to find that elsewhere, either by running the server on a computer on your own connection, or by streaming to a Shoutcast server hosted somewhere else, such as http://www.ultrastreams.us or similar service. So basically, the big difference is that Live365 offers you bandwidth and streaming, Shoutcast.com as a rule will not and will require you to get that elsewhere. Personally, I'd go with Shoutcast because the end user, the one who this is all for, doesn't have to log into any special service, and you are free to widely publish the direct URL to your Shoutcast stream that people can paste into a Shoutcast compatible player. Hope this helps. Jonathan Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
