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What is the difference between Shoutcast and Icecast?

Apr 11, 2019ShoutCheapFAQ

There are two main options for running a radio server with us and these are using an Icecast server or a Shoutcast server.

Firstly it’s worth mentioning that both server types are very similar in what they do but there are some subtle differences you might want to be aware of when choosing your server type.

  • Both  SHOUTcast and Icecast will be listed on their own Internet Radio Directory. Because the SHOUTcast directory is more popular, this gives you excellent exposure and will likely lead to getting more listeners than you would do on an Icecast directory. However if you do not depend from the directories to get your listeners, then you can go with either one SHOUTcast or Icecast.
  • Both Shoutcast v2 and Icecast has mount points meaning and automatically transfers listeners from the Auto DJ to the Live stream and back again without needing to manually turn anything on or off. So you connect and all the listeners are transferred from the auto DJ to the live stream and then back again when you are finished.

Shoutcast Supported file formats

Source Clients Input Formats Output Formats
MP3 AAC Ogg Vorbis FLAC WAV MP3 AAC/AAC+ NSV video
sc_trans v1 Yes No No No No Yes No Yes
sc_trans v2 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes, requires
a license key
Yes Yes, but
unsupported
Liquidsoap Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Live DSP Input N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Yes Yes Yes

Icecast Supported file formats

Source Clients Input Formats Output Formats
MP3 AAC Ogg Vorbis FLAC WAV MP3 AAC/AAC+ Ogg Vorbis Ogg Opus Ogg FLAC NSV
video
OggTheora
video
WebM
video
IceS 0.4 Yes No Yes No No Yes No No No No No No No
IceS 2.0 No No Yes No No No No Yes No No No Yes No
Liquidsoap Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
Live DSPInput N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
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