Shoutbox

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Originally posted by MenthiX
Whoa Did you type that all?

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Somehow I doubt it.

I just wanted to say that you can just setup a SHOUTcast radio server on your computer, so the other person could connect to your computer via Winamp. Then, you can switch the input mode between mic and sound card (which means they'll hear exactly what you hear from the computer speakers).

To do that, you need to run the SHOUTcast server software on your computer (or on a remote server with lots of bandwidth to spare). The server first waits for a connection from the "DJ", then it allows listeners to connect. Note that you need to configure the server before running it, see the docs. The server is highly configurable and has a nice Web interface, logs, and many advanced features, but it's not too difficult to get it started. You basically just need to configure a port, a broadcaster password and max. listeners.

To start broadcasting, you need to connect to the server as a DJ (even if it's on your local computer, in which case you connect to localhost). This can be done via Winamp 2/5, using a Winamp plug-in called "the SHOUTcast DSP plug-in".
The SHOUTCast site is extremely outdated, so it says the plug-in is for Winamp 2.x, but it should work with version 5 as well.

After installing the plug-in, you can open its window from the "Plug-ins -> DSP/Effect" section in Winamp's Preferences (Ctrl+P). Then you do some configuration and connect to the server to start broadcasting. You can switch between mic and sound card in the rightmost tab. You can also set a name for your server which is attached to the song titles, and of course you can choose different bitrates, depending on your upstream speed limit.

I hope that's useful to anyone...