streamer.1

.TH streamer 1 "March 2003" hewgill.com "NOAA Weather Radio"
.SH NAME
streamer \- serve streaming audio
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B streamer [-c
.I config-file
.B ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B streamer
reads audio data from stdin,
and streams it in MP3 format to clients that connect via HTTP.
The
.IR lame (1)
audio compressor is used to create the MP3 stream.

A station description entry is also maintained on shoutcast.com.
.SH OPTIONS
.IP "-c config-file"
Read the configuration from 
.I config-file
instead of from "streamer.conf".
.SH BUGS
The following aspects are not configurable:
options to
.IR lame (1)
including the bit rate and quality;
the port which listens for HTTP connections;
the maximum number of clients;
the address of the shoutcast directory server(s);
the station name shown on shoutcast;
other shoutcast info such as urls.

No attempt is made to adjust the streaming rate to match the MP3 bit rate.
Input data should be supplied in real time.
.SH FILES
.I streamer.log
.RS
Client connections are logged to this file.
.SH AUTHOR
Greg Hewgill <greg@hewgill.com>
.br
http://www.hewgill.com
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR capture (1),
.BR lame (1)