Altacast

Altacast

Main window of Altacast
Original author(s)	Ed Zaleski
Developer(s)	RadioDJ.ro
Initial release	April 2001 (2001-04) (as OddCast) October 30, 2011 (2011-10-30) (as EdCast) September 3, 2012 (2012-09-03) (as AltaCast)
Stable release	Standalone / DSP: 1.0 RadioDJ plugin: 2.5.3 / Standalone / DSP: September 3, 2012 (2012-09-03) RadioDJ plugin: February 16, 2015 (2015-02-16)
Written in	RadioDJ plugin: .NET Framework
Operating system	Microsoft Windows
Platform	x86, x64
Size	Windows: 2.2 MB
Type	Streaming media
License	Free and Open source GPL (Standalone / DSP) Proprietary (RadioDJ plugin)
Website	www.altacast.com

OddSock

Company type	Non-Profit
Industry	Internet Radio Software
Founded	Chicago, IL (60067)
Headquarters	Chicago, IL, USA
Key people	Ed Zaleski, Founder
Number of employees	1

Altacast (formerly known as Edcast and Oddcast) is a free and open source audio encoder that can be used to create Internet streams of varying types. Many independent and commercial broadcasters use Altacast to create Internet radio stations, such as those listed on the Icecast, Loudcaster and Shoutcast station directories.

Altacast is currently maintained by the RadioDJ.ro community.

Development

The development of the original streaming software ceased in January 2011. The official site at Oddsock.org displays a 'we have shut down' message.

Edcast, a fork of Oddsock, is being updated and hosted at Club RIO. In early 2012, development of Edcast was moved to Google Code and SourceForge. As of October 30, 2011, the latest stable version is 3.33.2011.1026 and the latest beta version is 3.37.2011.1214.

In September 2012, a second fork, Altacast was released. The Standalone & DSP edition are derived from GPL software and is available on GitHub, while the RadioDJ edition is written in .NET Framework and developed separately. The latest version is 1.0 for Standalone & DSP, and 2.5.3 for RadioDJ. A 2.0 version for the Standalone & DSP edition is planned for the future that will be SHOUTcast v2 compatible.

Features

Altacast is supported on Windows. It will run in conjunction with various media players compatible with Winamp plugins, such as AIMP, JetAudio, KMPlayer, MediaMonkey, MusicBee and foobar2000, as a plugin for RadioDJ automation software, as well as a standalone encoder.

Altacast Standalone & DSP can stream to Icecast and SHOUTcast servers in Ogg Vorbis and Ogg FLAC out-of-the-box. MP3, AAC and AAC+ support can be added via the LAME encoder, libFAAC.dll, and enc_aacplus.dll (obtainable from Winamp 5.61) respectively.

SHOUTcast v2 is currently not officially supported in Altacast Standalone & DSP. However, it is possible to connect to stream ID no. 1 of a SHOUTcast v2 server in legacy (v1) mode. As a temporary workaround, the SHOUTcast DSP 1.9.2 plugin for Winamp-compatible media players may be used to broadcast to alternate mount points (e.g stream ID no. 2).

SHOUTcast v2 and Opus support is available in v1.4 onwards in the RadioDJ plugin.

See also

• Icecast
• Shoutcast
• List of Internet radio stations
• List of streaming media systems

External links

• Altacast website
• Oddsock's former website (inactive)
• Club RIO
• EdCast Reborn at Google Code (inactive)
• EdCast Reborn at SourceForge (inactive)
• Internet Radio Encoders - VosCast
• Internet Radio Encoders - dj-jhonny.nl
• music on Lovifm.com