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Winamp; SHOUTcast DSP; Winamp is the media player itself and the SHOUTcast DSP is the encoder to connect to your radio station online. When both Winamp and the SHOUTcast DSP plugin are installed it should look something like this: In the Source DSP window select the Output tab. Winamp is an alternative media player you can use to play all of your media files. The program is easy to use and has a well-laid interface for easy navigation. Media files can be played either one at a time or by batch using playlists. Download Winamp for Windows now from Softonic: 100% safe and virus free. More than 22349 downloads this month. Download Winamp latest version 2021. Winamp is one of the most recognizable media players ever developed. Its performance as an MP3 players was a big part of that success, but it was also the customization options that were integrated into its design from the start.

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Winamp plays MPEG Layer 2 (MP2) and Layer 3 (MP3) audio streams and combines extensive functionality with an intuitive interface. Winamp has a full-featured playlist editor and a 10-band graphic equalizer with user-definable presets that can automatically load specific files.
The first major update of Winamp was Winamp3. It had video support, new skinning system, and a redesign of the plug-in system. Unfortunately, it was poorly received and widely criticized. To fix this embarrassment, Nullsoft decided to integrate Winamp3 skin and script support into the Winamp 2.x platform. Thus, Winamp 2 plus Winamp3 equals Winamp5 (released December 16, 2003). Upon release of Winamp5, Winamp3 was spun off as the Wasabi.player, an open-source equivalent to Nullsoft's Winamp. Wasabi is a mostly open-source (zlib-licensed), cross-platform application framework and skinnable GUI toolkit, developed by Nullsoft.
New features in Winamp 5.0 include support for classic Winamp 1.x/2.x/2.9x skins and Winamp 3 ('Modern') skins, vastly more powerful media library, CD ripping support (AAC@2x in free version, MP3 at unlimited speeds in pro), CD burning support (limited to 2x in free version), advanced title formatting logic for file types that support it, huge AVS updates, support for playback of AAC and VP6 in NSV files/streams, global hotkey support, new Signal Processing Studio DSP plug-in, options to disable plugin exception handling for developers, new Winamp icon, added XP Manifest.xml to winamp.exe, made agent icon use configured winamp system tray icon, optimized winamp's load titles on demand logic, made faster, made winamp's internal submenu management more reliable, added skin font override preferences, and added spacebar shows current playlist item in playlist editor.
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Step 1 - Install Winamp

Download and install Winamp (if you don’t already have it installed). Winamp is a free download.

Step 2 - Install the Shoutcast DSP Plugin

Download the Shoutcast DSP Plugin for Winamp and install it. This is a free plugin for Winamp that lets you stream out to the Internet.

Run the file you just downloaded and this will install the DSP into Winamp.

Step 3 - Start the Shoutcast DSP Plugin

• Start Winamp
• Press Ctrl - P (Ctrl and P keys together) - This will open the settings page.
• (a) Click ‘DSP/Effect’ on the left column - you may need to scroll down.
• (b) Select ‘Nullsoft SHOUTcast Source DSP’ - a window called ‘SHOUTcast Source’ will appear.

Step 4 - Enter the Shoutcast Server settings

• (c) Click the ‘Output’ tab
• (d) Click ‘Connection’
• (e) In the ‘Address’ field enter the Shoutcast server host as shown in your Shoutcast email or Fast Serv account under Services -> Shoutcast.
• (f) In the ‘Port’ field enter the Shoutcast server Port as shown in your Shoutcast email or Fast Serv account under Services -> Shoutcast.
• (g) In the ‘Password’ field enter the Shoutcast server DJ password as shown in your Shoutcast email or Fast Serv account under Services -> Shoutcast.

Note: You can log into your Portal account to obtain your Shoutcast server details critical for this step (if you don’t already have them):

Step 5 - Set up the Encoder

The Encoder is the ‘heart’ of Shoutcast. It takes the audio from Winamp (or the microphone or line input) and converts it into MP3 format to be sent to your listeners.

• (h) Click the ‘Encoder’ tab.
• (i) Click ‘Encoder 1’ in the ‘Encoder’ field.
• (j) Select ‘MP3 Encoder’ in the ‘Encoder Type’ menu.
• (k) Select the appropriate bitrate in the ‘Encoder Settings’. You can choose any ‘kbps’ that is equal or lower to the bitrate ‘kbps’ of the Shoutcast package you purchased.

Note: Be very careful when choosing your Encoder Settings. The bit rate (kbps) MUST be equal or lower to the Shoutcast plan you purchased.

Step 6 - Set up your Station Details

• (l) Click the ‘Output’ tab.
• (m) Click the ‘Yellowpages’ button.
• (n) Give your station a title.
• (o) Enter your website address, including the http:// part.
• (p) Enter a the genre of music or content. You can list more than one, separated by commas.
• (q) If you want the titles of songs streamed to the players, click ‘Enable Title Updates’.

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Step 7 - Choose the audio source

Here we will choose whether to broadcast what is playing in Winamp, or instead the live sound input to your computer (microphone, line-in, ect).

• (r) Click the ‘Input’ tab
• (s) If you want to stream files played in Winamp, choose ‘Winamp’ in the ‘Input Device’ menu. If you wish to instead broadcast a live audio feed or microphone input, select ‘Soundcard Input’.

Note: If you select ‘Soundcard Input’, the default recording device in the Windows control panel will be used for streaming. You can monitor the levels in the ‘Input Level’ area—it is recommended to keep your input level less than -2 dB to prevent distortion. You may have to adjust the recording mixer properties if the levels aren’t moving (see below under ‘troubleshooting’).

Step 8 - Start streaming

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• (t) Click the ‘Output’ tab.
• (u) Click ‘Connect’.
• (v) You should immediately see bytes counting up in the ‘Status’ box. If the bytes are stuck at 0 or remains ‘Not Connected’, see the troubleshooting section below.
• (w) If you would like to have the Shoutcast DSP automatically connect each time you start Winamp, tick the ‘Connect at Startup’ check box.

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