You can do encoding cheap with a old PC and Shoutcast DSP .. There are even some "free" processing type things out there... However honestly if you want to do it right you will spend some money and by the time you invest in a high quality PC, software such as SAM Cast, Omnia AX/E etc... and a decent sound card you will be near the cost of an appliance such as the Pro Stream .. the big perk to the Pro stream is for the most part you can "set it and forget it" no maintenance, windows updates, antivirus software updates etc to keep it running.
03-17-2013, 06:51 AM
andrewzarian
For a few years we were using a free broadcasting software called BUTT (broadcast using this tool). It was fine for what it was but definitely extremely limited.
