WCYG - Cygnus' Mix
The Internet Radio bug has bitten me again! Over the last year I've played with Nullsoft's Shoutcast to stream out my own mix of music. I've even written Python code that takes a list of MP3s and OGGs and based on my own rotation decisions (such as which artists get heavy rotation) will create a playlist with station ID's inserted at certain intervals. It made for a lot of fun, but since Shoutcast only supports MP3 streams, it was hard to pump out a low-bandwidth stream that sounded decent.
I just started looking into Vorbis streaming solutions the last two weeks, and things are starting to mature quite well. Oddsock maintains Oddcast, a Winamp plugin that creates MP3 and Ogg Vorbis streams, and Win32 builds of Icecast2 a Vorbis-compatible streaming server. After I get my basement computer configs stabilized for the winter (it can get cold down in the polar region), I'll probably get a private stream or two going. I estimate I'll probably have something going within the next two weeks.
If you want connection details, post here or email me! My mix usually contains heavy amounts of Rush, King's X, Dream Theater, The Tea Party, Extreme/Nuno, and Yes. I also like to put a good amount of other progressive rockers in there, like ELP and Genesis, and I'll probably be adding Porcupine Tree as well, thanks to Don!