What Platforms are Supported?

Users can listen to SHOUTcast Radio on a variety of platforms. Recommended players are as follows:

  • Windows users should use Winamp.
  • Mac users should use iTunes.
  • Linux/X Windows users should use XMMS.
Broadcasters need to use Winamp and the SHOUTcast DSP Plugin for Winamp. There is no current solution for broadcasting from Unix or Macintosh. 
The SHOUTcast Radio DNAS software is available for the following platforms as of the writing of this documentation. There may be more recent information on the server download section of this site.
  • Windows - All versions
  • Linux glibc (intel)
  • FreeBSD 3.x (intel)
  • FreeBSD 4.x (intel)
  • BSDi (intel)
  • Solaris 7 (ULTRASPARC)

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