[Flac] Flac live audio stream

[Maarten S]

Hi, I am looking for a way to stream live audio using the FLAC audio format.




After some analysis myself I found various lossy alternatives, also in higher levels of kbps (like MP3 320 kbps). But I do want to challenge and be sure whether FLAC might be a possibility.




So I am specifically looking for an encoder and server solution supporting live streaming FLAC audio.




Do you have a good practice?




Thanks,




Maarten

Netherlands

[Martijn van Beurden]

Post by Maarten S
So I am specifically looking for an encoder and server
solution supporting live streaming FLAC audio.

Hi,

There hasn't been much live streaming of FLAC as far as I know,
so there are probably no best practices and there isn't much
software available. A few resources of interest to you might be
these

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11489300/why-is-flac-streaming-over-http-done-with-ogg-encapsulation-instead-of-natively
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edcast
http://archiv.cesnet.cz/doc/techzpravy/2008/using-flac-encoding/

I hope this helps.

[Avuton Olrich]

MPD can do it[1], if you're looking for implementation details, they're in
the code[2].

1. https://takla.wordpress.com/2014/04/01/mpd-stream-lossless-flac-or-wav/
2. git.musicpd.org

Post by Maarten S
Hi, I am looking for a way to stream live audio using the FLAC audio format.
After some analysis myself I found various lossy alternatives, also in
higher levels of kbps (like MP3 320 kbps). But I do want to challenge and
be sure whether FLAC might be a possibility.
So I am specifically looking for an encoder and server solution
supporting live streaming FLAC audio.
Do you have a good practice?
Thanks,
Maarten
Netherlands
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[Brian Willoughby]

The FLAC format was certainly designed with the intention to support streaming. I'm just not aware of anyone doing it. It looks like other list members have provided some promising links.

Brian Willoughby

Post by Maarten S
Hi, I am looking for a way to stream live audio using the FLAC audio format.
After some analysis myself I found various lossy alternatives, also in higher levels of kbps (like MP3 320 kbps). But I do want to challenge and be sure whether FLAC might be a possibility.
So I am specifically looking for an encoder and server solution supporting live streaming FLAC audio.
Do you have a good practice?