1. Roll Your Own Internet Stream
David Klann
Broadcast Tool & Die
broadcasttool.com

2. W h y ?

3. Most commercial stream providers are expensive!
It’s EASY!!
Control of your own data
Customization you may not get from a provider

4. Why not ?

5. Most commercial stream providers take care of the picky details
Many commercial stream providers take care of reporting (at least to some degree)
Another tech thingie needs care and feeding
Reliability is more complex to achieve

6. What Does It Actually Take?
Account with a “cloud service provider” (Amazon, Digital Ocean, etc.)
Virtual Private Server (VPS) at the provider
Stream “encoder” (if you’re streaming now you already have this)
Host name records (if you’re streaming now you already have this)
Reporting tools

7. (switcher, dist. amp., etc)
Studio Output
(switcher, dist. amp., etc)
Loyal fans
Stream Encoder
Cloud Service
Provider
(“the Internet”)
VPS
running
Icecast

8. How To Get Started
I have no interest in Digital Ocean. Just a satisfied user and customer.

9. SoundExchange Reporting
Icecast SoundExchange report on GitHub

10. Fast Forward ...

11. Let’s spin up an Icecast server

12. Advanced Topic: HLS

13. David Klann Broadcast Tool & Die broadcasttool.com 414.939.0841
THANKS!
David Klann
Broadcast Tool & Die
broadcasttool.com