Here are some tips for streaming music to android mobile devices from a PC. Platform which has been used fo test: Ubuntu 11.10 oneiric + a NAS for storing music (windows can fit as well) Videolan VLC 1.1.12 (providing mp3 flow) icecast 2.3.2 (shoutcast radio) Winamp 1.2.12 for Android mobile(music player) Android-vlc-remote for Android (remote control for VLC) Start icecast server icecast2 -c icecast.xml The icecast xml config file is the original one. don't modify anything at this stage. Setup VLC in order to stream mp3 instead ogg format Close VLC Prepare a playlist (ie: scarlatti.m3u) with Banshee or whatever. Launch VLC in command line vlc scarlatti.m3u --sout '#standard{access=shout,mux=ogg,dst=source:hackme@192.168.0.3:8000/scarlatti}' --sout-keep --extraintf=luahttp --fullscreen --http-album-art Check that icecast is displaying a mount point for the new radio Check the HTTP acces
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