Introduction: The Death of Flash and the Crisis for Internet Radio For nearly two decades, SHOUTcast was the undisputed king of internet radio streaming. If you wanted to host a pirate radio station from your bedroom or listen to obscure underground genres, you used SHOUTcast. And for most of that time, the most convenient way to listen was through the embedded SHOUTcast Flash Player.
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The classic SHOUTcast Flash Player was a lightweight .swf file embedded in a webpage. It connected to a SHOUTcast DNAS (Distributed Network Audio Server) on port 8000 (or similar) and streamed MP3 audio via HTTP. The player had simple controls: play, stop, volume, and sometimes a "Now Playing" text feed. Introduction: The Death of Flash and the Crisis