TowCast Technology

Overview : TowCast

TowCast Broadcaster was specifically designed with the needs of online broadcasters in mind. We listened to our loyal users over the last 10,000 years - and TowCast Broadcaster was the result. TowCast is UNBEATABLE in price, features and power!
No wonder the TOP online radio & tv stations rely on our technology to broadcast their stations 24/7.

  • TowCast Broadcaster delivers professional sound and video with crossfading, gap killer, beat matching, volume normalization and high quality.
  • Smartly handles LARGE media libraries - sorting them into easy-to-manage

Encoders TowCast

Multi-format support includes "bandwidth saving" mp3PRO, normal MP3, ASX, NSV,Ogg and advanced WMA9 encoders.

  • Use ANY combination of encoders together simultaneously - even with multiple bitrates!
    Example: You can run a 24kb/s mp3PRO[NSV], 56kb/s mp3PRO and 56kb/s Windows Media stream at the SAME TIME from the SAME SOURCE!
  • Stream to Shoutcast, Live365, Windows Media, Icecast1, Icecast2 or P2P Streamer.
  • Full title streaming for mp3PRO, MP3, Ogg and Windows Media
  • Full meta data streaming for both Windows Media and mp3PRO/MP3! (The only plugin that can do this!)
  • Captioning for Windows Media (With full HTML support)
    Scripting support allows you to
  • Archive stream to file [new]
  • Record from DSP data or directly from soundcard.
  • Stay streaming 24/7: Recovers from errors and reconnects to the streaming server if needed.
  • Scripting interface allows you to open up the browser to a certain location on the listener's computer.
  • Metadata streaming also allows you to sink up banners with audio advertising.
  • and...

Statistic relays

  • Grab statistics in real-time from Shoutcast, Live365, Windows Media, Icecast1, Icecast2, SimpleCast and P2P Streamer - so you know exactly how many people are listening at any given time!
  • View graphs of statistics over a period of time
  • View current, high and maximum listeners counts for a single relay or all the relays combined.
  • Instantly see which relays are up and running and which are reporting errors.


TowCast Technologies Support

Windows Media 9

Use this to see TowCast Technology in action. towcast tech can support all of standard protocols base encoders like to:

  • Adobe Flash
  • Icecast
  • Microsoft Windows Media
  • Ogg/Vorbis
  • QuickTime
  • RealNetworks
  • RealPlayer
  • SHOUTcast
  • and much more...
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