How to connect Edcast Standalone to Famcast

Step 1 – Install Edcast Standalone

Download Edcast Standalone software and install it. This is a free application that can broadcast live audio to famcast servers. Edcast doesn’t require any other software to operate (hence the name ‘Standalone’), and is ideal for 24/7 live streaming environments such as streaming an AM/FM station over the internet.

Link – Click Here to Download Edcast Standalone

https://famcast.co.za/software/edcast.exe

Step 2 – Install the LAME MP3 Encoder

• (1, 2) Right click the link below and choose “Save As…”

Link – Lame Encoding DLL

• Navigate to ‘C:\ Program Files \ edcast’ and click ‘Save’. It is VERY important that you save this file inside the actual Edcast program folder.

Step 3 – Start Edcast Standalone and configure the encoder

• (3) Click the ‘Add Encoder’ button
• (4) Right-click the new encoder that appears below it
• (5) Choose ‘Configure’ from the menu that appears

In the ‘Basic Settings’ section, set up the encoder.

• (6) Enter your chosen bitrate – this must be equal or lower than the rate you purchased.
• (7) Enter your samplerate – Enter 44100 for bitrates above 96, or 22050 for streams below 96.
• (8) Number of channels – Enter 2 for bitrates above 48, choose 1 for bitrates below 48.
• (9) Select the ‘MP3 Lame’ encoder
• (10) Select ‘Icecast2’ for Icecast server,
• (11) Enter the host name of your server. (e.g sv1.famcast.co.za or sv2.famcast.co.za)
• (12) Enter the port number of your server. (e.g 8010)
• (13) Enter the DJ or Admin password of your server.
• (14) Enter the mount point – this will usually be /stream or /live

In the ‘YP Settings’ section, enter your station details.

• Click ‘OK’

Step 5 – Start encoding

• (15) Tick the ‘AutoReconnect’ box
• (16) Highlight the new encoder, then click the ‘Connect’ button
• You should see information about the encoder status in the ‘Transfer Rate’ column.  If it’s working properly, a numeric value will appear indicating the transmission speed.