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butt (broadcast using this tool) is a streaming tool for live audio data from your computers Mic or Line input to a Shoutcast or Icecast server.

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source

Application type

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Flathub
  • Flatpak
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Features

Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Ad-free
  2.  Lossless Audio
  3.  Streaming
  4.  Live Broadcasting
  5.  Stream audio
  6.  Virtual Mixer
  7.  Icecast streaming
  8.  Audio Recording

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butt information

  • Developed by

    DE flagDaniel Noethen

  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.

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  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Install from the command line

  • brew install --cask butt
  • flatpak install flathub de.danielnoethen.butt

Be careful what you paste into a terminal. Check what a command installs before running it.

What is butt?

butt (broadcast using this tool) is an easy to use, multi OS streaming tool. It supports ShoutCast and IceCast and runs on Linux, MacOS and Windows. The main purpose of butt is to stream live audio data from your computers Mic or Line input to an Shoutcast or Icecast server. Recording is also possible. It is NOT intended to be a server by itself or automatically stream a set of audio files.

Features

  • Works with SHOUTcast and Icecast
  • Runs on all three major operating systems. Mac OS X, Linux and Windows up to 8.1
  • Supports aac+, mp3, ogg/vorbis and ogg/opus for streaming
  • Supports aac+, mp3, ogg/vorbis, ogg/opus, flac and wav for recording
  • Is able to connect to a server after starting up automatically
  • Is able to start a recording after connecting to a server automatically
  • Recording can be split after a user defined amount of time
  • Current song can either be updated manually or automatically by reading a file
  • Configuration files can be imported and exported
  • Status display shows infos about the current state (click on it)
  • Automatically reconnects in case the connection has been interrupted
  • Has a VU Meter with peak hold
  • Is able to attentuate and amplify the input volume
  • Can stream and record with different bitrates
  • Display colors can be changed as desired