# The net/libshout port

## libshout-2.2.2p2 – library for communicating with an icecast server

## Description

    Libshout is a library for communicating with and sending data to an
    icecast server. It handles the socket connection, the timing of the
    data, and prevents bad data from getting to the icecast server.

    With just a few lines of code, a programmer can easily turn any
    application into a streaming source for an icecast server. Libshout
    also allows developers who want a specific feature set (database
    access, request taking) to concentrate on that feature set, instead of
    worrying about how server communication works.

    Please refer to the api reference and example code to start learning
    how to use libshout in your own code. Exhaustive documentation doesn't
    exist, yet, but the following files should be helpful enough for
    starters:

        ${PREFIX}/share/examples/libshout/example.c
        ${PREFIX}/share/examples/libshout/nonblocking.c
    and of course
        ${PREFIX}/include/shout/shout.h

    New in libshout 2.1 is nonblocking I/O and Ogg Theora support, as well
    as several bug fixes. However, Ogg Theora support will stay disabled
    on OpenBSD until an official Theora release makes it into the ports
    tree.

WWW: http://www.icecast.org/

Categories:
  audio net

## Library dependencies

- audio/libogg
- audio/libvorbis
- multimedia/libtheora

## Build dependencies

- audio/speex

## Run dependencies