Rocket Broadcaster

The Shoutcast AAC Encoder

Rocket Broadcaster streams AAC, AAC+, and MP3 audio to Shoutcast 2 and most online streaming services.

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Download for Windows 7 or later.

Upgrade to Pro for AAC and AAC+

Features

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Broadcast all your audio

Rocket captures audio from other applications, including Skype, Spotify, and your automation software, so you can seamlessly mix live interviews with music.

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Stream to Shoutcast

Broadcast to Shoutcast 2, Shoutcast.com, and other streaming services. Rocket Broadcaster supports both the Shoutcast 1 and 2 protocols (Ultravox 2.1).

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Powerful Formats

Broadcast audio as MP3, Ogg Vorbis, and Ogg Opus. Upgrade to PRO for AAC, AAC+, HE-AAC v1, and lossless Ogg FLAC.

Shoutcast 2 and AAC Compatibility Notes

Last updated: January 30th, 2019

Shoutcast DNAS versions 2.4 and 2.5 support AAC and AAC+ streaming from any encoder, including Rocket Broadcaster Pro. However, Shoutcast 2.6 has removed free AAC streaming, and now only supports AAC with the purchase of a "Shoutcast Server Software Premium" subscription from Shoutcast.com. Rocket Broadcaster Pro is compatible with all of these versions of Shoutcast.

For a free alternative streaming server that supports AAC, consider Icecast. You can read more about Icecast vs. Shoutcast here.

Additional information on streaming server and encoder compatibility is available in our documentation.