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RSAS 1.0.3 and Rocket Broadcaster 1.3.37 Released

We're pleased to announce the release of RSAS 1.0.3 and Rocket Broadcaster 1.3.37! Rocket Streaming Audio Server (RSAS) is a high-performance webserver for distributing live streaming audio through the web, with low latency and high listener capacity. Rocket Broadcaster is a streaming audio encoder for capturing live audio and sending it to a high capacity server, such as RSAS, for distribution to listeners.

RSAS 1.0.3

RSAS 1.0.3 is primarily a bugfix release that includes a fix for HLS on Windows and a rare issue that could cause source connections to get stuck on Linux.

Get RSAS 1.0.3 today from our downloads page.

Changes include:

  • Webhook source auth: Added http_status field, which passes through the original request's full status line.
  • Webhook source and listener auth: Pass through client HTTP headers as HTTP headers (with the header_prefix), in addition to POST body params (backwards compatible). Read more about this change in the webhook authentication docs.
  • Bugfix: Persistent relays could in certain situations not kick relaying listeners when failing, preventing downstream failover.
  • Bugfix: Fixed rare issue causing read timeout mechanism to fail, leading to stuck source connections or webhooks.
  • Bugfix: Fixed compatibility with older FLAC encoders
  • Bugfix: Fixed preroll truncation on Linux and force audio frame sync after preroll.
  • Bugfix: Windows GUI: Fixed hostname setting not saving (HLS)
  • Bugfix: Windows GUI: Fixed empty max-listener-duration causing error on startup.

Rocket Broadcaster 1.3.37

Rocket Broadcaster 1.3.37 is a cumulative update that contains important bugfixes for Radio Mast users along with some minor features.

Changes include:

  • Added CPU usage monitor for encoders linked to Radio Mast.
  • Added support for Smarts Broadcast Skylla metadata format
  • Added support for "Hyphen Delimited" metadata format.
  • Added "%ignore%" token for Window Title metadata capture, to allow ignoring certain parts of a window title.
  • Network optimizations
  • Fixed rare instability caused by the "Link to Radio Mast" feature.

Rocket Broadcaster Pro customers can download the latest version by logging into the Oscillicious Shop and clicking "My Products".

Free Edition users can download Rocket Broadcaster here.