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RSAS for Windows Released

We're pleased to announce RSAS for Windows is now available for download. Rocket Streaming Audio Server (RSAS) is a high capacity streaming audio webserver for broadcasting low latency live audio, and is now available for both Windows and Linux.

The Windows edition of RSAS includes a brand new user interface for easy configuration and monitoring, offering a simplified experience out-of-the-box to save you time. RSAS also installs as a background service on Windows, and is optimized for server environments.

Download RSAS 0.1.8 for Windows today.

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The main window in RSAS for Windows. See all your streams and logs at a glance.
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Configuration screens in RSAS for Windows.

RSAS for Windows FAQ

How's the performance?

Performance of RSAS on Windows is excellent and is at least on par with performance on Linux. We've load tested RSAS on Windows and it can easily do 100,000+ concurrent listeners on a modern desktop processor. We'll have more details in an upcoming blog post about benchmarks.

Does it have the same features as the Linux version?

Yes, every feature is supported. The only difference is that configuration changes can only be applied by restarting the server on Windows, as opposed to using the SIGHUP signal on Linux, which allows hot reloading.

The Windows version additionally installs itself as a proper background service, which starts on boot and automatically restarts itself if needed.

Lastly, RSAS for Windows includes an easy user interface for configuration and monitoring, which is only available on Windows.

What versions of Windows is RSAS compatible with?

RSAS for Windows is compatible with Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and Windows 10. It is also compatible with Windows Server 2012, 2016, 2019 and up.

About RSAS

RSAS is a streaming audio server for broadcasting high quality streaming audio over the web. RSAS offers broadcasters lower latency, high scalability, and excellent compatibility with encoders and players. RSAS is compatible with popular codecs like MP3, AAC, AAC+, Ogg Opus, and Ogg FLAC, and supports in-stream metadata for displaying Now Playing information to your listeners.

Read more about RSAS and why we created it.