<page	xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
	type="guide"
	id="shoutcast">

<info>
	<link type="guide" xref="index#channels"/>
	<link type="guide" xref="channels#list"/>
	<link type="guide" xref="configuration#plugins"/>
        <desc>One of the bigger radio station lists.</desc>
</info>

	<title>Shoutcast</title>

	<p>SHOUTcast is the name of a MP3 streaming server software. It automatically collects all
	station lists on shoutcast.com.
        </p>

        <list>
		<item><p>Station entries usually provide current playing information.</p></item>
		<item><p>Stream links are plain PLS files.</p></item>
		<item><p>Genres are subcategorized, so the main groups in the category
		list must often be expanded to see the interesting entries.</p></item>
        </list>


<terms>
  <title>There are a few plugin options for this channel.</title>
  <item>
    <title><code>PyQuery parsing</code></title>
    <p>Uses an XML parser to extract station data from within HTML &lt;tags&gt; of the shoutcast.com site. This is
    slower, but often more reliable than regular expressions, which look for plain text markers.</p>
  </item>
  <item>
    <title><code>debug output</code></title>
    <p>Prints verbose messages to the console. This option is used while developing extensions for Streamtuner2.</p>
  </item>
</terms>

</page>
