Introduction:

Octoshape is a peer to peer streaming media server and client which uses peer to peer grid technology to minimize the bandwidth for any broadcaster to stream any material. It can be used to multicast stream audio (Ogg Vorbis, MP3, WMA) and/or video (MPEG-4, Nullsoft Video, or WMV and other codecs), or any other stream of data, over the Internet.

OS Support:

Wins9X/NT/2000/XP, Linux, Mac

Features:

1. Allows any multicasters, particularly small or independent ones, to distribute their streams without need for much bandwidth, reducing costs;
2. Allows (in theory) an infinite number of listeners as long as there are enough relays;
3. This project is currently in production with large public broadcasters and is very stable;
4. Java based beta versions are available for Linux and Mac based systems.