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Cycast: High-Performance Python/Cython Internet Radio Streaming Server

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LukeB42

3mo ago· 4 min readenCode

Summary

Cycast is a high-performance internet radio streaming server written in Python with Cython optimizations. It's Icecast-compatible and accepts live sources from Mixxx, VLC, or any Icecast-compatible client, with fallback to predefined playlists when no DJ is connected. The architecture features high-performance circular buffers with zero-copy operations and efficient multi-listener broadcasting with dynamic buffering through Cython-optimized components.

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A high-performance internet radio streaming server written in Python with Cython optimizations.
Accepts live sources from Mixxx, VLC, or any Icecast-compatible source client and falls back to predefined playlists when no DJ is connected.
The server uses multiple technologies for optimal performance.
audio_buffer.pyx: High-performance circular buffer with zero-copy operations (Cython)
stream_broadcaster.pyx: Efficient multi-listener broadcaster with dynamic buffering (Cython)
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A high-performance internet radio streaming server written in Python with Cython optimizations. - float64co/Cycast

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