Castit was originaly wrote to monitor shoutcast servers on Unix, with no gui interface and was a command line driven application. Its primary and only function was to parse the xml stats and insert those stats into a mysql server. We decided that it would be great to share this application with the rest of the webcasting industry and thus the port to windows.
Does it still work with Unix?
Yes and No, the main application itself runs on windows but interacts with various services on unix such as mysql, apache, php.
Will you make a GUI Port to Unix for kde/gnome desktops?
This is currently not in the works but if we get enough people asking for this, then we may do so.
So what can i do with castit?
Castits most powerfull features, is the ability to insert stats into a mysql database. It his highly recomended that you use this feature. In doing so you will be able to keep track of all songs played and at what time, and how many listeners where tuned in when a certain song was played. Put more simply it can help track what songs suck! and which ones dont! This will also help track your peak broadcasting hours, and listener trends.
So why does CastIt have so many features and options?
Our main goal is to make CastIt the most versatilve application for genereating stats/templates to show to your listeners or for mere station monitoring. We found that alot of applications have this feature and that feature, so we decided to compile all great features, like the ability to use a mysql database directly without scripting etc..
