title: Icecast 2: protocol description, streaming to it using C#
body: <p>I need to write an Icecast 2 client that will be able to stream audio from the computer (mp3-files, soundcard recording and so forth) to the server. I decided to write such a client on C#.</p>
  
  <p>Two questions:</p>
  
  <p>1) It will be very useful to know common guidelines (best practices, maybe tricks) I may/should/must use to seamlessly work with streamed audio (streamed over network, of course) in C#. Some general technical documentation about streaming over TCP/IP in common and ICY in particular, advices and notes on the overall architecture of the application will be very appreciated.  </p>
  
  <p>2) Is there any good documentation regarding the Icecast 2 streaming protocol? I couldn't find those docs on the official site of Icecast. I don't want to extract the protocol description directly from the source code of it. If the protocol is really simple and neat, could anybody provide a summary of it right here? </p>