July 11, 2007
MAST (Multicast Audio Streaming Toolkit) Released
The first public release of MAST was released today. MAST is a set of audio streaming tools using RTP over IPv4 and IPv6 multicast/unicast. Unlike VAT and RAT, which are designed primarily for audio conferencing, MAST is designed to be used for audio distribution and broadcasting. It is currently limited to receiving a single audio source, unlike RAT, which can mix serveral sources. It supports many of the audio payload types in the Audio-Visual Profile (RTP/AVP).
MAST is a re-write of pcm6cast, and now supports IPv4 as well as IPv6. Several new tools have been added, along with new codecs. There is now a dependency on the oRTP library, which is used to send and receive the RTP packets. RTCP is also now supported.
For more information visit the MAST Website.
