Problem with flash player for Shoutcast radio: browser crashes (memory leaks)

[andreigoea]

Hey guys,

I've been toying around with launching an online radio station for a while now.

So far I've tried shoutcast streaming using winampa nd a shoutcast server.

I embeded a flash player on my site to play the stream.

Everything seemed well, but the player started crashing the listeners browsers. Now I know about the flash player memory leaks and other issues and it seems there is no real solution to it.

What set-up would I need to run a proper station? I've seen online radio stations with flash players that don't refresh the page every 30 minutes or use gimmicks to keep it running. I think their secret is rtmp. I've tried researching that but I didn't understand it all.

Is rtmp the way to go? If so, would I best buy and set up my own server?

Thank you