Was an American software house founded in Sedona, Arizona, in 1997 by Justin Frankel. Its products included the Winamp media player and the SHOUTcast MP3 streaming media server. In later years, their open source installer system, the Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS) became an alternative to commercial products like. SHOUTcast is a free popular software for streaming media over the internet. Developed by Nullsoft in 2017, it allows digital audio to be broadcasted over the internet thus powering lots of internet radio stations. ShoutCast v2 - Broadcasting with Winamp & ShoutCast DSP Plugin - 8 Nullsoft SHOUTcast Source window. If you don't see the Nullsoft Shoutcast Source DSP option under DSP/Effect most likely you haven't installed it correctly in which case you should close Winamp and try installing the Nullsoft Shoutcast Source DSP again. DSP Plugin Window. Shoutcast FRONTEND GUI for the new Nullsoft SHOUTcast scserv / SHOUTcast DNAS v2 /Radionomy win32/win64 Server.Nullsoft SHOUTcast GUI is designed as the interface for Nullsoft SHOUTcast Server (latest Radionomy based) and is helpful for broadcasting radio stations.It comes with support for a rich set of configuration settings that give you the possibility to set up an online or a local net.
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer software |
| Successor | Radionomy |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Defunct | 2013 |
| Headquarters | Sedona, Arizona |
| Justin Frankel Tom Pepper | |
| Products | Winamp, NSIS, and others |
| Owner | Radionomy Group |
Nullsoft, Inc. was an American software house founded in Sedona, Arizona, in 1997 by Justin Frankel. Its products included the Winampmedia player and the SHOUTcastMP3streaming media server. In later years, their open source installer system, the Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS) became an alternative to commercial products like InstallShield. The company's name is a parody of Microsoft.[1]Mike the Llama is the company's mascot; this is frequently referred to in promotional material (especially for Winamp) citing llamas. Frankel introduced the llama in Winamp's startup sound clip, inspired by the lyrics of Wesley Willis: 'Winamp, it really whips the llama's ass!'[1]
Nullsoft was sold to AOL (formerly known as America Online) on June 1, 1999, and thereafter existed as a subsidiary of the company. After the acquisition, Nullsoft headquarters were moved to San Francisco, California. Their later developments included the Nullsoft Streaming Video (NSV) format, which was intended to stream media that used any audio or video codec. In 2002, the press reported a technology called Ultravox being developed by Nullsoft.[2] Nullsoft created the peer-to-peer networks Gnutella and WASTE.[1] Although AOL tried to limit the distribution of Gnutella and WASTE, the Ultravox technology was reportedly used for some AOL radio services in 2003.[3] A service called Nullsoft Television was announced in 2003 using NSV.[4]
Nullsoft released several new versions of the Winamp player and grew its monthly unique subscriber base from 33 million users to over 52 million users by 2005. Nullsoft's San Francisco offices were closed in December 2003, with a near-concurrent departure of Frankel and the original Winamp development team.[1][5] Nullsoft then became a division of AOL Music. In 2013, some AOL Music sites were shut down and others sold to Townsquare Media.[6][7][8]
In November 2013, an unofficial report surfaced that Microsoft was in talks with AOL to acquire Nullsoft.[9] On January 14, 2014, it was officially announced that Belgian online radio aggregator Radionomy had bought Winamp and Shoutcast, formerly owned by Nullsoft. No financial details were publicly announced.[10][11]
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- ^ abcdKushner, David (January 13, 2004). 'The World's Most Dangerous Geek'. Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on March 21, 2007. Retrieved June 7, 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Hu, Jim (June 26, 2002). 'AOL aims to supercharge streaming'. CNET News. Retrieved June 7, 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'AOL pulls Nullsoft file-sharing software'. Flexbeta. May 30, 2003. Archived from the original on September 8, 2004. Retrieved June 7, 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Nullsoft TV Worldwide Public Access'. Nullsoft.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2003. Retrieved June 7, 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Mook, Nate (November 10, 2004). 'Death Knell Sounds for Nullsoft, Winamp'. Betanews. Retrieved June 7, 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Constine, Josh (June 2, 2013). 'Townsquare Media Acquires Some Doomed AOL Music Sites And Comics Alliance'. Techcrunch. Retrieved June 7, 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Cooper, Charles (April 26, 2013). 'AOL shuts down music-related services'. CNET News. Retrieved June 7, 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Solsman, Joan E. (June 3, 2013). 'Radio chain picks up pared-down AOL music sites'. CNET News. Retrieved June 7, 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'AOL reportedly wants to sell Winamp to Microsoft'. The Verge. Retrieved November 21, 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Lunden, Ingrid (1 January 2014). 'AOL Sells Winamp And Shoutcast Music Services To Online Radio Aggregator Radionomy'. TechCrunch. AOL.
- ^'Winamp lives on after acquisition by Radionomy'. The Verge. Retrieved 14 January 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
Nullsoft Shoutcast Source Dsp
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Nullsoft Shoutcast Source Plugin