how can we stream the stillstream way

[daemonfowl]

Hi everybody !

One of the online radio channels I am addict to is : StillStream ..
They stream some great inspirational music ranging fron space music to zen to electronic and ambient
they also support a wide range of players for different plaforms as shown in their front page ..

Personally I use mplayer this way :

$ mplayer http://srv3.electro-music.com:8500
if you are behind a proxy , use http_proxy=none with mplayer

Others may prefer to use rhythmbox or vlc ....

my question is :
how could I stream audio ?
what do I have to provide on my box to qualify it a a streaming server ?

Million Thanks to all contributers ..