Bit-rate increase for online broadcasters & Radio Stations (Shoutcast & Icecast)

EMar Sounds
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Hi,

I submitted a request, one of the support staff suggested I post it as feedback.

There's a lot of online DJ's and radio stations wanting to stream their Shoutcast & Icecast
stations over Discord, but they're limited by Discord's bit-rate quality of 96Kbps.

I understand that voice in Discord wasn't created for streaming Internet radio.
While a lot of people use it for this purpose, Discord Shoutcast bots are one use.

Most online broadcasters, dj's want at least 192Kbps when they're using a stream to broadcast
live audio, anything lower than 128Kbps is not considered good for streaming audio online.

So if you have a higher quality stream, like 128kbps or 192kbps, when you stream it through
Discord voice channels, you're only gonna hear it at 96Kbps bit-rate in Discord.

Most listeners wouldn't even tune-in to a stream that's only 96Kbps.

Is there any chance that you could make 128kbps or 192kbps the default?

Many of us want to stream our Shoutcast stations into Discord but it's pointless if 
the highest bit-rate quality for the audio is only 96kbps coming out of Discord.

Or could you maybe make the bit-rate upgrade a separate feature to nitro, because
anyone I've spoken to won't pay for Nitro just to get an increase in bit-rate, when their
audio streams are already at least 128/192kbps.

I know we could buy two server boosts or Nitro for $10 a month, just for a bit-rate increase?

Thanks in advance,
Eoin M.

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