VLC can be used to stream media, transcode it and work as a bridge. Some examples: Send: su patrik -c "vlc http://www.chronixradio.com/chronixaggression/listen/listen.pls -I dummy --sout '#transcode{acodec=mpga,ab=128,aenc=ffmpeg}:standard{access=mmsh,mux=ogg,dst=192.168.0.201:8080}'" Recieve with: 'vlc mmsh://192.168.0.201:8080' or Windows Media Player. Send via http: su patrik -c "vlc http://bandit.str.mtgradio.dgcsystems.net/bandit/ -I dummy --sout '#transcode{acodec=mpga,ab=128,aenc=ffmpeg}:standard{access=http,mux=ogg,dst=192.168.0.201:8080}'" Receive: vlc http://192.168.0.201