As I said in previous post sam 4 is ment to be used with Vista but if you read spacials forums your find people either have issues with their soundcards or mysql etc etc.

Point is shout is easy and does the job well, I did try sam and hated the over bloated and cpu hungry it also fill the desktop ( which isnt a issue now as I have a 28" samsung) but point is shoutcast is so nice simple play a damn song auto crossfade etc what more do you want.

If you want to spend shit loads on Sam and risk seeing if it works on vista with your soundcard fine but the graphice are ugly and dated and it has all this crap you dont need. like a php mysql playlist for people to request lol which always hangs as a file needs to dl from spacial website and takes ages to download.

Anyway its all just over the top spend you money on a nice mic so you dont sound like some of these bad stations going around with tinny nazel breathing restroom sounding voices