Stream What You Hear
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Stream What You Hear, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Stream What You Hear's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Free and open source · Windows application |
The facts
Each one read from Stream What You Hear's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Audio formats
- Audio can be streamed as MP3 or uncompressed PCM/L16, depending on the playback device’s capabilities.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Bluetooth limitation
- SWYH does not stream over Bluetooth; it uses UPnP/DLNA over the local network.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Creator
- The maker identifies Sébastien Warin as SWYH’s creator and maintainer.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Current beta status
- The maker lists SWYH 2.0.0-beta.30 as a pre-release and cautions that it may contain bugs.checked 12 Oct 2026
- DLNA discovery
- It discovers compatible UPnP/DLNA Media Renderers on the local network and can start streaming to them from the app.checked 12 Oct 2026
- HTTP streams
- SWYH exposes direct HTTP stream URLs that compatible players and devices can open.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Latency
- DLNA renderers buffer network audio, so delay depends mostly on the receiving device and cannot always be eliminated by SWYH.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Local network requirement
- The PC and playback device must be connected to the same local network for the documented setup.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Project history
- The project began in 2012, became open source in 2015, and was rebuilt as SWYH 2 in 2026.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- SWYH captures audio playing on a Windows PC and streams it to compatible TVs, amplifiers, speakers, and media players.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Recording
- The Record page saves audio playing on the PC to an MP3 file and shows live audio levels and recording duration.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Renderer and player behavior
- A Media Renderer can be discovered and remotely controlled by SWYH, while playback on a Media Player must be started from that device.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Stable release
- The download page identifies SWYH 1.5.0, published 19 May 2020, as the latest stable release.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker directs users to GitHub issues for help and asks them to include the SWYH version, Windows version, and playback device.checked 12 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2012checked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
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