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+darkice
+=======
+
+[DarkIce][1] is a live audio streamer. It records audio from an audio interface
+(e.g. sound card), encodes it and sends it to a streaming server.
+
+```
++---------+   +----------+
+| DarkIce |-->| IceCast2 |
++---------+   +----------+
+```
+
+:warning: Please edit darkice.cfg before running!
+
+[1]: http://www.darkice.org/