How to Install NymphCast on macOS

NymphCast is an open-source and cross-platform multimedia streaming server that lets you stream audio and video over a network. To use NymphCast on macOS, you need to follow the steps described below.


Step 1: Install Homebrew

Homebrew is a popular package manager for macOS that will allow you to install the required packages. To install Homebrew, open Terminal and enter the following commands:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"

Press Enter and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

Step 2: Install Required Packages

NymphCast requires a few packages to be installed before it can run correctly. To install these packages, you can use Homebrew in Terminal with the following commands:

brew install libtool automake autoconf libtool pkg-config ffmpeg libogg libvorbis yasm

Press Enter and wait for the packages to install.

Step 3: Download NymphCast

Visit the NymphCast website at http://nyanko.ws/nymphcast.php and download the macOS version of NymphCast.

Step 4: Extract the Zip File

Extract the downloaded ZIP file to a convenient location on your computer, such as the Applications folder.

Step 5: Run NymphCast

Open Terminal and navigate to the nymphcast_macos folder using the cd command. Then, run the following commands to make the NymphCast binary executable:

chmod +x nymphcast

Finally, run NymphCast by entering the following command:

./nymphcast

NymphCast is now running on your macOS machine.


Congratulations! You have successfully installed NymphCast on macOS. You can now stream media content to your client devices using NymphCast. Enjoy!