How could I play a shoutcast/icecast stream using HTML5?

Question

Is it possible to play a shoutcast/icecast stream using HTML5?

If so, how should I implement it?

Answer 1

2020 update

Modern browsers don't need any special treatment or server-side workarounds to play audio. Simply use an audio tag with a direct link to one or more stream sources (not a playlist):

From MDN:

The HTML element is used to embed sound content in documents. It may contain one or more audio sources, represented using the src attribute or the element: the browser will choose the most suitable one.

Browsers support flac, mp3, vorbis, aac, opus and wav. More details on caniuse.com.

Original post

Add a semicolon to the end of the http request. It IS the protocol set forth by shoutcast to override it's browser detection. Like this: