diff --git a/ext/shout_ext.c b/ext/shout_ext.c
index 6e518f5..9a1287b 100644
--- a/ext/shout_ext.c
+++ b/ext/shout_ext.c
@@ -437,6 +437,15 @@ VALUE _sh_description(VALUE self) {
         return rb_str_new2(value);
 }
 
+VALUE _sh_bitrate(VALUE self) {
+  const char *value;
+
+  shout_connection *s; GET_SC(self, s);
+
+  value = shout_get_audio_info(s->conn, SHOUT_AI_BITRATE);
+  return rb_str_new2(value);
+}
+
 /* Unimplemented: audio_info */
 
 /* audio_info and metadata should both be objects that always exist, and have
@@ -662,6 +671,18 @@ VALUE _sh_metadata_eq(VALUE self, VALUE meta) {
         return meta;
 }
 
+/* Set the 'bitrate' in the audio_info of the stream. */
+VALUE _sh_bitrate_eq(VALUE self, VALUE value) {
+        int err;
+        shout_connection *s; GET_SC(self, s);
+
+        Check_Type(value, T_STRING);
+        err = shout_set_audio_info(s->conn, SHOUT_AI_BITRATE, RSTRING_PTR(value));
+        if(err != SHOUTERR_SUCCESS) {
+                raise_shout_error(s->conn);
+        }
+        return value;
+}
 
 
 /*
@@ -716,6 +737,7 @@ void Init_shout_ext()
         rb_define_method(cShout, "url",       _sh_url,         0);
         rb_define_method(cShout, "genre",     _sh_genre,       0);
         rb_define_method(cShout, "description",_sh_description,0);
+        rb_define_method(cShout, "bitrate",   _sh_bitrate,     0);
         /* metadata getting is still unsupported. */
         /* audio info thingy. */
         /* leave for version 2.2 */
@@ -739,6 +761,7 @@ void Init_shout_ext()
         rb_define_method(cShout, "genre=",      _sh_genre_eq,       1);
         rb_define_method(cShout, "description=", _sh_description_eq,1);
         rb_define_method(cShout, "metadata=",   _sh_metadata_eq,    1);
+        rb_define_method(cShout, "bitrate=",    _sh_bitrate_eq,     1);
 
         rb_define_const(cShout, "HTTP", INT2FIX(SHOUT_PROTOCOL_HTTP));
         rb_define_const(cShout, "XAUDIOCAST", INT2FIX(SHOUT_PROTOCOL_XAUDIOCAST));
diff --git a/lib/shout.rb b/lib/shout.rb
index 7fe414e..2a8afec 100644
--- a/lib/shout.rb
+++ b/lib/shout.rb
@@ -3,53 +3,53 @@
 
 class Shout
   attr_writer :charset
-  
+
   INT_ACCESSORS    = :port, :format
   STRING_ACCESSORS = :host, :user, :username, :pass, :password, :protocol, :mount, :dumpfile,
-                     :agent, :user_agent, :public, :name, :url, :genre, :description
-  
+                     :agent, :user_agent, :public, :name, :url, :genre, :description, :bitrate
+
   alias :ext_initialize :initialize
   def initialize(opts={})
     ext_initialize
-    
+
     (STRING_ACCESSORS + INT_ACCESSORS + [:charset]).each do |a|
       self.__send__ :"#{a}=", opts[a] if opts[a]
     end
   end
-  
+
   STRING_ACCESSORS.each do |accessor|
     attr_accessor :"original_#{accessor}"
-    
+
     alias :"raw_#{accessor}"  :"#{accessor}"
     define_method accessor do
       return nil unless orig_acc = self.__send__("original_#{accessor}")
-      
+
       decode self.__send__(:"raw_#{accessor}"), orig_acc
     end
-    
+
     alias :"raw_#{accessor}=" :"#{accessor}="
     define_method :"#{accessor}=" do |value|
       self.__send__ "original_#{accessor}=", value
-      
+
       self.__send__ :"raw_#{accessor}=", encode(value)
     end
   end
-  
+
   def charset
     @charset || ((format && format==Shout::MP3) ? 'ISO-8859-1' : 'UTF-8')
   end
-  
+
   private
     def encode(s)
       return s unless s.is_a? String
-      
+
       s.encode(charset, :invalid => :replace, :undef => :replace, :replace => '')
     end
     def decode(s, orig_string)
       return s unless s.is_a? String
-      
+
       orig_charset = orig_string.encoding.name
       s.encode(orig_charset, charset, :invalid => :replace, :undef => :replace, :replace => '')
     end
-  
+
 end
diff --git a/ruby-shout.gemspec b/ruby-shout.gemspec
index 4c02b36..4a04af9 100644
--- a/ruby-shout.gemspec
+++ b/ruby-shout.gemspec
@@ -1,44 +1,36 @@
 # Generated by jeweler
 # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY
-# Instead, edit Jeweler::Tasks in Rakefile, and run the gemspec command
+# Instead, edit Jeweler::Tasks in Rakefile, and run 'rake gemspec'
 # -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = %q{ruby-shout}
-  s.version = "2.2.0"
+  s.version = "2.2.1"
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
-  s.authors = ["Jared Jennings", "Niko Dittmann"]
-  s.date = %q{2011-01-05}
+  s.authors = [%q{Jared Jennings}, %q{Niko Dittmann}]
+  s.date = %q{2011-11-15}
   s.description = %q{Ruby bindings for libshout 2, a "Library which can be used to write a source client like ices" for Icecast (http://www.icecast.org/download.php).}
   s.email = %q{mail@niko-dittmann.com}
-  s.extensions = ["ext/extconf.rb"]
+  s.extensions = [%q{ext/extconf.rb}]
   s.extra_rdoc_files = [
     "README.textile"
   ]
   s.files = [
     "README.textile",
-     "Rakefile",
-     "VERSION",
-     "ext/extconf.rb",
-     "ext/shout_ext.c",
-     "lib/shout.rb"
+    "Rakefile",
+    "VERSION",
+    "ext/extconf.rb",
+    "ext/shout_ext.c",
+    "lib/shout.rb"
   ]
   s.homepage = %q{http://github.com/niko/ruby-shout}
-  s.rdoc_options = ["--charset=UTF-8"]
-  s.require_paths = ["lib"]
+  s.require_paths = [%q{lib}]
   s.rubyforge_project = %q{ruby-shout}
-  s.rubygems_version = %q{1.3.7}
+  s.rubygems_version = %q{1.8.6}
   s.summary = %q{Send audio over the network to an Icecast server}
-  s.test_files = [
-    "spec/accessors_spec.rb",
-     "spec/build_spec.rb",
-     "spec/integration_spec.rb",
-     "spec/spec_helper.rb"
-  ]
 
   if s.respond_to? :specification_version then
-    current_version = Gem::Specification::CURRENT_SPECIFICATION_VERSION
     s.specification_version = 3
 
     if Gem::Version.new(Gem::VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then
diff --git a/spec/accessors_spec.rb b/spec/accessors_spec.rb
index 26cfac5..58b312d 100644
--- a/spec/accessors_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/accessors_spec.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
       @shout.original_genre.should == @genre
     end
   end
+  it "should get and set the bitrate in audio_info" do
+    @shout.bitrate = "128"
+    @shout.bitrate.should == "128"
+  end
   describe "#initialize" do
     it "should set the properies from the opts" do
       s = Shout.new :user => 'heinz'
diff --git a/spec/build_spec.rb b/spec/build_spec.rb
index 3489d0c..c7042c5 100644
--- a/spec/build_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/build_spec.rb
@@ -30,17 +30,17 @@ def install_gem
     command = %Q{
       cd #{BASE_DIR}
       rake build
-      gem install --no-test --no-rdoc --no-ri --install-dir spec/test_gem_installation --bindir spec/test_gem_installation pkg/ruby-shout-#{VERSION}.gem
+      gem install --no-rdoc --no-ri --install-dir spec/test_gem_installation --bindir spec/test_gem_installation pkg/ruby-shout-#{VERSION}.gem
     }
     c = `#{command}`
     puts c
     return c
   end
-  
+
   it "should build" do
     clean_test_gem.should be_true
     install_gem.should be_true
     remove_pkg.should be_true
   end
-  
+
 end