Icecast Streaming Media Server

[Anonymous]

Hey guys,

Sorry if this has been asked before, but i couldnt find the information. I am trying to display information my website about the icecast stream, like the name of the song that is being played.

Can you tell me the easiest way to do this on a linux box?

Regards,

James

[karlH]

we provide the song information via the xsl pages or via the playlist log. How you get that information to a web page is up to you. Some use a background process to get the name or you could embed an icecast xsl link in your own web page.

karl.

[Anonymous]

Hi Karl,

Thanks for the reply. I'm very new to this so unfortunately most of what you said doesn't make much sense to me. Are you able to provide a link to a site that explains my options in an idiot proof way?

[karlH]

There's no such thing as idiot proof. You asked a very general question so I can only give you examples of the sort of thing a web developer could use. You can either use something like php to extract the information for producing a web page or use something to make the browser to retrieve the details. These are the sorts of decisions a web developer needs to make, I cannot make them for you.

karl.

[Anonymous]

Ok, are there any php example scripts to receive the current song from icecast?

[karlH]

I don't have any, although other may do. In any case, trying to parse the html is complicated, why not make a cut down version like status2.xsl and parse that. That way you'd would have 1 stream per line so your php would be much easier to read.

karl.