Icecast Streaming Media Server

[cmodyssey]

Hi,

Is there any way of configuring icecast to launch a script every time the metadata is updated?

At the moment, I have found numerous events that can be made to trigger a script to me ran.

There is source connection and disconnection, which is configured in the following example:

[karlH]

It hasn't been requested before. Each of the mechanisms specified has some issue for working in general. The run a local script won't work on windows and the auth approach seems incorrect as it is not really authentication related. Either could be used to implement to trigger.

The only existing setup that could be used is the stream auth url option in -kh as that pushes source client auth to the auth server and non-ogg metadata is done via separate connection and still require the auth to pass before the update occurs. The php/etc script could be used to trigger whatever you'd like.

karl.

[cmodyssey]

Hi Karl,

Thanks for this. What is kh?

Do you have any examples of how to use kh for processing non-ogg metadata?

Thanks again.

[karlH]

kh is the branch work at my website. To use the option just add an auth url option of stream_auth which is triggered when source client authentication is required. With ogg stream the metadata is part of the initial connection but with the likes of mp3 the metadata is inserted using a separate /admin request. From the php side of things, if admin=1 is part of the POST then it's request from /admin

karl.

[cmodyssey]

aaahh, now I see!

I used to be on version 2.3.1 until I ran into difficulty when trying to use htpasswd authentication for status.xsl. So I'm now running on version 2.3.2.

As your 2.3-kh34 branch originates from 2.3.1, please could you let me know if your branch successfully does htpasswd authentication for status.xsl.


Also, is this the right page for documentation on your branch and stream_auth? http://svn.xiph.org/icecast/branches/kh/icecast/doc/icecast2_listenerauth.html


Thanks.

[karlH]

kh34 does everything 2.3.2 does including authenticated webroot xsl pages. The next update will be a 2.3.2-kh1. You have the correct place for the docs, although I put any initial changes in the NEWS file.

karl.

[cmodyssey]

Hi Karl,

I've been reading in more depth about the http://myauthserver.com/ mechanism.

I've realised that icecast passes this on to separate web server and the PHP running behind that separate web server is where place the script.

Is the built in web server that icecast has capable of CGI functionality?

I don't need the source to form the http://source:hackme@xx.xx.xx.xx:xxxx/admin/metadata?mount=/live_mount&mode=updinfo&song=Show+Name URL The source would do something like http://xx.xx.xx.xx:xxxx/cgi/myscript.pl {with POST data or something in there somewhere, haven't looked into it to that much detail yet}


If the icecast web server code does not support CGI, where did the icecast web server code come from? Maybee I can do something with that. Even if I end up running a separate separate deamon, on a separate port.

I don't want to waffle too much with random ideas, as I want to keep my questions as clear as possible!

Thanks.

[karlH]

icecast is not CGI capable. The "web server" part of icecast is really just a simple engine for transferring content, the streaming part is handled separately.

karl.