Icecast Streaming Media Server

[Artern]

Hey guys im in a pickle and getting to the tearing hair off head stage.

I used to run a radio station through Sam3 and icecast thus cutting out the need to pay X amount of cash for a server.

Anyway my problem is that i have it up and running again same as always but im missing something out im sure of it as no one can connect externally by putting the url into wmp or itunes ect.

I can connect locally no problems at all. with http://localhost:8000/live
but if they use http://myip:8000/live they cant get access.

So any help would be great!

[karlH]

If you are not using bind-address then the problem has to be at an IP level, typically because a firewall is dropping packets but it could be something like a NAT not forwarding external connections to an internally address.

karl.

[Artern]

I have the BT homehub and have turned off firewall on that and my laptop.
Also port forwarded ports 8000-8001 for icecast. Still no dice.

Although i can connect on my laptop through local. I cant on my pc next to me on local.

So im confused. . . All the data to tell you how to setup icecast and sam3 to braodcast is all gone so im stuck with only fragmented knowledge.

Dave

[karlH]

If LAN access is not working then it won't be a forwarding issue but either firewall or icecast not listening on the port (ie bind-address being used), you haven't said what is happening to the latter.

karl.

[Artern]

Im not upto speed on bind address could you explain?

Thanks Dave

P.s Never had any issues before but im sure somethings gone wrong somewhere

[karlH]

bind-address is a possible option in your xml. If you have set it then don't unless you know what it is for. If you haven not specified it and you cannot get the status page in the browser then you have firewalled your machine from the network and as such you need to consult your network administrator or OS documentation on firewall settings.

karl.

[Artern]

Hey mate i only have the basic config file that comes up when you hit config in the taskbar of icecast.

So i dont know if bind ip works or not.
Btw i can access the page you suggested you know the one to get "into" icecast from my laptop.

I have no firewalls what so ever thoough. Windows is turned off and so is the router. So yeh no firewalls for me.

[karlH]

you may only have the shipped xml, but if you don't tell us that then we don't know. A very general question with no supporting information does not help.

If you can see the status page in a browser from a LAN machine then the connection works so a source client will be able to connect on that port and as such you should be able to see attempts by the source to connect in your log files as specified in your xml. Usually the reason for such failures is a bad password. You only need the second port if using the shoutcast compatible way

karl.

[Artern]

Dont worry mate I had a instant recall of the whole xml file and rewrote it

All works now.


Ta for the response anywho!

Dave