Icecast Streaming Media Server

[Fellix]

Hi,

Im new in icecast. we have a web radio on a windows server. we are using shoutcast but we want to change our stream server to icecast.

im installed icecast server 3 on our server and edcast dsp plugin on my winamp. the connection is ok but i cant listen what im playing.

we need a web player too. we are using now minicaster but this one didnt work with icecast. a webplayer like minicaster with song name display will be perfect.

last question. we will to hide our listener statistics (nuber of listeners etc). how can we do that?

Thanks a lot

[karlH]

A couple of vague questions there. First thing to understand is that icecast can handle many streams at the same time so a simple host and port is not sufficient, you also need a mountpoint, which in the shoutcast mindset it would be /

Assuming you have a typical setup, putting http://host:8000/ into a browser will give you a web page with whatever streams you have, there will be a a link on it to show you exactly what the url for the stream is. It's fairly trivial

A web player is a vague term, while some have managed to run web browsers like firefox with ogg streams, most people assume a plugin like flash/java. Maybe the reason yours didn't play is because you need a proper url for the stream and not a web page. Vorbis streams will always have metadata whereas non-ogg streams like mp3 require the player to request them so you'll have to check the player documentation.

if you want to remove just listener stats from the status page then just edit the status.xsl page.

karl.

[Fellix]

thanks for the super fast answer.

i have solved the problem with listener numbers. thanks.

now i can listen my stream on my windows media player. that works:) on adress http://host:8000/stream.ogg.m3u Im streaming with mp3 lame encoding.

i prefer a flash player like minicaster. minicaster dont work with mount adress http://host:8000/stream.ogg.m3u. did u know anyone?

Thanks a lot

[karlH]

you seem to be confused. With an mp3 stream, why are you including a .ogg in the mountpoint? surely .mp3 would be more sensible and in fact necessary for certain players as .ogg would cause them to use the ogg decoder. Also note that the .m3u is a reference to a playlist, the stream url is within it.

karl.

[Fellix]

ok. without ogg windows media player plugin works but problem with mincaster still continue.

i have now a very big problem:( icecast as windows service option dont work. by shoutcast i solved the problem with an service creation wizard but by icecast this one dont work too. icecastservice.exe work at start up but that makes nothings. http://host:8000 is unavalible. when i install icecast.exe as service that dont start. i have googled but i cant find any answer for this prblem.

i will a "on air" logo on my website. how can i import the server status information on php.

thanks a lot...

[Fellix]

i have now a very big problem:( icecast as windows service option dont work. by shoutcast i solved the problem with an service creation wizard but by icecast this one dont work too. icecastservice.exe work at start up but that makes nothings. http://host:8000 is unavalible. when i install icecast.exe as service that dont start. i have googled but i cant find any answer for this problem.

has anyone no idea about this problem?

[karlH]

There is a checkbox at install for using icecast as a service, you have not said whether you enabled that

karl.

[Fellix]

i installed 3 times with this option (as a service) but with logout the icecast server dont work anymore. it seems installed and started(autostart) in windows´s service manager. how can i solve this problem:(

[karlH]

"don't work anymore" means what exactly? The server doesn't respond on the port, the log file shows a shutdown occurring? or are you talking of a application crash?


karl.

[Fellix]

when im loged on my server with remote desktop and stated the icecast.exe application (with graphic interface). everything works great. i can connect and send data to the server and the listeners can listen etc...

when im logout from the server the icecast server close itself i cant connect anymore or when i restardet the server the icecast server dont work automaticly, i cant connect etc.

icecast must be as a windows service installed. my "install as a service" box in the setup is checked. i controlled the windows service panel, there is "Icecast-trunk Streaming Media Server" as service and it´s started. when i start only this service (without clicking icecast.exe) manually, my icacast server didnt work too. i think there is a problem with this services. its refered to ..\icecasrService.exe and ..\Icecast2Win32.

i tried to install a new service the Icecast2Win32.exe with the service insaallation tools of microsoft (srvinstw.exe) but this didnt work too:(

this is a windows server 2003 x64 with sp 2

thanks a lot