Icecast Streaming Media Server

[davect99]

Running Icecast 2.3.2-kh27.1 as a service on Windows 2003 Server. This morning the service just stopped for no apparent reason. I was able to restart it with no problem. The last error log entry before that happened was :
[2010-10-31 08:02:43] WARN format-mp3/ no frames processed for /2ngtest.

Any idea why this happened and how it can be prevented in the future?

[karlH]

no frames is an odd one. would tend to indicate something very weird on the stream like an input change or a fallback switch over at a very particular point (what codec settings are on that mountpoint?)

If the service stopped completely then that would indicate a lock mismatch. It really depends on how much actually stopped working so the log file would be helpful there.

karl.

[davect99]

Found an interesting, but generic, entry in the Windows event log. It logged the following error at 08:02:54, 9 seconds after the Icecast log entry:
The Icecast 2.3.2-kh27.1 Streaming Media Server service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 1 time(s).

Additional information: This particular stream is a relay of a 64k AAC+ stream from a Shoutcast server.

[karlH]

ok, send me the icecast error log around the time of the failure, around say a minute

karl.

[davect99]

Nit much else happening beforehand. Server restarted at 08:15:24.

[2010-10-31 07:58:56] WARN fserve/ req for file "./web/2ngtest/index.html" No such file or directory
[2010-10-31 08:02:01] WARN fserve/ req for file "./web/2ngtest/index.html" No such file or directory
[2010-10-31 08:02:43] WARN format-mp3/ no frames processed for /2ngtest
[2010-10-31 08:15:24] EROR thread/ lock abort set to 0

[davect99]

It happened again. Also the same "no frames processed" error message was the last log entry.

[karlH]

I don't see the actual no frames case causing a crash but I have spotted a few other cases that may cause one if certain situations occur. I've uploaded an update to try out

www.xiphicecast.webspace.virginmedia.com/icecast2_win32_v2.3.2-kh27.4_setup.exe

karl.

[davect99]

OK, thanks. I will install the update this evening. If it makes any difference that particular mount relays a Shoutcast stream.

[davect99]

kh27.4 doesn't seem to work. It just plays a split second of audio and that's it.

[karlH]

Can you send me the xml and level 4 error log of that?

karl.

[davect99]

[karlH]

yes, but I am looking into something odd here, which didn't show on my last set of testing. will check that and get back to you.

karl.