Icecast Streaming Media Server

[HITOMONEYA]

I am streaming for a week now but still not there...if it's not a matter of time - there has to be something to configure or register?...what am I doing wrong or what didn't I do to get to the list?
Thanx in advance!

[karlH]

need details. check your error log (increase level to 4 if need be) for attempts to list on dir.xiph.org. Basic procedure is stream starts, add is is done about a minute later, then a touch is done a few seconds later and then every few minutes after that.

main reasons for not listing are

icecast not built with libcurl (pre-built packages should be ok).

missing or commented out <directory> tags.

stream not marked as public or advertised (source client) or no-yp set on mountpoint.

stream adds but is then dropped because the stream cannot be verified. bad <hostname> or port not accessible.

karl.

[HITOMONEYA]

I'll check the error rept, but what am I looking for? And as for info - what should I show to you so the situation would get more clear?
Thank you!

[karlH]

Any lines with yp in them. Also verify that the <hostname> is valid and that you have a <directory> tag group for dir.xiph.org.

karl.

[HITOMONEYA]

Karl,
I've checked the config file: there's no <directory> tag group for dir.xiph.org
In the error file I've got this: yp/yp.c YP thread down

[karlH]

The YP thread down will be at the end when the server is terminating, that tells me that the server is built with directory support at least.

The tag you want, and are provided in the samples we ship if you want to look at them are

<directory>
<yp-url>http://dir.xiph.org/cgi-bin/yp-cgi</yp-url>
</directory>

They go in the top level <icecast> block.

karl.

[HITOMONEYA]

Karl,
here's what I got after fixing the config file
[2011-03-02 16:01:40] INFO yp/yp.c Adding new YP server "http://dir.xiph.org/cgi-bin/yp-cgi" (timeout 6s, default interval 30s)
[2011-03-02 16:01:40] INFO fserve/fserve.c file serving thread started
[2011-03-02 16:01:40] INFO connection/connection.c No SSL capability
[2011-03-02 16:01:40] INFO yp/yp.c YP update thread started

...and later
EROR yp/yp.c YP add on http://dir.xiph.org/cgi-bin/yp-cgi failed: Add refused. Reason: Illegal listen_url. Incorrect <hostname>.

[karlH]

looks like the <hostname> you have set in the xml file is incorrect. Remember it has to be something listeners could use, so localhost is no good for instance.

karl..

[HITOMONEYA]

Karl,
I tried to change the name a couple of times. All I get in responce is Incorrect <hostname>. Any thoughts about that?
Thank you!

[karlH]

My thoughts are that it is incorrect, as to why it's incorrect I cannot say because I don't know what you have set it to.

karl.

[HITOMONEYA]

Karl,
Same old story:
EROR yp/yp.c YP add on http://dir.xiph.org/cgi-bin/yp-cgi failed: Add refused. Reason: Illegal listen_url. Incorrect <hostname>.
I've chosen a name "Radio 123". How could that be incorrect?

[HITOMONEYA]

Karl,
I've changed a couple actually. The real one is Boombox. Still, same error message. What if I send to you my config file so you'd check it if you don't mind?
Thanx!

[karlH]

The hostname has to be something valid for addressing over the internet. It has to be a DNS or IP address and there are rules that determine what is valid for that. Put it this way, if I were to type in the address for your icecast server what would I put in

karl.

[HITOMONEYA]

Thanks a lot! I think I know what 2 do now... Thanks again Karl!