Icecast Streaming Media Server

[lemsip boy]

ok i have icecast 2 and oldcast dsp but i have no idea what i an doing plz any help i have used shoutcast befor and get listeners then as i know my url but icecast 2 i am totfaly lost i also have a no ip any help would be greatfuly appeciated many thanks in advance

[karlH]

As the administrator of a server (for any type of server) that responds to external application such a players, you really should know what the IP/DNS name for it is.

karl.

[lemsip boy]

hi karl tyvm for your reply i know my ip and port no. as i use port 8000 so what would the url be to listen to my music plz many thanks in advance and i know the plugin is working as it displays the song title and the rating of sound so what will my url be plz

[lemsip boy]

;ok carl i found my url but still cant here the music when i log into the admin bit i get this error >>> You need to authenticate any ideas plz also i use no-ip so my url is >> http://lemmy777.no-ip.info:8000 and users say they cant here nothing many thanks for your help

[karlH]

based on that url, it seems like a connection cannot be established, so probably a firewall or port forwarding issue is preventing access to icecast. Internally you may be able to access the server though so http://lemmy777.no-ip.info:8000/status.xsl should work without authentication, http://lemmy777.no-ip.info:8000/admin/ requires the admin authentication as defined in your icecast xml

karl.

[lemsip boy]

sorry to be a pain but all pages u posetd are ofline and i know it works on this port as shoutcast did and whedn i started tghe icecast i permitted it through my firewall any other ideas plz heres my xml as nows witfh my password removed

[karlH]

Your xml looks ok except for <hostname> as indicated by the comment above it. As for your query, it's still not clear what the problem is, you indicate it's not a connection issue but have not said if the stream details appear on the status page. If they do they you should have a listen link and that will be a m3u link which should start the player.

karl.

[lemsip boy]

once again tyvm for your time karl and no theres not a link on my status page to listen to the audio and as above the <hostnamne> u have lost me again lol sorry can u explain plz many thanks terry

[lemsip boy]

hi karl i messed up big time on this i gedta fatal errord heresmny xml as now with the pasword removed i have port 8000 and port 8001 open on router wel here my xml

[karlH]

you missed an 'e' in this

<hostnam>86.135.74.181</hostname>

icecast is only listening on 8000 as 8001 is commented out, usualy only 1 port is required unless you are using a shoutcast source client.

If icecast is running but no sources are connected then you get a web page which has no stream information, confirm that at least. If your source client connects and streams then some stream information will appear as well. If the source client fails to stream then it's probably being rejected by icecast so check the error log.

karl.

[lemsip boy]

hi karl i uninstalled and reinstaled this is the xml as now

[lemsip boy]

hinkarl managed to log into admin page this is what i see

[karlH]

ok, so admin access is working after all. The logs you have posted don't show any source client connecting, so you need to find out what actually happens when you try to connect with the source client. Does it connect to icecast?, does it authenticate? and does it send data to icecast? just look at the log files when you try it

karl.

[lemsip boy]

hi karl sorry to say but i give up as it never worked i used shoutcast and entered a url and works fine but icecast same url nothing so i just give up tyvm for your help and hope all goes wel for you and the icecast team as it wasnt for me so sorry

[karlH]

Just for future reference, when you get a problem with any application (not just icecast) and you ask for help, try to do what is asked of you and give feedback.

karl.