Icecast Streaming Media Server

[Anonymous]

I installed the server part on my linux server and now dont have a clue what to do from here, Shoutcast makes this setup look like a walk in the park, anyone can walk me through the remaining setup? I use SAM 2 to broadcast but I cant figure out how to configure or start, etc this thing and all the documentation that I spent last 3 hours searching is useless at best

[Anonymous]

The icecast documentation is actually very thorough. I understand frustration, but 'useless at best' is unwarranted, there's ten metric tons of documentation out there, both from Icecast and others.

It basically goes like this:

1) Install the icecast server
2) Configure icecast server via icecast.xml
3) Start and verify that icecast server is running
4) Fire up your 'source' (SAM in your case)
5) Connect to server from source
6) Start playing.
7) Connect to server and verify that you can hear audio.

It sounds like you're at #1. You should probably specify

1) Whether you have read through the Icecast server documentation
2) The exact specifics of your setup - specific OS, whether you are root, if this is a hosted service, etc.

Where, specifically you are stuck as. I.e. "I don't know where my username is" or "I cannot verify that the icecast server is running"

[Anonymous]

Ok as far as I know I got it all installed on server, I own server so doing it in root
I cant find a xml file named that, is it exactly that?
If can configure and start it I know how to connect via SAM and that part.
Is Linux server by the way

[Anonymous]

The file name - it will depend on your server. Newer ones are icecast.xml, I think the older ones (Icecsat 1 versions?) was icecast.conf.

You will want to

1) Figure out where these icecast files got installed

2) Find this icecast.conf or icecast.xml file and edit it, setting things like the server name, username, passwords, etc. for sources.

3) Start the server up and make sure it's running. On my server, for example, the XML file is at /usr/local/etc/icecast.xml and the command line I use to start the server is:

/usr/local/bin/icecast -c /usr/local/etc/icecast.xml &

Your paths may vary, depending on where things got installed...

You will also want to set up the access and error logs in the .xml file (see: accesslog and errorlog) so you can watch them for any error messages while you are starting the server up.

The icecast.xml file is a bit long and can seem a bit overwhelming, but you can usually get by with a few basic changes.

[Anonymous]

I found the files, etc, it is installed.
When got o start server though it errors saying cant run it as ROOT
tried to change but forget how to do that?
I created a user now how do I run it as that user?

[Anonymous]

I already ave shoutcast server and have a few stations, in process of setting up NSV and would like to get this working too as an option to my clients so if someone can help me finsih getting it configured and running Id be willing to pay with a free stream or a free regular hosting account

[Anonymous]

Re: your root user warning - At the end of the icecsat.xml file, there are settings for which user you want to run the server as. It's here:

<security>
<chroot>0</chroot>
<changeowner>
<user>icecast</user>
<group>icecast</group>
</changeowner>
</security>


This stuff is all laid out in the documentation. * Go read the icecast documentation. *