Icecast Streaming Media Server

[Anonymous]

Hi Karl,

We know u have answered this question hundreds of times but we cannot seem to get Icecast to work for us..

We have read up an all the info that we can find and still it wont work for us, all the info that we have gathered leaves us thinking that there is something missing. Like the lost screw...

Do u have a manual that is written in layman's terms that we can read and understand..?

Most of the info that we have found pertains to Linux.. We are not Linux people.. and really don't want to install Linux just for Icecast.

We have visited this page but we have figured out that the writer was using and made references to Linux, with little references to Windows.
http://www.gnuware.com/icecast/

We hope to use Sam 2, Icecast & Winamp.

We have d/loaded all the parts required but still can't get them to match up.

So if u can help us..
We would be greatly appreciative.

Dougieee

[karlH]

There are other people beside myself that can help, the key is having a good description of the problem you are experiencing and collecting any related useful information, typically from the icecast log files.

For the most part icecast on windows is no different on linux, paths are different and a few options may be disabled like chroot but that's it.

First step is focus on getting icecast running, query the status page with a browser, then get sam configured.

karl.

[Anonymous]

Thks for ur quick reply Karl.

We have not been able to get this thing running on Windows.. We did an experiment and got it running on Linux.. Not a problem with it.. Loaded real quick.. But on Windows.. notso good luck..

Pls check this and tell me where we have gone wrong...

<icecast>
<limits>
<clients>100</clients>
<sources>2</sources>
<threadpool>5</threadpool>
<queue-size>102400</queue-size>
<client-timeout>30</client-timeout>
<header-timeout>15</header-timeout>
<source-timeout>10</source-timeout>
<!-- If enabled, this will provide a burst of data when a client
first connects, thereby significantly reducing the startup
time for listeners that do substantial buffering. However,
it also significantly increases latency between the source
client and listening client. For low-latency setups, you
might want to disable this. -->
<burst-on-connect>1</burst-on-connect>
<!-- same as burst-on-connect, but this allows for being more
specific on how much to burst. Most people won't need to
change from the default 64k. Applies to all mountpoints -->
<burst-size>65536</burst-size>
</limits>

<authentication>
<!-- Sources log in with username 'source' -->
<source-password>hoyles</source-password>
<!-- Relays log in username 'relay' -->
<relay-password>hoyles</relay-password>

<!-- Admin logs in with the username given below -->
<admin-user>admin</admin-user>
<admin-password>hoyles</admin-password>
</authentication>

<!-- Uncomment this if you want directory listings -->
<!--
<directory>
<yp-url-timeout>15</yp-url-timeout>
<yp-url>http://dir.xiph.org/cgi-bin/yp-cgi</yp-url>
</directory>
<directory>
<yp-url-timeout>15</yp-url-timeout>
<yp-url>http://www.oddsock.org/cgi-bin/yp-cgi</yp-url>
</directory>
-->

<!-- This is the hostname other people will use to connect to your server.
It affects mainly the urls generated by Icecast for playlists and yp
listings. -->
<hostname>localhost</hostname>

<!-- You can use these two if you only want a single listener -->
<!--<port>8000</port> -->
<!--<bind-address>127.0.0.1</bind-address>-->

<!-- You may have multiple <listener> elements -->
<listen-socket>
<port>8000</port>
<!-- <bind-address>127.0.0.1</bind-address> -->
</listen-socket>
<!--
<listen-socket>
<port>8001</port>
</listen-socket>
-->

<!--<master-server>127.0.0.1</master-server>-->
<!--<master-server-port>8001</master-server-port>-->
<!--<master-update-interval>120</master-update-interval>-->
<!--<master-password>hoyles</master-password>-->

<!-- setting this makes all relays on-demand unless overridden, this is
useful for master relays which do not have <relay> definitions here.
The default is 0 -->
<!--<relays-on-demand>0</relays-on-demand>-->

<!--
<relay>
<server>127.0.0.1</server>
<port>8001</port>
<mount>/example.ogg</mount>
<local-mount>/different.ogg</local-mount>
<username>joe</username>
<password>soap</password>
<on-demand>0</on-demand>

<relay-shoutcast-metadata>0</relay-shoutcast-metadata>
</relay>
-->

<!-- Only define a <mount> section if you want to use advanced options,
like alternative usernames or passwords
<mount>
<mount-name>/mount.mp3</mount-name>

<username>othersources</username>
<password>hoyles2</password>

<max-listeners>1</max-listeners>
<max-listeners-duration>3600</max-listeners-duration>
<dump-file>/tmp/dump-example1.ogg</dump-file>
<intro>/intro.mp3</intro>

<burst-size>65536</burst-size>
<fallback-mount>/example2.ogg</fallback-mount>
<fallback-override>1</fallback-override>
<fallback-when-full>1</fallback-when-full>
<public>1</public>
<stream-name>My Audio Stream</stream-name>
<stream-description>My Audio<stream-description>
<stream-url>http://www.brisvagasradio.com</stream-url>
<genre>classical</genre>
<bitrate>64</bitrate>
<type>application/ogg</type>
<subtype>vorbis</subtype>
<intro>/example_intro.mp3</intro>
<hidden>1</hidden>
<no-yp>1</no-yp>
<mp3-metadata-interval>4096</mp3-metadata-interval>


<authentication type="htpasswd">
<option name="filename" value="myauth"/>
<option name="allow_duplicate_users" value="0"/>
</authentication>
<on-connect>/home/icecast/bin/source-start</on-connect>
<on-disconnect>/home/icecast/bin/source-end</on-disconnect>
</mount>

<mount>
<mount-name>/auth_example.ogg</mount-name>
<authentication type="url">
<option name="mount_add" value="http://myauthserver.net/notify_mount.php"/>
<option name="mount_remove" value="http://myauthserver.net/notify_mount.php"/>
<option name="listener_add" value="http://myauthserver.net/notify_listener.php"/>
<option name="listener_remove" value="http://myauthserver.net/notify_listener.php"/>
</authentication>
</mount>

-->

<fileserve>1</fileserve>

<!-- set the mountpoint for a shoutcast source to use, the default if not
specified is /stream but you can change it here if an alternative is
wanted or an extension is required
<shoutcast-mount>/live.nsv</shoutcast-mount>
-->

<paths>
<!-- basedir is only used if chroot is enabled -->
<basedir>./</basedir>

<!-- Note that if <chroot> is turned on below, these paths must both
be relative to the new root, not the original root -->
<logdir>./logs</logdir>
<webroot>./web</webroot>
<adminroot>./admin</adminroot>
<!-- <pidfile>./icecast.pid</pidfile> -->

<!-- Aliases: treat requests for 'source' path as being for 'dest' path
May be made specific to a port or bound address using the "port"
and "bind-address" attributes.
-->
<!--
<alias source="/foo" dest="/bar"/>
-->
<!-- Aliases: can also be used for simple redirections as well,
this example will redirect all requests for http://server:port/ to
the status page
-->
<alias source="/" dest="/status.xsl"/>
</paths>

<logging>
<accesslog>access.log</accesslog>
<errorlog>error.log</errorlog>
<!-- <playlistlog>playlist.log</playlistlog> -->
<loglevel>4</loglevel> <!-- 4 Debug, 3 Info, 2 Warn, 1 Error -->
<logsize>10000</logsize> <!-- Max size of a logfile -->
<!-- If logarchive is enabled (1), then when logsize is reached
the logfile will be moved to [error|access|playlist].log.DATESTAMP,
otherwise it will be moved to [error|access|playlist].log.old.
Default is non-archive mode (i.e. overwrite)
-->
<!-- <logarchive>1</logarchive> -->
</logging>

<security>
<chroot>0</chroot>
<!--
<changeowner>
<user>nobody</user>
<group>nogroup</group>
</changeowner>
-->
</security>
</icecast>


We believe that Sam 3 will not run on Linux so we really need to get this running on Windows. .. or alternately, have a seperate pc to run Linux..
One for Sam3 on XP and one for Linux..

Thanks in advance for your help..

Dougieee

[karlH]

The xml looks to be mainly comments, the only thing I see wrong (but not showstoppers) is hostname is not localhost usually and queue-size looks a bit small (try 500k).

I gather that icecast is installed on windows, so I can only think that the only thing stopping icecast from running is something else running on port 8000

karl.

[Anonymous]

I agree with Karl's suggestion about the port being in use.

If you need detailed help with Windows / Icecast; I've done quite a lot of it.

Let me know if you continue to have problems.

[Anonymous]

can someone point me on how to use multiple mounts on XP Pro

i use SAM4.0.2 and want to use icecast to do a MP3Pro and a ACC+ stream

thanks in advance

[karlH]

for icecast you need at least <sources> set to 2 along with a suitable high number of <clients>. For sam specifics you are probably best asking on the spacialaudio forums but at some point you will need 2 encodings each one with a mountpoint that is used with icecast.

karl.