Icecast Streaming Media Server

[Anonymous]

My project GKRadio Europe is streaming on Shoutcast and currently We are doing some tests with IceCast2 .. and Icecast2 gives great results.
However whatever is written into the code .. We don't achieve the Yellow Pages.
Something else who is very strange is that even when the IceCast2 stream serv isn't running the stream is still online and can be heard.
Also the clients are Unlimited even they have into the configuration a value of 5

Technical details :
GKRadio Europe is operating at 1 mainserver and is streaming with SAM Broadcaster 3 at 128kbps 44.1 kHz stereo (mp3)
The streamsource to IceCast2 is
http://www.gkradio.eu/GKREurope.m3u

Below the code who is used into the IceCast2 configuration, clients are up at 5 for reason that we are currently making tests
Thanks to everybody who can post the correct code using the details mentioned below.
Help is mostly appriciated !

[karlH]

The first thing to note about xml is that <!-- and --> are markers for indicating the start and end of a comment (ie anything in-between is ignored).

So your xml does not have any directory settings and there are no <mount> settings. The net result is that no directory attempts are being made and no mount limits are applied. Try reading the xml into a web browser.

Fix is to uncomment the parts you want, and change the <hostname> to something more realistic. You probably want the clients setting higher as well.

karl.

[Anonymous]

Thanks Karl,

On my admin page I see currently this
yp_currently_playing R.I.O. - Shine On (Mondo Remix)
together with the other station details
However don't have any ranking into the YP section or stream directory

I managed some of the "uncomment" sections who gives the result as written above.
When I uncomment some of the other items .. on some items I'm loosing contact with the stream.
However into the current script everything runs ok at the stream
Please feel free to check out the result
http://www.gkradio.eu/GKREurope.m3u

The reason that there are only 5 clients is that We are doing tests with your type of streamserver (IceCast2) by using Our regular encoders into Sam Broadcaster - set to a public status.
To Our mainstream there is a Shoutcast sc_serv operational.

The idea is to change this into the near future into IceCast only.
So for this reason all help and details are welcome to achieve a correct configuration and collab.
So eather you or any other fellow members are mostly welcome with a correct code who can be paste into the IceCast2 configuration.

Just for the record, GKRadio Europe is a fully operational Interactive Internetradio project who is in search for the best reliable system who can offer real listening pleasure to the listeners.
feel free to visit the website http://www.gkradio.eu

Thanks for any help of yourside
Respect !

[karlH]

I just tried the IP in your m3u playlist and the server was very slow to respond. That may be a question of a saturated link or an overloaded CPU.

you will need to have the setting corrected for

<hostname>GKRadioEurope</hostname>

as that is not a valid DNS or IP address. The directory server will not be verifying your stream with that setting.

I would also drop the oddsock.org directory server reference as that is no longer active, so that will just be causing timeouts when trying to update.

karl.

[Anonymous]

Hi Karl,

The hostname is now changed to the fixed IP of the server / streamsource. (this is a Windows server2003 located at a datacenter in Belgium)
As configuration I'm using currently the "easy" config - who can be found into the IceCast2 software maps.
I submitted some other items such as limits clients etc etc
As test this is already ok and also for reason (into the near future if everything works out) that in my country Belgium the Royalty Agencies are working with strict amounts of clients (25, 50, 100, 250) I can not set this limit to unlimited.

I made a copy of the current "easy" config below of this.
I guess this has to be the right one
If so I hope it gonna work out also to the YP section.

During the upcoming Summer the mainserver (and IP) where clients can connect to the stream gonna change, this gonna give also a better and faster connection.

I wanna thank you for your help and please let Me know if the config written below is now the correct one.
http://www.gkradio.eu/GKREurope.m3u
Thanks again and enjoy your weekend
regards,
Philippe - Belgium

<!-- This config file contains a minimal set of configurable parameters,
and mostly just contains the things you need to change. We created
this for those who got scared away from the rather large and heavily
commented icecast.xml.dist file. -->
<icecast>
<limits>
<clients>5</clients>
<sources>2</sources>
<threadpool>5</threadpool>
<queue-size>524288</queue-size>
<client-timeout>30</client-timeout>
<header-timeout>15</header-timeout>
<source-timeout>10</source-timeout>
<burst-size>65535</burst-size>
</limits>
<authentication>
<source-password>******</source-password>
<relay-password>******</relay-password>
<admin-user>******</admin-user>
<admin-password>******</admin-password>
</authentication>
<directory>
<yp-url-timeout>5</yp-url-timeout>
<yp-url>http://dir.xiph.org/cgi-bin/yp-cgi</yp-url>
</directory>
<directory>
<yp-url-timeout>5</yp-url-timeout>
<yp-url>http://www.kochavchadash.com/yp/yp.aspx</yp-url>
</directory>
<hostname>212.123.19.221</hostname>
<listen-socket>
<port>9034</port>
</listen-socket>
<fileserve>1</fileserve>
<paths>
<logdir>./logs</logdir>
<webroot>./web</webroot>
<adminroot>./admin</adminroot>
<alias source="/" dest="/status.xsl"/>
</paths>
<logging>
<accesslog>access.log</accesslog>
<errorlog>error.log</errorlog>
<loglevel>3</loglevel> <!-- 4 Debug, 3 Info, 2 Warn, 1 Error -->
</logging>
</icecast>

[karlH]

personally I think it would be better to up the <clients> limit and use a <max-listeners> setting in a <mount> section. Check the log files to see if there are any other errors,

karl.

[Anonymous]

Hi Karl,

What are they calling this .. Learning and Improving ?

Ok I made some adjustements to the things you're talking about.
See the code section below ...
I made also a copy of the Error Log, this copy is below of the code section.

I have the idea that in the tabs of the IceCast2 I have also some errors .. reason is that in the tab "Source Level Statistics" I don't see all the time the mount /GKREurope
After a restart of it .. it don't appear .. so I guess that can be also a reason that nothing is listed at the YP section. Unless I'm wrong in my way of thinking.
Anyway the setup of IceCast2 looks to Me more difficult than the shoutcast sc_serv for reason that even some rules / commands are made they don't seems to affect the meta data at once for example at the YP section.

So I have still some probs .. but I wanna solve them for 100%
For the record : IceCast2 has a free outgoing/access signal at the firewall of the Windows2003 server .. so that can't be a reason that it don't work 100%
Please .. feel free to adjust any element / section who can achieve a 100% reliable transfer of data.
My admin page looks ok .. the only thing that seems to give an error each time is the YP section
http://www.gkradio.eu/GKREurope.m3u

Thanks again for any help,
Philippe - Belgium

[karlH]

you say there's an error but the log looks fine.

You have a stream /GKREurope, you can see the stats for the read/sent counts, there are metadata updates going on a few times in the log. YP updates are occurring on both YP servers. And stats.xml is requested. Nothing looks wrong from what we see here.

BTW you only need the max-listeners and mount-name in <mount>, all the other settings should be provided by the source client.

karl.

[Anonymous]

Hello Karl,

Thats correct, in fact all other details are provided by SAM Broadcaster.
It looks also that I'm into the YP pages (just checked it)
The only thing who is not yet fixed is de type of content .. to Me "MP3" .. at the YP it is written as "unknown"

But .. I found also something who can help other people :
When things are changed into the IceCast2 it seems that they don't affect the meta data concerning the connection to the YP section (means = stop IC2, change config, close config, start IC2)
But at that time the streamencoder (SAM Broadcaster) is "still" activated.

What have I done ?
The changes like written above and I made a re-start of the streamencoder of SAM who streams the content for IC2.
In realtime it affects IceCast2 with the new data and YP data.

So maybe this is more or less the basic issue who made the problems.

You have to know that I'm working at 1 mainserver at a datacenter with remote deskcontrol and everything who is activated into SAM stays activated.
So I may hope that this topic gonna be also helpfull to other fellow members in managing their startup probs

Have a great week and all the best .. and thanks very much for your follow up !!