Icecast Streaming Media Server

[dezerver]

I will create a basis_stream and an alias to this Stream (alias_stream).
Thats no problem, but i will update the Metadata in the Alias Stream and not for the basis_stream.

When I create the alias_stream like
<alias source="/alias_stream" dest="/basis_stream"/>
I get a Streaming-Signal for this "mountpoint" alias_stream but i can't update the Meta - this mountpoint is not listed in the "Admin Home" Site. And the Metadata in this Stream is from the basis_stream.

When I create the alias_stream as an extra mountpoint with fallback to the basis_stream like
<mount>
<mount-name>/alias_stream</mount-name>
<bitrate>64</bitrate>
<public>1</public>
<fallback-mount>/basis_stream</fallback-mount>
</mount>

I see this alias_stream in the Mountpoints from Icecast, but i could not update the Meta - Source does not exist - I think because there is no signal.
The alias_stream wil never have a Streaming-Source.

Have anyone an idea?

MfG dezerver, a german student.

[karlH]

Why have an aliased mountpoint if it's not ever going to be streamed on. If it's a question of having an external mountpoint for listeners but source of the content varies then you could use a local relay.

karl.

[dezerver]

No, it is only one Stream from my Encoder to the Icecastserver possible, the Name of the Radiopath is the Problem. But i would have one Stream wich i could eavesdropping from two Mountpoints - not a straight Fallback.

There is one Source but 2 Mointpoints.

The reward ist to have 2 Mointpoints with different Metadata. The Metadata from the Masterstream is no problem. But i want to edit the Metadata in the second Stream too. At this time it is a fallback, when the user connected to this Mountpoint, he fallback to the Masterstream (and his Metadata).

Have onyone an idea?

MfG deZerver, a german student

[karlH]

an alias does not create another mountpoint stream, it just sends the incoming listener to a different mount. If you want 1 incoming stream but allow different metadata on each then you need to define a local relay and update the metadata on the relay using the admin interface.

karl.

[dezerver]

Here my solution for this problem.

Now i start 2 icecastserver in ubuntu, one with a configured port 8000 and the other with the 8001 port. Both receive the same stream from the encoder with the same Mountpoint.
They are identical. Except the Metadata, now i could edit two different Metadata for this two Stream (with an identical Source).

MfG, deZerver - a german student