Icecast Streaming Media Server

[Spikeyy]

My station does not show in the directory....
I have done everything i can think off...
I've tried everything i can find here but nothing seems to do the trick...
My station's name is: The Rhythm Radio
The decription is : Live from Northern Ireland!
this link doesn't even work and im pretty sure that it should! : http://Spikeyy:8100/live
also it is listed on openradiodirectory.org and when the links are click on they wont work it is that address up there [http://Spikeyy:8100/live] that comes up i am totally confused about it and i have know idea why it won't show....
Anyone got any help... Please!


[EDIT]
Sorry it isnt Spikeyy:8100/live that comes up on open radio directory its the right thing now . I fixed that bit. But it still remains excluded from the icecast directory!

[karlH]

that is not a valid address so I'm not surprised it doesn't work, and your error log would show a message from the directory server indicating that.

From our logs it looks like you have attempted that address then with a 192.168.x.x address. Use a IP or DNS name that your listeners can use and place that in <hostname>.

karl.

[Spikeyy]

wat do you mean?
How am i supposed to use another IP. Or find one....
Anyway how does this solve my problem of getting my station in the directory??

[karlH]

a simple introduction. 192.168.x.x is reserved for private use only, other people on the internet cannot use that IP address, also the hostname from http://spikeyy:8100/live is not a valid address either. The IP or DNS is provided by whoever gives you your connection, sometime that is via DHCP , sometimes it's static, if DHCP then you are better off using some dynamic DNS option for that the name stays the same. You can use www.whatsmyip.org to see your current IP address.

karl.

[Spikeyy]

I have tried everything that you said i tried using a DNS A DNS Host my IP everything that you said but now SAM Broadcaster even Fails to connect! (Encode, Stream)
Sorry to keep bothering you...

[karlH]

ignore the DNS aspect initially. Get your real IP from the web site I mentioned and place that in <hostname>, restart icecast, not in bind-address if you are using it as that is something else. This will now mean that the address you are providing is valid, At this point the entry could be rejected if our directory cannot connect to your icecast, so you need to check if external access is possible, so configure the NAT for port forward and allow access via via firewalls.

karl.

[Spikeyy]

Ok, i did what you said. But yup u guessed, it hasnt worked. Should i maybe just uninstall icecast then install it again or is ther anything else you can think off?
Thanks for your time by the way....

[karlH]

I can reassure you that I don't have a magic way of checking your icecast install. Based on your earlier postings you had configured icecast to at least attempt to list (failing on bad address) but since then there has been no information on what to check for. no logs, no address details. etc.

All that is needed for icecast to list on the directory is a public stream, and a valid setting in the <hostname>, if you need people to check then you need to give at least some information to work.

karl.

[Spikeyy]

Ok, the private ip works
but, my proper Ip from whatmyip.com does not

Its just it wont connect

Here is my config...

[karlH]

There's no directory block in that xml so that isn't complete but assuming that is just a simple cut paste error then the question is could I connect and listen to the stream using the address in <hostname>. If not then the YP won't list. If the private IP works but the external IP doesn't then the problem is in your NAT or firewall. It's either not forwarding the packet to the correct private IP or the packets are actually being blocked, most likely it's not forwarding the external access.

You may find that using the external IP from within your private network doesn't work because of the NAT, which is why you should test from an external point.

karl.

[Spikeyy]

Is there any way i can fix the NAT so that it will forward the Ip

Or could it have anything to do with my port? what should i have in the PORT section of the .xml file

[karlH]

there's no issue with port 8100, just as long as you tell the NAT for forward it to the correct IP. Tell your network administrator or do some searches for details on your specific NAT box. An example is http://portforward.com/

karl.