Icecast Streaming Media Server

[hpg4815]

Logfile opened
DEBUG: Sending following information to libshout:
DEBUG: Stream: 0
DEBUG: Host: voice.wvfs.fsu.edu:8050 (protocol: http)
DEBUG: Mount: /, Password: inveRt6h
DEBUG: Name: wvfs URL: http://voice.wvfs.fsu.edu/
DEBUG: Genre: College Radio Desc: WVFS V89
DEBUG: Bitrate: 128 Public: 0
DEBUG: Dump file: (null)
DEBUG: Initializing playlist handler...
DEBUG: Initializing builting playlist handler...
Could not find a valid playlist file.
Ices Exiting...

voice# ls -al
-rwxrwxrwx 1 icecast wheel 0 Mar 17 16:42 playlist.txt

The play list file is there but empty. I'm trying to use the the input jack from a live broadcast. Can I turn off the need for the playlist file?

voice# less ices.conf
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ices:Configuration xmlns:ices="http://www.icecast.org/projects/ices">
<Playlist>
<!-- This is the filename used as a playlist when using the builtin
playlist handler. -->
<File>playlist.txt</File>
<!-- Set this to 0 if you don't want to randomize your playlist, and to
1 if you do. -->
<Randomize>1</Randomize>
<!-- One of builtin, perl, or python. -->
<Type>builtin</Type>
<!-- Module name to pass to the playlist handler if using perl or python.
If you use the builtin playlist handler then this is ignored -->
<Module>ices</Module>
<!-- Set this to the number of seconds to crossfade between tracks.
Leave out or set to zero to disable crossfading (the default).
<Crossfade>5</Crossfade>
-->
</Playlist>

<Execution>
<!-- Set this to 1 if you want ices to launch in the background as a
daemon -->
<Background>0</Background>
<!-- Set this to 1 if you want to see more verbose output from ices -->
<Verbose>1</Verbose>
<!-- This directory specifies where ices should put the logfile, cue file
and pid file (if daemonizing). Don't use /tmp if you have l33t h4x0rz
on your server. -->
<BaseDirectory>/var/log/icecast/ices0</BaseDirectory>
</Execution>

<Stream>
<Server>
<!-- Hostname or ip of the icecast server you want to connect to -->
<Hostname>voice.wvfs.fsu.edu</Hostname>
<!-- Port of the same -->
<Port>8050</Port>
<!-- Encoder password on the icecast server -->
<Password>**myPass***</Password>
<!-- Header protocol to use when communicating with the server.
Shoutcast servers need "icy", icecast 1.x needs "xaudiocast", and
icecast 2.x needs "http". -->
<Protocol>http</Protocol>
</Server>

<!-- The name of the mountpoint on the icecast server -->
<Mountpoint>/</Mountpoint>
<!-- The name of the dumpfile on the server for your stream. DO NOT set
this unless you know what you're doing.
<Dumpfile>ices.dump</Dumpfile>
-->
<!-- The name of you stream, not the name of the song! -->
<Name>wvfs</Name>
<!-- Genre of your stream, be it rock or pop or whatever -->
<Genre>College Radio</Genre>
<!-- Longer description of your stream -->
<Description>WVFS V89</Description>
<!-- URL to a page describing your stream -->
<URL>http://voice.wvfs.fsu.edu/</URL>
<!-- 0 if you don't want the icecast server to publish your stream on
the yp server, 1 if you do -->
<Public>0</Public>

<!-- Stream bitrate, used to specify bitrate if reencoding, otherwise
just used for display on YP and on the server. Try to keep it
accurate -->
<Bitrate>128</Bitrate>
<!-- If this is set to 1, and ices is compiled with liblame support,
ices will reencode the stream on the fly to the stream bitrate. -->
<Reencode>0</Reencode>
<!-- Number of channels to reencode to, 1 for mono or 2 for stereo -->
<!-- Sampe rate to reencode to in Hz. Leave out for LAME's best choice
<Samplerate>44100</Samplerate>
-->
<Channels>2</Channels>
</Stream>
</ices:Configuration>

[karlH]

I think ices0 always needs a playlist, where else would it get the names of the files to play? As for the problem with the playlist, it's hard to say based on the information provided, but obviously no entries in the playlist is not going to work.

karl.

[hpg4815]

Sorry to forget to mention this, but I'm not using a define playlist to stream, I'm trying to stream a live broadcast from a radio booth via input jack. Can I do this with IceS0? I'm currently streaming with IceS with OGG, but they want MP3 .

[karlH]

seeing that no input module for alsa or oss was written for ices0 I would guess not.

karl.

[hpg4815]

1. Then do I need to try darkIce?
2. Is that a source client?

3. You mean that you can only stream live data broadcast with IceS2 using the OGG encoder, but not the IceS0 with mp3?

I have this working with IceS2 via input jack with data from a live DJ booth.

[hpg4815]

Can I do this and not have any of the other options?
<mount>
<mount-name>/wvfs</mount-name>
</mount>
or

<mount>
<mount-name>/</mount-name>
</mount>

Basically only want to have to provide the hostname and port in order for listeners to connect to the streaming server.

[karlH]

[karlH]

[wirelessgimp]

ices.0 only play songs from a playlist, darkice is quite good for live streaming, but there are other source clients, it really depends on your needs.