Icecast Streaming Media Server

[myusernameis]

TL;DR I want to setup a relay for a french radio station to go through my US dedicated server so I can listen to the stream on my phone. More info below.

Okay first, let me say that I've tried reading the docs and following several guides, but I'm completely lost now as how to set this up.

Now, what I want to do is setup a radio station relay on my VPS for my favorite trance radio station. I want to relay the station because the stream comes from France (french radio station) and my mobile operator doesn't have a good enough speed to keep up with the stream at 192kbit/s, so the result is the stream playing for ~10 seconds and then a 4 second pause for buffering, and then rinse and repeat.

I've setup a stream on my server and have done several speed tests, and I am able to keep up a 192 bitrate stream if it comes from my VPS (located in the US).

With all that said, I've successfully installed Icecast on my server, and I am able to connect to it just fine. The stream that I want to connect to is located here:

[karlH]

do you still have the alias that maps / to /status.xsl, if so then that will explain why you cannot connect to the relay as a listener. Eiterh remove the alias or choose a different local-mount for the relay

karl.

[myusernameis]

Thanks for the quick help. I've removed the alias bit, and now I receive a 404 error now.

When going to IP:port I get an error of

[karlH]

do you want to alias / to /music or do you want to change the local-mount to / ? either way should work

karl

[myusernameis]

Honestly I have no idea, I just want it to stream from the server. I've left the local mount at /music, but I've tried making it just / but I still get the 404 not found. Are there additional files that I need to place on the server for the stream?

Again, sorry if I'm not getting this that quickly. The way I understood it is since I am not streaming any files directly from my server I don't need a mount of any sort.

[myusernameis]

I got it, it's working now. Apparently the master server bit in the config file was causing it to try to relay from a master server even though I had no intention of using it. Just for other users having this issue, I will post the relay part of my config file so that others may see:

Code:

<relay> <server>stream.pulsradio.com</server> <port>5000</port> <mount>/</mount> <local-mount>/music</local-mount> <on-demand>1</on-demand> <relay-shoutcast-metadata>1</relay-shoutcast-metadata> </relay>

Let me explain. The stream I want to relay is http://stream.pulsradio.com:5000 . The mount on their server is / , meaning that http://stream.pulsradio.com:5000/ <--(notice the forward slash) will play their broadcast in your media player. The local mount means what the extension will be on YOUR website/server. In my example, the IP was my.ip.is.cool:8000/music. I specified my IP and port earlier in the config, so that is where my.ip.is.cool and 8000 has come from, but the important part is the /music bit. Below is my full config file so that you can see what I have omitted from the original:

Code:

<icecast> − <limits> <clients>100</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> − <!--  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>65535</burst-size> </limits> − <authentication> <!-- Sources log in with username 'source' --> <source-password>heyhackme</source-password> <!-- Relays log in username 'relay' --> <relay-password>heyhackme</relay-password> <!-- Admin logs in with the username given below --> <admin-user>admin</admin-user> <admin-password>omghackme</admin-password> </authentication> − <!--  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>mywebsite.com</hostname> <!-- You may have multiple <listener> elements --> − <listen-socket> <port>8000</port> <!-- <bind-address>my.ip.is.cool</bind-address> --> <!-- <shoutcast-mount>/stream</shoutcast-mount> --> </listen-socket> − <!--     <listen-socket>         <port>8001</port>     </listen-socket>     --> − <relay> <server>stream.pulsradio.com</server> <port>5000</port> <mount>/</mount> <local-mount>/music</local-mount> <on-demand>1</on-demand> <relay-shoutcast-metadata>1</relay-shoutcast-metadata> </relay>     -->     − <!--  Only define a <mount> section if you want to use advanced options,          like alternative usernames or passwords     <mount>         <mount-name>/music</mount-name>         <max-listeners>10</max-listeners>         <dump-file>/home/userhere1/icecast/tmp/dump-example1.mp3</dump-file>         <burst-size>65536</burst-size>    </mount>       --> <fileserve>1</fileserve> − <paths> <!-- basedir is only used if chroot is enabled --> <basedir>/usr/local/share/icecast</basedir> − <!--  Note that if <chroot> is turned on below, these paths must both              be relative to the new root, not the original root --> <logdir>/home/userhere1/icecast</logdir> <webroot>/home/userhere1/icecast/web</webroot> <adminroot>/home/userhere1/icecast/admin</adminroot> − <!--  <pidfile>/home/userhere1/icecast/icecast.pid</pidfile> --> </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>

I removed my IP, hostname, and changed my username for privacy reasons, but basically you can edit those in with your own information. Also I changed all of the paths because you should never run icecast as root, and most of the default directories were only accessible by root. The stream runs perfectly fine with the removed stuff from the original, and it makes the config file smaller and easier to read IMO. Thanks for all the help!