Icecast Streaming Media Server

[cmodyssey]

Hi,

I've had a few incidents of buffering recently and I'd like to know if the problem is between the source and icecast or between icecast and the listener.

Does anyone know what shows in the error log file when there are bandwidth problems between source<>icecast and also what shows in the error log file when there are bandwidth problems between icecast<>listener?

Thanks in advance.

Richard.

[karlH]

this will depend on where the stall is and how long it lasts. If it's in the source->icecast part then if nothing comes in for source timeout seconds then the stream is terminated but you could get a drip feed (like a bandwidth restriction) which keeps it open, then what will happen is that the listeners will starve. many will just disconnect because the playback won't work.

If the problem is stalling the feeds from icecast then your listeners will starve and your queue allocation will increase until queue-size is reached at which point those listeners will be dropped for being too slow (slow listeners).

karl.