Icecast Streaming Media Server

[Anonymous]

Hi Everyone,

Just installed icecast (am first time user) and wanted a few pointers

basically i want to have 2 streams (one a house music stream, the other a techno music stream)

I also want those streams in various formats (128kbps mp3, 32kbps mp3)

and on top of that when a LIVE dj isnt playing I want it to start playing a playlist (non live mixes sitting on the server)

So basically is this posible, and if it is any pointers/help will be appreciated.

The server is a windows 2003 box..... is there any prebuilt admin software as well?

Cheers

[karlH]

yes it's possible, each stream has its own mountpoint, look into fallback handling for the live stream. You could use mount_remove (auth url) to kick off/signal a source client that handles your non-live mixes.

karl.

[Anonymous]

ah cheers,

so is there an advanced user guide knocking about?

i've been looking at the mount point thing and am getting in a right pickle.

dont suppose some has done a similar thing and can share there xml doc so i can have a butchers? (obviously take passwords and things out)

CHeers

[karlH]

general rule is only specify options you think you need as the default settings are usually good enough. In your case, you could use 2 <mount> definitions, and if you did as I suggested then you would have a mount-name and authentication tags within one of them.

karl.

[Anonymous]

Ok so I'm using the simple xml file provided and have added the following

<mount>
<mount-name>/codefm-room1.mp3</mount-name>
<username>user</username>
<password>pass</password>
<max-listeners>50</max-listeners>
<fallback-mount>room1.m3u</fallback-mount>
</mount>

is that acceptable? or am i way out?

if its correct my next question would be how do i determin the compression and bitration of the mountname?

also where would these files be placed, reletive to the websites root or in the icecast folder?

Thanks again

[karlH]

the fallback-mount is incorrect, not only is it supposed to start with a / but you don't specify a playlist, you specify a mountpoint of a stream.

The mount details don't refer to encoder settings, as that is handled by the source client, which is also where any source material is placed

karl.

[Anonymous]

ah ok once more.

so how would i get the server to play a playlist (non live mixes) when there is no dj playing.... i thought the fall back did it?

cheers

[karlH]

without the hook I mentioned initially, the second stream would have to be running all the time. With the hook from the authenticator it could start the source client for the fallback when the live stream dies but before moving listeners to the fallback. Start with the fallback always on first.

karl.

[Anonymous]

sorry karl, I'm new to this and it all seems to be going over my head.

think it will be best if i get someone else to set it up... can you recomend any one that can do this (for a price)

Cheers for all your help