I am happy using icecast/ices, but have two questions: 1. If I was using cron to schedule a switching of a playlist, can I do this without restarting icecast so that at a SPECIFIC TIME (let's say at exactly 3:00 pm) a new song can be played without interupting the user listening to the broadcast. 2. Is there a setting when the user first connects to play a *welcome* file (i.e. about the radio station, etc....) Just curious, Regards, Murray Saul
On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 21:29, Murray Saul wrote:> I am happy using icecast/ices, but have two questions: > > 1. If I was using cron to schedule a switching of a playlist, can I do > this without restarting icecast so that at a SPECIFIC TIME (let's say at > exactly 3:00 pm) a new song can be played without interupting the user > listening to the broadcast.ices can be signalled to skip to the next track (which will mean a reread of the playlist if it has changed)> 2. Is there a setting when the user first connects to play a *welcome* > file (i.e. about the radio station, etc....)Not in the trunk/releases, but I have some work in my branch for testing such a thing (svn or http://mediacast1.com/~karl/ kh6 is latest). Just add <intro>/path/to/intro.ogg</intro> in the <mount> section relating to the stream. The filename is currently relative to <webroot>, so you can download it as a normal file as well. Using intro files is still subject to the same considerations as fallback mounts, ie same format as the stream they relate to, and stick to the same values for samplerate and channels. karl.
Karl Heyes schreef:>On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 21:29, Murray Saul wrote: > > >>I am happy using icecast/ices, but have two questions: >> >>1. If I was using cron to schedule a switching of a playlist, can I do >>this without restarting icecast so that at a SPECIFIC TIME (let's say at >>exactly 3:00 pm) a new song can be played without interupting the user >>listening to the broadcast. >> >> > >ices can be signalled to skip to the next track (which will mean a >reread of the playlist if it has changed) > > > >>2. Is there a setting when the user first connects to play a *welcome* >>file (i.e. about the radio station, etc....) >> >> > >Not in the trunk/releases, but I have some work in my branch for testing >such a thing (svn or http://mediacast1.com/~karl/ kh6 is latest). Just >add > ><intro>/path/to/intro.ogg</intro> > >in the <mount> section relating to the stream. The filename is currently >relative to <webroot>, so you can download it as a normal file as well. > >Using intro files is still subject to the same considerations as >fallback mounts, ie same format as the stream they relate to, and stick >to the same values for samplerate and channels. > >karl. > > >_______________________________________________ >Icecast mailing list >Icecast@xiph.org >http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/icecast > >Hi Karl, Is there a windows version of your branch to? I only found the KH58 version for windows and I'm intrested in the KH6 version.... regards, Dennis Heerema
On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 13:55:46 -0800 (PST), Karl Heyes <karl@xiph.org> wrote:> On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 21:29, Murray Saul wrote: > > I am happy using icecast/ices, but have two questions: > > > > 1. If I was using cron to schedule a switching of a playlist, can I do > > this without restarting icecast so that at a SPECIFIC TIME (let's say at > > exactly 3:00 pm) a new song can be played without interupting the user > > listening to the broadcast. > > ices can be signalled to skip to the next track (which will mean a > reread of the playlist if it has changed) >I tried it, it doesn't just reread !! You have to stop and start ices !!! -- Mohamed Eldesoky www.eldesoky.net RHCE