Icecast - Apr 2005 - Using alias to relay Icecast2 to shoutcast problems

Hi all

I wondered if anyone was succesful in doing this? I found some information on
using alias's to patch a stream through to a different port ie:

<alias port="8002" source="/"
dest="/nfa2.m3u"/>

However this does not appear to work properly. If I type the url into a browser,
this then opens up and plays as it should in winamp, however if I type it
directly into the winamp play url box, I get "Error syncing to mpeg"
and Shoutcast is not receiving the stream either, it displays stream 0kbs and
then times out after 30 secs and disconnects.

I have also tried using Ices 0.4 straight into Shoutcast without success, I have
a similar problem, even though I have selected icy as the protocol and the
address,port and password are correct.

Andy help on this matter would be greatly appreciated, I have seen plenty of
forum posts where people are doing both of these things successfully, but no
sample configs or help.

thanks
Andy
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Andy wrote:
> <alias port="8002" source="/"
dest="/nfa2.m3u"/>
I'm assuming the mountpoint is actually /nfa2 and not /nfa2.m3u.  This is 
what you should be pointing at.  Winamp and Shoutcast are expecting an MP3 
stream and aren't getting one.
> If I type the url into a browser, this then opens up and plays as it 
> should in winamp,
This backs up my theory.
> I have also tried using Ices 0.4 straight into Shoutcast without success, 
> I have a similar problem, even though I have selected icy as the protocol 
> and the address,port and password are correct.
Shoutcast actually accepts source connections on listenport+1, but you 
should still enter listenport into your ices config.  Not sure what else to 
suggest.

Geoff.