Hi, I am looking to replace a Quicktime streaming Cluster with Icecast 2.2.0. I have a couple questions: QTSS Supports multicast to multiple relays, does Icecast? I understand that Icecast creates a Master / slave relationship so that the following should work: 1) Send content to Master 2) Have the 4 systems in the cluster connect to the master as a slave system What happens if the master goes away? Using SimpleCast or Nicecast, can I supply multiple masters incase of failure? Will the slaves switch under a failed condition? Does Icecast have built-in load balancing or do I need external app switch? Finally, QTSS has this feature where the slave will not grab the content unless a user is connected, does Icecast support something similar? Thank you so much for your help. Ian
On 6/16/05, Ian H Stewart <ian@smartfamilymedia.com> wrote:> Hi, I am looking to replace a Quicktime streaming Cluster > with Icecast 2.2.0. > > I have a couple questions: > > QTSS Supports multicast to multiple relays, does Icecast?No, icecast has no multicast support. Icecast will do unicast to multiple relays, though.> > > I understand that Icecast creates a Master / slave relationship > so that the following should work: > > 1) Send content to Master > 2) Have the 4 systems in the cluster connect to the master as a slave > system > > What happens if the master goes away?By default, the stream goes down, as if the source producer disconnected. You can configure alternatives, though in 2.2 they would have to be always-on.> > > Using SimpleCast or Nicecast, can I supply > multiple masters incase of failure? Will the slaves switch under a > failed condition?You can configure that in icecast; I don't know precisely what simplecast or nicecast do.> > Does Icecast have built-in load balancing or do I need external app > switch?Icecast has no load balancing features.> > Finally, QTSS has this feature where the slave will not grab the > content unless a user is connected, does Icecast support something > similar?In the development version, but not in 2.2 Mike
As of this moment i find that the streaming system that has been made available to me might be taken offline and would no longer be an option from my hosting company. What is ICECAST and would it work for what i need? Would it include the certain features that i would require for user capability?
On 6/16/05, Eric Robinson <eric@wearesp.com> wrote:> > As of this moment i find that the streaming system that has been made > available to me might be taken offline and would no longer be > an option from my hosting company. > What is ICECAST and would it work for what i need? > Would it include the certain features that i would require for user > capability?How are we supposed to answer questions like these, when you don't say what you're trying to do? Icecast is a streaming media server. The website, including the documentation, has a lot more details. Mike
Thanks mike let me get more detailed for you all then. As i understand it - ICECAST - is actually the streaming server itself but where does it reside? I am looking to go back to broadcasting from a streaming server on a 24/7 basis. I was looking through the documentation on the icecast site but it talks of detials that i did not have to handle and my host company did. What im looking for is: A) How would i gain access of use of an icecast streaming server B) What are the costs involved (per listener or per block of listeners) C) Will i be able to have direct access to uploading the audio for streaming D) Will i be able to have direct access to setting / editing a playlist of the files. F) When my djs Do their shows LIVE, what tools are usualy used or best implemented for streaming directly to the icecast server from the djs remote location. -----Original Message----- From: Michael Smith [mailto:mlrsmith@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 6:13 AM To: eric@wearesp.com Cc: icecast@xiph.org Subject: Re: [Icecast] Icecast? what it is? will it work for me? On 6/16/05, Eric Robinson <eric@wearesp.com> wrote:> > As of this moment i find that the streaming system that has been made > available to me might be taken offline and would no longer be > an option from my hosting company. > What is ICECAST and would it work for what i need? > Would it include the certain features that i would require for user > capability?How are we supposed to answer questions like these, when you don't say what you're trying to do? Icecast is a streaming media server. The website, including the documentation, has a lot more details. Mike -----Original Message----- From: icecast-bounces@xiph.org [mailto:icecast-bounces@xiph.org]On Behalf Of Eric Robinson Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 4:48 PM To: icecast@xiph.org Subject: [Icecast] Icecast? what it is? will it work for me? As of this moment i find that the streaming system that has been made available to me might be taken offline and would no longer be an option from my hosting company. What is ICECAST and would it work for what i need? Would it include the certain features that i would require for user capability? _______________________________________________ Icecast mailing list Icecast@xiph.org http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/icecast