Icecast dev - Mar 2005 - Ogg Vorbis Streams - song or track metadata for client?

Hi,

I am writing client software to connect to Ogg streams.  I believe
Icecast supports sending track information for Mp3 streams, via
icy-metadata / metaint.

- For MP3 streams, does Icecast also support sending track information
'out-of band' on another port?

- For Ogg Vorbis streams, how is song/track information sent and
updated to the client?  How do I parse this information?

Would appreciate if you could point me to some documentation, or
example code for clients.  Thanks.

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Regards,
Simon

On Thu, 2005-03-24 at 08:56, Simon Liu wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am writing client software to connect to Ogg streams.  I believe
> Icecast supports sending track information for Mp3 streams, via
> icy-metadata / metaint.
yes, that is what shoutcast style metadata uses.
> - For MP3 streams, does Icecast also support sending track information
> 'out-of band' on another port?
in theory we could, although it doesn't currently.  Whether it's worth
it is another matter.
> - For Ogg Vorbis streams, how is song/track information sent and
> updated to the client?  How do I parse this information?
a new set of headers are sent, ie a new logical stream

karl

> > - For Ogg Vorbis streams, how is song/track information sent and
> > updated to the client?  How do I parse this information?
> 
> a new set of headers are sent, ie a new logical stream
Hi Karl,

Am I therefore correct in thinking that songs are sent one after
another, e.g. "chaining", with each new logical stream starting with a
page of metadata e.g. comments?

Is there any reference source code from Xiph or any open-source vorbis
stream players you would recommend I take a look at?

Cheers
Simon
> 
> karl
> 
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