Icecast dev - Mar 2009 - Icecast streams included in StreamFinder.com

Hi-

I am writing to see if icecast can be configured to send a stream
update to StreamFinder.com in a similar manner to the way it handles
talking to shoutcast yp. ?

We would like to be able to offer live updates of icecast servers on
our site for our visitors and broadcasters...

In the config - this is the current xiph yp update part

<directory>
        <yp-url-timeout>15</yp-url-timeout>
        <yp-url>http://dir.xiph.org/cgi-bin/yp-cgi</yp-url>
    </directory>


We would like to build a hook in our service at streamfinder.com that would take
incoming pings from icecast stations that include this sort of setting
in their config file...

<directory>
        <yp-url-timeout>15</yp-url-timeout>
        <yp-url>http://www.streamfinder.com/ice-dir/</yp-url>
    </directory>

Any ideas on how we can work with the developers to build this in?

Thanks for any suggestions...

Best,
Chris C.
StreamFinder.com admin

Streamfinder schrieb:
> We would like to build a hook in our service at streamfinder.com that would
take
> incoming pings from icecast stations that include this sort of setting
> in their config file...
>
> <directory>
>         <yp-url-timeout>15</yp-url-timeout>
>         <yp-url>http://www.streamfinder.com/ice-dir/</yp-url>
>     </directory>
>
> Any ideas on how we can work with the developers to build this in?
>   
The sourcecode of the icecast yp is available from svn. Also there is a 
webpage with some info.
So you can have the sources for both sides and there is IIRC also some 
documentation.

Do you need more?

After you implement the yp-api every user that wants to can just add the 
above snippet to his server config and will be listed at your directory.

Cheers

Thomas

PS: I'm just a heavily involved user. ;-)