Icecast dev - Dec 2015 - Extending Icecast 2.4.X against Ezstream (Run External Script or Integrate Ezstream Source)

Good evening,

I am extending Icecast 2.4.x in a project that intends to use ezstream 
many times during the Icecast execution life cycle. At the point when I 
"start up" ezstream, I am faced with a dilemma of whether I should
just
integrate the ezstream source code into my project and program directly 
to the procedures, or whether I should just use shell scripts to control 
ezstream. The ezstream processes will just be fired up for a couple of 
minutes then dropped, but on a regular basis. Firing up shell scripts 
would make my coding life a lot easier, but a gut feeling tells me that 
this is not the right way,

If anyone has got any experience within this, it would be greatly useful.

Cheers

Glenn

On Thu, 10 Dec 2015, Glenn Cooper wrote:
> I am extending Icecast 2.4.x in a project that intends to use ezstream
> many times during the Icecast execution life cycle. At the point when I
> "start up" ezstream, I am faced with a dilemma of whether I
should just
> integrate the ezstream source code into my project and program directly
> to the procedures, or whether I should just use shell scripts to control
> ezstream. The ezstream processes will just be fired up for a couple of
> minutes then dropped, but on a regular basis. Firing up shell scripts
> would make my coding life a lot easier, but a gut feeling tells me that
> this is not the right way,
It might help us if you explained exactly what it is you're wanting to do.

Geoff.