Icecast - Aug 2004 - directory servers and stuttering

I'm running Icecast v1.3.7 and I've recently noticed there's a
direct
correlation between a stream "stuttering" and the icecast process
having difficulty contacting one or more directory servers.  In short,
if icecast can't connect to a directory server, then it tends to
affect the playback on the stream, such that clients will typically
get dropped with message such as "Too many errors (client not
receiving data fast enough)" in the logs.  

One of the clients that gets dropped is connected locally over a 100M
switched network, so I don't really think it's having a problem
getting a 32K stream fast enough. :)

Would changing over to v1.3.8.beta2 resolve this?


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> I'm running Icecast v1.3.7 and I've recently noticed there's a
direct
> correlation between a stream "stuttering" and the icecast process
> having difficulty contacting one or more directory servers.  
This is odd.  Directory server touches are ALWAYS in a separate thread,
and have no interaction with the rest of the stream, except that they
need the info.. (I just realized what the bug is).

The directory server should be limiting the connect times to 15 seconds.
Do you find that this always happens for 15 seconds?

Try 1.3.8 as well, maybe the updated connect code didn't go in until
then.

jack.

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