Big Al
2004-Aug-06 14:22 UTC
[icecast] Getting the Stream to "Just Start Playing" on the client
I put together a little tutorial after having the same problem. You need to enlighten the client browser, here are some clues: http://www.modernamericanmusic.com/techtips.html Hunter Hillegas wrote:> > Hmmm... Maybe I wasn't clear. > > This is a public Web site. Some people are using Netscape, most using IE... > All different kinds of media players, mostly WinAmp, Real, WMP, and iTunes. > > What I'm looking for is a way for the media player to be launched > automatically. > > If I choose "Open from this location" from the link, WinAmp DOES open. .pls > files *are* mapped to WinAmp, I'd just like to be able to skip this step if > I can. Or make it easier in some way. > > What I don't really want is people saving the link to the stream on their > desktop and never coming back to the Web site. I'd like them to have a > reason to come back and visit the site. > > Does that make sense? > > Hunter > > > From: tim <tim@nvhs.nl> > > Reply-To: icecast@xiph.org > > Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 16:59:11 +0200 > > To: icecast@xiph.org > > Subject: Re: [icecast] Getting the Stream to "Just Start Playing" on the > > client > > > > > > you need to set netscape for that. your netscape is not yet set > > to send .pls/m3u files to your mp3 player. > > > > t. > > > > * Hunter Hillegas <lists@lastonepicked.com> [010824 16:53]: > >> I'm curious what method y'all are using for getting your streams going on > >> the client. > >> > >> We've been using a hyperlink to the stream like this: > >> http://www.fatfreeradio.net:8000/playlist.pls?mount=/hifi&file=dummy.pls > >> > >> It works okay but people get prompted to save or open the file. It would be > >> better if it just opened their streaming player each time, without the > >> dialog. > >> > >> Anyone know any way to do that? > >> > >> Hunter > >> > >> > >> --- >8 ---- > >> List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ > >> icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ > >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' > >> containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. > >> Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered. > > > > --- >8 ---- > > List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ > > icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' > > containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. > > Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered. > > > > --- >8 ---- > List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ > icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ > To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' > containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. > Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.--- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.
Justin Zipperle
2004-Aug-06 14:22 UTC
[icecast] Error: Client not receiving data fast enough
Hey all, I've been having the same "Client not receiving data fast enough" errors. I've got icecast configured so as not to send info to ANY yp directories. Even on a quiet 100MB connection between client and server, I can stay connected for only about 5 minutes at a shot if I'm lucky. I'm using Icecast 1.3.11, and Shout 0.8.0. The files I'm streaming are all 22kHz, 64kbps, mono. A 6 minute file will go through Shout in roughly 5 minutes and 15 seconds. If I watch the stats in WinAMP, I can see that the buffer is just being filled up and maintained between 95-100% until the stream drops. If I request a file through Icecast without calling on Shout to broadcast it (i.e., http://server:8000/file/filename.mp3), I have no problems, even with a 75 minute file. So it seems to me that the problem is somewhere either in Shout's stream, or Icecast's handling of that stream - one is pushing too fast, or the other is pulling too fast. I'm not sure if any of this is helpful, but I figure it doesn't hurt to bring it up. -Justin ----------> Actually, I have seen this problem quite a bit as you all will > remember. It isn't ices (I don't think) rather it seems to be > something wrong in icecast. More specifically with the yp server > section of code. The more yp directories you have listed the higher > the chance of getting the not streaming fast enough error. I have > trimmed all my directory servers back to just yp.icecast.org and for > the most part the problem has vanished. Now there is one odd caveat, > last week at some point our internal network was disconnected from the > outside world. I could still stream internally. I had removed all of > the yp directory server entries so icecast shouldn't have been trying > to leave the internal network. I could not stay connected for more > than 50-80 seconds. The error was always the same not streaming fast > enough error but obviously it has nothing to do with the client at > all. So as far as that goes it is a very misleading error message and > probably one of the reasons we haven't been able to hunt it down. So > there is some food for thought. Jack Brendan got any ideas? I've > been taking the long term approach to hunting this one down. I have > set the debug level up to four but the problem code seems to sneak > between the debug code bits. > > > Kirk > > > > -- > Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility > e-mail: kirk@braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario > phone: (519) 661-3061--- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.
Hunter Hillegas
2004-Aug-06 14:22 UTC
[icecast] Getting the Stream to "Just Start Playing" on the client
Hmmm... Maybe I wasn't clear. This is a public Web site. Some people are using Netscape, most using IE... All different kinds of media players, mostly WinAmp, Real, WMP, and iTunes. What I'm looking for is a way for the media player to be launched automatically. If I choose "Open from this location" from the link, WinAmp DOES open. .pls files *are* mapped to WinAmp, I'd just like to be able to skip this step if I can. Or make it easier in some way. What I don't really want is people saving the link to the stream on their desktop and never coming back to the Web site. I'd like them to have a reason to come back and visit the site. Does that make sense? Hunter> From: tim <tim@nvhs.nl> > Reply-To: icecast@xiph.org > Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 16:59:11 +0200 > To: icecast@xiph.org > Subject: Re: [icecast] Getting the Stream to "Just Start Playing" on the > client > > > you need to set netscape for that. your netscape is not yet set > to send .pls/m3u files to your mp3 player. > > t. > > * Hunter Hillegas <lists@lastonepicked.com> [010824 16:53]: >> I'm curious what method y'all are using for getting your streams going on >> the client. >> >> We've been using a hyperlink to the stream like this: >> http://www.fatfreeradio.net:8000/playlist.pls?mount=/hifi&file=dummy.pls >> >> It works okay but people get prompted to save or open the file. It would be >> better if it just opened their streaming player each time, without the >> dialog. >> >> Anyone know any way to do that? >> >> Hunter >> >> >> --- >8 ---- >> List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ >> icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' >> containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. >> Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered. > > --- >8 ---- > List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ > icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ > To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' > containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. > Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered. >--- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.
Geoff Shang
2004-Aug-06 14:22 UTC
[icecast] Getting the Stream to "Just Start Playing" on the client
On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, Hunter Hillegas wrote:> Hmmm... Maybe I wasn't clear. > > This is a public Web site. Some people are using Netscape, most using IE... > All different kinds of media players, mostly WinAmp, Real, WMP, and iTunes.OK, you will hit trouble using this approach if you want to cater to all those players. WMP and real don't respect pls. You could either have different links for each type of player or just use an M3U file which should launch their designated MP3 player. Geoff. --- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.