Icecast - Aug 2004 - Was Re: build problems, now XML config syntax

Hi:

If you want to use icecast
2 for streaming vorbis audio then don't get it
from the CVS repository at icecast.org.  That's ancient developer stuff in
there.  Instead get it from the xiph.org CVS repository (see
http://www.xiph.org/cvs.html which I see now lists the icecast stuff
(yay!).  You'll need the icecast module plus the avl, httpp, log, net,
thread and timing modules (check these out when in the icecast/src
directory).  This is all documented in icecast/Hacking.

You'll also need something to stream to the server with.  CVS contains a
new ices which can do this.  It needs avl, log, net, thread and timing, and
also the vorbis libshout which is also in CVS and in turn also needs thread
and timing.

Geoff.

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Thanks for the pointer. icecast builds fine now, after pulling down the 
Vorbis and Ogg source.

I'm now looking for documentation on the syntax of the XML config file. 
Tried to look for it in the archives, but I'm having the same problems 
David has. Searches turn up 0 matches all the time. Looks like the 
xiph.org mailing list search engine is broken.

Thanks in advance for the help.

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Hi there,

here are my config files for ices and icecast2:

<icecast>
        <location>Pete's Flat</location>
        <admin>mr2147@bigfoot.com</admin>

        <limits>
                <clients>20</clients>
                <sources>4</sources>
                <threadpool>5</threadpool>
                <client-timeout>15</client-timeout>
        </limits>

        <source-password>encode</source-password>

        <directory>
                <touch-freq>0</touch-freq>
                <server>
                        <host>nowhere.earth</host>
                        <touch-freq>15</touch-freq>
                </server>
        </directory>

        <hostname>magpie.layer-7.net</hostname>
        <port>8000</port>
        <!--<bind-address>127.0.0.1</bind-address>-->

        <paths>
                <basedir>/var/icecast</basedir>
                <logdir>/var/log/icecast</logdir>
        </paths>

        <!-- <mount> 
                <mountpoint>/fileservice</mountpoint>
                <path>/dev/null</path>
        </mount> -->

        <logging>
                <accesslog>access.log</accesslog>
                <errorlog>error.log</errorlog>
        </logging>
</icecast>

<ices>

        <background>0</background>
        <logpath>/tmp</logpath>
        <logfile>ices.log</logfile>
        <loglevel>3</loglevel>

        <stream>
                <metadata>
                        <name>Toxixbrain Radio</name>
                        <genre>Live</genre>
                        <description>Live Music that currently plays in
Pete's Flat</description>
                </metadata>

                <input>
                        <!-- For the stdin Module in combination with esdmon 
                             it is important to set the rate to 44100 and
                             2 channels -->
                        <module>stdinpcm</module>
                        <param name="rate">44100</param>
                        <param name="channels">2</param>
                </input>

                <instance>
                        <!-- Server details:
                        <hostname>magpie.layer-7.xxx</hostname>
                        <port>8000</port>
                        <password>xxxxxx</password>
                        <mount>/toxicradio.ogg</mount>

                        <encode>  
                                <bitrate>96000</bitrate>
                                <samplerate>44100</samplerate>
                                <channels>2</channels>
                        </encode>
                        <savefile></savefile>
                </instance>
        </stream>
</ices>

<!--
vim:tabstop=2
-->

<p><ices>

        <background>0</background>
        <logpath>/tmp</logpath>
        <logfile>ices.log</logfile>
        <loglevel>3</loglevel>

        <stream>
                <metadata>
                        <name>Example stream name</name>
                        <genre>Example genre</genre>
                        <description>A short
description</description>
                </metadata>

                <input>
                        <module>playlist</module>
                        <param name="type">basic</param>
                        <param
name="file">playlist.txt</param>
                        <param name="random">0</param>
                        <param name="once">0</param>
                </input>

                <instance>
                        <hostname>127.0.0.1</hostname>
                        <port>8000</port>
                        <password>xxxxxx</password>
                        <mount>/toxicradio.ogg</mount>
                        <reconnectdelay>2</reconnectdelay>
                        <reconnectattempts>5</reconnectattempts> 
                        <maxqueuelength>80</maxqueuelength>
                        <!-- <encode>  
                                <bitrate>64000</bitrate>
                                <minbitrate>56000</minbitrate>
                                <maxbitrate>64000</maxbitrate>
                                <samplerate>44100</samplerate>
                                <channels>2</channels>
                        </encode> -->
                </instance>

        </stream>
</ices>

I use th first ices conf file with esdmon | ices /etc/icecast/ices-live.xml
to feed everything that's currently playing on my PC to the
icecast server. Please note that I have applied both the VBR
ogg patches to icecast and ices.

Cheers,

  Mike.

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10:31:
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> Thanks for the pointer. icecast builds fine now, after pulling down the 
> Vorbis and Ogg source.
> 
> I'm now looking for documentation on the syntax of the XML config file.
> Tried to look for it in the archives, but I'm having the same problems 
> David has. Searches turn up 0 matches all the time. Looks like the 
> xiph.org mailing list search engine is broken.
> 
> Thanks in advance for the help.
> 
> - -- 
> 
>  "I'm alive, and filled with goo! VISION GOO!"
>      - Zim, "Invader Zim"
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