>Brett Trent wrote: > >>I'm a newbie. >> >>I've just installed Icecast2 and am streaming to it successfully via >>Nicecast (great app BTW). >> >>My problem is that the stream from Icecast2 comes through as an .m3u >>which does not correctly open on any of the Mac or Windows machines >>that I've tried. When broadcasting directly from Nicecast the file >>type is a .pls which both iTunes and WMP seem to deal with just fine >>right out of the box. >> >>Is there a way to have Icecast2 send as some other type? My users >>are tech-illiterate so making changes on their end it not an option. >> >>Thanks, Brett > >You've probably not set the hostname properly in the config file, as this is used in the generation of the m3u file. Download the m3u file from the server and have a look at what's inside it. > >Stephen >-- >Liveice Project http://liveice.sourceforge.net/Well, there you go - it IS still pointing to localhost. I'll fix that and give it another try. Is there a working Icecast2 server that I can connect to as a listener just to make sure I'm not having issues on that end? Thanks, Brett
I'm a newbie. I've just installed Icecast2 and am streaming to it successfully via Nicecast (great app BTW). My problem is that the stream from Icecast2 comes through as an .m3u which does not correctly open on any of the Mac or Windows machines that I've tried. When broadcasting directly from Nicecast the file type is a .pls which both iTunes and WMP seem to deal with just fine right out of the box. Is there a way to have Icecast2 send as some other type? My users are tech-illiterate so making changes on their end it not an option. Thanks, Brett
On Sep 1, 2004, at 11:22 AM, Brett Trent wrote:> Is there a way to have Icecast2 send as some other type? My users are > tech-illiterate so making changes on their end it not an option.Hey fellow Nicecast user :) m3u /is/ a standard playlist file for mp3 players. It's the original format. PLS file are indeed a newer format, but all modern MP3 players understand both formats. The trick is whether your users have those file types associated with an MP3 player. I know iTunes on the Mac will understand m3u files. I also know WinAMP will try to associate itself on Windows as the app to use downloaded m3u files. But changing icecast2 to generate a PLS-formatted file would require changes to the parts of the source code which generate that file. You best bet as a work-around is to make your own PLS file for your stream(s) (in any text editor) and have your users download that instead of the m3u generated by icecast2. /dale Dale Ghent - UNIX Systems Specialist UMBC Office of Information Technology ECS201 - x58205 - daleg [] umbc ! edu
Brett Trent wrote:> I'm a newbie. > > I've just installed Icecast2 and am streaming to it successfully via > Nicecast (great app BTW). > > My problem is that the stream from Icecast2 comes through as an .m3u > which does not correctly open on any of the Mac or Windows machines > that I've tried. When broadcasting directly from Nicecast the file > type is a .pls which both iTunes and WMP seem to deal with just fine > right out of the box. > > Is there a way to have Icecast2 send as some other type? My users > are tech-illiterate so making changes on their end it not an option. > > Thanks, BrettYou've probably not set the hostname properly in the config file, as this is used in the generation of the m3u file. Download the m3u file from the server and have a look at what's inside it. Stephen -- Liveice Project http://liveice.sourceforge.net/
>Brett Trent wrote: > >>I'm a newbie. >> >>I've just installed Icecast2 and am streaming to it successfully via >>Nicecast (great app BTW). >> >>My problem is that the stream from Icecast2 comes through as an .m3u >>which does not correctly open on any of the Mac or Windows machines >>that I've tried. When broadcasting directly from Nicecast the file >>type is a .pls which both iTunes and WMP seem to deal with just fine >>right out of the box. >> >>Is there a way to have Icecast2 send as some other type? My users >>are tech-illiterate so making changes on their end it not an option. >> >>Thanks, Brett > >You've probably not set the hostname properly in the config file, as this is used in the generation of the m3u file. Download the m3u file from the server and have a look at what's inside it. > >Stephen >-- >Liveice Project http://liveice.sourceforge.net/ >_______________________________________________We did finally get this resolved. Once we started using the IP instead of the FQDN it all worked perfectly. Thanks to you all, Brett