Hello, We are searching for a possibility of "aliassing without wasting bandwidth". It is described in the following section which we found at http://open4all.info/ossa/_Icecast_Streaming_Server. # What happens is that when a listeners connects to your server and # requests the /laika stream, then your icecast server will connect # as a client to my machine, and then feed my stream to the listener. # All subsequent requests for /laika will use the same feed (i.e only # one connect will be made to my machine). Icecast will automagically # shut the link from my machine down when no one is listening. I.e # no bandwidth will be wasted. In our situation we have al local icecast server and a remote one. The remote one is hosted by an ISP with limited download amount. If I make a relay connection fro the remote icecast server then it allways transports the continuing stream. But I only want to have transport if someone is listening and when nobody listens we don't want to waste the download amount. In an old manual of icecast (versie 1.3 ??) (at www.skywayradio.com/tech/icecast) I 've read something about "relaying using aliases". The settings are described via de admin-console. First quesiton: It seems icecast2.1 does not have a admin-console. Is it still there ? How can I reach it ? Second question: Is there a way of setting the relay- or alias-configuration is the way we want to have to limited the 'waste' of download amount. With kind regards, Henk vd Ridder
On Tue, 2004-12-28 at 19:46, Henk van de Ridder wrote:> Hello, > > We are searching for a possibility of "aliassing without wasting bandwidth". > It is described in the following section which we found at > http://open4all.info/ossa/_Icecast_Streaming_Server. > > # What happens is that when a listeners connects to your server and > # requests the /laika stream, then your icecast server will connect > # as a client to my machine, and then feed my stream to the listener. > # All subsequent requests for /laika will use the same feed (i.e only > # one connect will be made to my machine). Icecast will automagically > # shut the link from my machine down when no one is listening. I.e > # no bandwidth will be wasted.... This has been known as the on-demand relay, it has been used very successfully in the kh branch for some time now, and will probably be merged into the next release.> First quesiton: It seems icecast2.1 does not have a admin-console. Is it > still there ? How can I reach it ?The web interface is the way to interact with a running icecast. If there is something specifically missing then by all means raise a query.> Second question: Is there a way of setting the relay- or alias-configuration > is the way we want to have to limited the 'waste' of download amount.At the current time, you'll have to use the kh branch for such a feature (mediacast1.com/~karl). Note that the term alias in icecast2 refers to something else. karl.