Klaas Jan Wierenga
2005-Feb-03 12:11 UTC
[Icecast] Stream drops during handoff. Suggestions?
I'm using ezstream-0.1.2 KJ -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: Joel Ebel [mailto:jbebel@ncsu.edu] Verzonden: donderdag 3 februari 2005 21:05 Aan: Klaas Jan Wierenga Onderwerp: Re: [Icecast] Stream drops during handoff. Suggestions? Thanks. I'll have to try that. I wonder why ezstream would ever stop sending data for that long though. What version of ezstream are you running? Joel Klaas Jan Wierenga wrote:> About ezstream inevitably stopping.... I had the same problem, but > increasing the source-timeout from the default 10 (seconds) to 30(seconds)> has done the trick for me. Ezstream hasn't stopped for over two months. > Maybe this could help you too. > > Cheers, > Klaas Jan > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: icecast-bounces@xiph.org [mailto:icecast-bounces@xiph.org]Namens > Joel Ebel > Verzonden: donderdag 3 februari 2005 19:28 > Aan: icecast@xiph.org > Onderwerp: Re: [Icecast] Stream drops during handoff. Suggestions? > > > I think you've got the right idea. The way I see to do it is set up a > quiet backup stream. If you use ogg, make sure it isn't silence. > You'll need to give it -90 dB white noise. Basically random 0, +1 an -1 > values. The backup stream can be served form the same computer as > icecast. Probably the easiest way is to use ezstream to send the > silence file repeatedly. Since you aren't re-encoding, it won't take > much cpu at all. Just be sure to check on ezstream from time to time. > It inevitably stops working eventually for me. > > Joel > > Ian A. Underwood wrote: > >>Sorry if this has been asked before, but I've searched high and low for >>the last couple days for an answer. >> >>An Internet radio station I DJ for is using Shoutcast and MP3, but we >>are considering moving to an Icecast/Ogg Vorbis combination instead. We >>work in 3-hour shifts. When we hand off, the DJ on-stream stops teh >>encoder, shouts "go" on IRC, and the DJ in line starts his encoder. >> >>However, one thing I'm finding in my testing is that during a simulated >>handoff on a test server, stream listeners are disconnected. The only >>workaround I've found for this is to run a near-silent failover stream >>which fills in the blank spot until the main encoder is re-started. >> >>Is this solution the only way to go about preserving the stream between >>shows? Is it possible to store a short vorbis file on the server which >>can provide the silence instead of running a backup stream to it? Is >>there something I totally missed? >> >>-I >>_______________________________________________ >>Icecast mailing list >>Icecast@xiph.org >>http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/icecast > > _______________________________________________ > Icecast mailing list > Icecast@xiph.org > http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/icecast