Icecast - Mar 2005 - Newby question

Hello!

 I'm trying to get icecast working in windows with ezstream...i know it
should be easy enough to figure out lol..i'm new to icecast. i get an error
from ezstream...cannot open playlist.m3u...I've made a text file called
playlist.m3u and put it in the web directory of icecast...is this the right
location? what do i have to put into the playlist to get it up and running?

Thank you

D.

 "You know, in a lot of ways, your typical kid that only gets music through
the radio is a lot more open-minded than some of the people that claim to be
a hardcore, independent music person."

On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 12:15:36AM -0700, Darrick Uwins
wrote:
> from ezstream...cannot open playlist.m3u...I've made a text file called
> playlist.m3u and put it in the web directory of icecast...is this the right
> location? what do i have to put into the playlist to get it up and running?
The .m3u file is automatically generated, you don't need to do anything.  
Just point your listeners at your stream's url with .m3u on the end.  
IE, if your server is at myhost.com on port 8000 and your mountpoint is 
/mystream.ogg then point your listeners to:
 http://myhost.com:8000/mystream.ogg.m3u

Easy as cake. :-)  

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On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 12:34:07AM -0700, Darrick Uwins
wrote:
> Thanks for replying Arc. The main problem is that...i had someone test the
> link b4...it worked for me...but they got a download prompt? So she just
> downloaded it..
> That made me think that i needed to use ezstream to feed icecast...then
> ezstream could'nt find the playlist... will icecast stream by itself?
Do i
> need to use ezstream?
If your friend accessed the .m3u and got a download link, then per local 
system doesn't know what to do with a .m3u file.  Per should save it to 
disk and open it as a playlist in a media player.

ezstream is a source client.  You only need it if you intend on 
streaming a playlist with no live content.  This has nothing to do with 
how a .m3u file is handled by the end user.

Now, if someone downloads your stream without a .m3u on the end they 
will get a download prompt.  That is normal.  The fix is to stop it and 
add a .m3u to the end of the Icecast filename on the receive side.  That 
should take care of it :-)

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Diversity is the Fuel of Evolution, 
 Conformity it's Starvation.
Be Radical.  Be New.  Be Different. 
Feed Evolution with Everything You Are.