On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 15:42, Craig Meyer wrote:> This is a very general email message. Please don't flame me on lack of
> information. I don't often get a chance to get into the building where
> this computer is located and unfortunately had turned logging off on the
> icecast server to avoid it ever writing to disk.
>
> The problem:
> Simply put, I have an icecast server on Linux that uses ices that needs
> to stream a signal 24/7 without interruptions. The client is a Windows
> 98 machine that runs either Winamp 5 or Foobar2000 (I have tried both).
> What happens is suddenly (inside of 24 hours) the client program stops
> playing the stream and never reconnects without user intervention.
> However, as soon as I press the play button the client reconnects to the
> stream without issues. I am sure this is a problem with either the Linux
> box or icecast/ices on it. Prior to working with the Linux/Icecast box I
> used Shoutcast on Windows98 and didn't have this problem. Instead, I
had
> Windows 98 crashing once every 2 to 3 months. Anyway, I expect to go
> onsite and look at the machine later today, when I do this I will turn
> on logging and get a copy of the config files (although they are fairly
> standard example files). What I am hoping for now is that someone is
> failure with possible problem(s) that could cause this. If someone could
> give me some idea of what to look for I appreciate it.
You are correct in thinking that this isn't a very helpful description.
Assuming you are talking about icecast 2.2 and which ices release? it's
not clear on how ices and winamp/foobar are being used together. Whether
ices stops streaming. Some of this should become more clear when you
look at the logging.
karl.