[Icecast] Help w/ ices & ALSA

Michael Smith
2005-08-02T07:57:12Z

On 8/2/05, Seth McTigh <kleptein@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> I'm currently using Icecast 2.2 w/ streams running DarkIce, under RH.
I'd like
> to try Ices, but so far am completely striking out.  My soundcard has ALSA
> drivers installed, but no matter what combination of settings I use in my
config
> file, Ices won't start and I get the error:
>
> "input/input_loop Couldn't initialise input module
"alsa"

This is a somewhat confusing message. I'll change it for the next
version. Anyway, what it means is "Couldn't find an input module named
'alsa'" - which means your ices installation was built without alsa
support. You'll need to rebuild it with this support.

Mike