Hey there,
I am wondering if there is any list available giving me a list of feature of
icecast (maybe also in comparision with shoutcast).
Moreover, I was thinking if and how the following scenario is solved: suppose
I'd like to stream 1000 different songs at one time, i.e. 1000 user will
listen to different mp3s hosted by my streaming server. Are in this scenario all
1000 songs (at least the current minute of it) are loaded to RAM (for 1000 songs
and holding 1 min this would need approx. 1000 MB or RAM) and then the streaming
service handles that each user gets his chunk? Otherwise if the data is read
directly from the harddrive this would probably to slow since in this case this
would result in too much direct IO operations. In fact, this is somehow the case
as for Last.fm and pandoram.com. Such services should support such a technique
because theoretically each user gets at each point in time a totally different
data chunk, i.e. hears another song.
Thanks for your help,
Anton
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Hi, I was looking for this but couldn't find any information on it. Could you give me the name of such a plug-in or just a "buzz-word" that will simplify my search approach? Thanks for your help, Anton -------- Original-Nachricht -------- Datum: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:50:40 +0200 Von: "Thomas B. Ruecker" <dm8tbr@afthd.tu-darmstadt.de> An: icecast@xiph.org CC: Anton Berg <antonberg1@gmx.de> Betreff: Re: [Icecast] list of features and question to technology> Anton Berg wrote: > > Moreover, I was thinking if and how the following scenario is solved: > suppose I'd like to stream 1000 different songs at one time, i.e. 1000 user > will listen to different mp3s hosted by my streaming server. > > This is not what icecast was built for. Icecast does live streaming and > scales well while doing that. > What you are asking for is on demand streaming. Apache plus optional > addons will do a much better job there. > > Cheers > > Thomas-- "Feel free" - 10 GB Mailbox, 100 FreeSMS/Monat ... Jetzt GMX TopMail testen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/topmail
Thomas B. Ruecker
2007-Apr-11 07:50 UTC
[Icecast] list of features and question to technology
Anton Berg wrote:> Moreover, I was thinking if and how the following scenario is solved: suppose I'd like to stream 1000 different songs at one time, i.e. 1000 user will listen to different mp3s hosted by my streaming server.This is not what icecast was built for. Icecast does live streaming and scales well while doing that. What you are asking for is on demand streaming. Apache plus optional addons will do a much better job there. Cheers Thomas