Icecast - Jan 2009 - limit source bitrate

Hi guys ,

I'm trying to limit the bitrate of a source client.

I'm using the icecast 2.3.1 and the 2.3.2 , but in the documentation , 
in particular in the limit section I don't see nothing.

So I'm asking to you :

There is a way to limit to a max bitrate , the bitrate that a client can 
use for a particular mountpoint ?

Big thanks for the help

Goodbye

Pierpaolo

Pierpaolo gull?a wrote:
> Hi guys ,
> 
> I'm trying to limit the bitrate of a source client.
> 
> I'm using the icecast 2.3.1 and the 2.3.2 , but in the documentation , 
> in particular in the limit section I don't see nothing.
> 
> So I'm asking to you :
> 
> There is a way to limit to a max bitrate , the bitrate that a client can 
> use for a particular mountpoint ?
I have this in my branch work (check my forum profile for the address) 
but I haven't had much feedback on this so it's either working well or 
not being used.

Just add in <mount> either

<limit-rate> to limit the incoming stream, it does drop the connection 
if the rate stays high for a certain amount of time.

<max-bandwidth> to limit the number of new listeners connecting.

both take the value format as either 40000, 40K or 40M. You'll want to 
allow a little bit extra over the expected bitrate and also watch for 
variable bitrate streams.

karl.

Hi Karl ,

I' using your latest branch , I downloaded it here 
http://www.icecast.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/.

I try your instruction ,  adding the <limit-rate> tag before  the 
closure of </mount> tag.

Now I'm trying using the value 300000 ( are byte?) 300K (using the big K 
not k and seems to runs very good) and soon I will use the value 0.3M or 
1M or 1.3 M

If I use a bitrate upper the 300000 kilobyt I cannot connect to the 
server , but you say to me " it does drop the connection if the rate 
stays high for a certain amount of time.  "

To me the connections doesn't start if I go up ther limit. Now I try 
with a media that starts with a value under the limit and go upper later 
during the streaming , so I see how Icecast responds.

Reply send my result to you and the Mainling List.

Best Regards

Pierpaolo



Karl Heyes ha scritto:
> Pierpaolo gull?a wrote:
>> Hi guys ,
>>
>> I'm trying to limit the bitrate of a source client.
>>
>> I'm using the icecast 2.3.1 and the 2.3.2 , but in the
documentation
>> , in particular in the limit section I don't see nothing.
>>
>> So I'm asking to you :
>>
>> There is a way to limit to a max bitrate , the bitrate that a client 
>> can use for a particular mountpoint ?
>
> I have this in my branch work (check my forum profile for the address) 
> but I haven't had much feedback on this so it's either working well
or
> not being used.
>
> Just add in <mount> either
>
> <limit-rate> to limit the incoming stream, it does drop the
connection
> if the rate stays high for a certain amount of time.
>
> <max-bandwidth> to limit the number of new listeners connecting.
>
> both take the value format as either 40000, 40K or 40M. You'll want to 
> allow a little bit extra over the expected bitrate and also watch for 
> variable bitrate streams.
>
> karl.
>
>
>