Icecast - Feb 2013 - Relaying with Icecast - stand-by or active all the time?

Hi,

I found there is a possibility to let IceCast relay other, existing
streams. But how is it working exactly when no clients are connected to my
relay server:

- is it going to stand-by and not streaming andy data from the source

or

- is it pulling data from the source all the time also when no client is
available that could consume this stream? This would mean the relay would
consume traffic and bandwidth also when nobody will use it...

Thanks!
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Excuse me, I understood wrong your question.

I think the difference is that if the server is already connected to the
source when a client comes, that client will start to listen sooner than if
the server has to connect to the source. I have personally not tested
timings, but if you don't mind the bandwidth, I would go for the permanent
stream.

Xabier Oneca_,,_
El 20/02/2013 07:58, "Satz Klauer" <satzklauer at
googlemail.com> escribi?:
> Hi,
>
> I found there is a possibility to let IceCast relay other, existing
> streams. But how is it working exactly when no clients are connected to my
> relay server:
>
> - is it going to stand-by and not streaming andy data from the source
>
> or
>
> - is it pulling data from the source all the time also when no client is
> available that could consume this stream? This would mean the relay would
> consume traffic and bandwidth also when nobody will use it...
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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