thr3ads.net - Icecast - [Icecast] Problem with fallback on 2.31 on Windows XP [Nov 2015]

If this information is useful, please help other people find it:
Share via:

Steve Matzura

2015-Nov-29 21:16 UTC

[Icecast] Problem with fallback on 2.31 on Windows XP

If this isn't supported, then I apologize for the disruption, I'll
just tell my customer / client / friend it's time to seriously rethink
what they're trying to do. If support is possible, here's the problem:

I took a running icecast.xml file from a configuration that works. It
has live, backup, and listener (called /broadband) mount points. A
continuously running stream connects to /backup to provide a fallback,
another stream can connect to /live, and listeners listen on
/broadband. This config worked on a 2.42 Linux system, so I just
dropped it into place as-is on the 2.31 XP system, but it does not
work. The stream can connect to /backup, but when a listener tries to
connect to /broadband, they get 404 in their media player. I suspect
I've bungled the relay or fallback setup and would greatly appreciate
help fixing it.

Here's the XML with the comment lines removed to make it shorter:

<icecast>
    <limits>
        <clients>100</clients>
        <sources>2</sources>
        <threadpool>5</threadpool>
        <queue-size>524288</queue-size>
        <client-timeout>30</client-timeout>
        <header-timeout>15</header-timeout>
        <source-timeout>10</source-timeout>
        <burst-on-connect>1</burst-on-connect>
        <burst-size>65535</burst-size>
    </limits>

    <authentication>
        <source-password>oliver88</source-password>
        <relay-password>oliver770</relay-password>

        <admin-user>tyler</admin-user>
        <admin-password>hackme</admin-password>
    </authentication>

    
    <hostname>192.168.1.10</hostname>

        <listen-socket>
        <port>8000</port>
        </listen-socket>
    
       <mount>
        <mount-name>/broadband</mount-name>

        <username>tyler</username>
        <password>oliver88</password>

        <max-listeners>5</max-listeners>
        <dump-file>/tmp/dump-example1.ogg</dump-file>
        <burst-size>65536</burst-size>
        <fallback-mount>/live</fallback-mount>
        <fallback-override>1</fallback-override>
        <fallback-when-full>1</fallback-when-full>
        <intro>/example_intro.ogg</intro>
        <hidden>1</hidden>
        <no-yp>1</no-yp>
        <authentication type="htpasswd">
                <option name="filename"
value="myauth"/>
                <option name="allow_duplicate_users"
value="0"/>
        </authentication>
        <on-connect>/home/icecast/bin/broadband-connect</on-connect>
 <on-disconnect>/home/icecast/bin/broadband-disconnect</on-disconnect>
    </mount>

    <mount>
        <mount-name>/live</mount-name>

        <username>othersource</username>
        <password>oliver88</password>

        <max-listeners>5</max-listeners>
        <dump-file>/tmp/dump-example1.ogg</dump-file>
        <burst-size>65536</burst-size>
        <fallback-mount>/backup</fallback-mount>
        <fallback-override>1</fallback-override>
        <fallback-when-full>1</fallback-when-full>
        <intro>/example_intro.ogg</intro>
        <hidden>1</hidden>
        <no-yp>1</no-yp>
        <authentication type="htpasswd">
                <option name="filename"
value="myauth"/>
                <option name="allow_duplicate_users"
value="0"/>
        </authentication>
        <on-connect>/home/icecast/bin/broadband-connect</on-connect>
 <on-disconnect>/home/icecast/bin/broadband-disconnect</on-disconnect>
    </mount>

    <mount>
        <mount-name>/backup</mount-name>
        <authentication type="url">
            <option name="mount_add"
value="http://myauthserver.net/notify_mount.php"/>
            <option name="mount_remove"
value="http://myauthserver.net/notify_mount.php"/>
            <option name="listener_add"
value="http://myauthserver.net/notify_listener.php"/>
            <option name="listener_remove"
value="http://myauthserver.net/notify_listener.php"/>
        </authentication>
    </mount>

    -->

    <fileserve>1</fileserve>

    <!-- set the mountpoint for a shoutcast source to use, the default
if not
         specified is /stream but you can change it here if an
alternative is
         wanted or an extension is required
    <shoutcast-mount>/backup</shoutcast-mount>
    -->

    <paths>
		<!-- basedir is only used if chroot is enabled -->
        <basedir>./</basedir>

        <!-- Note that if <chroot> is turned on below, these paths
must both
             be relative to the new root, not the original root -->
        <logdir>./logs</logdir>
        <webroot>./web</webroot>
        <adminroot>./admin</adminroot>
        
        <alias source="/foo" dest="/bar"/>
        <alias source="/" dest="/status.xsl"/>
    </paths>

    <logging>
        <accesslog>access.log</accesslog>
        <errorlog>error.log</errorlog>
        <!-- <playlistlog>playlist.log</playlistlog> -->
      	<loglevel>4</loglevel> <!-- 4 Debug, 3 Info, 2 Warn, 1
Error
-->
      	<logsize>10000</logsize> <!-- Max size of a logfile -->

    <security>
        <chroot>0</chroot>
    </security>
</icecast>


Thanks in advance.

Marvin Scholz

2015-Nov-30 09:33 UTC

head link

[Icecast] Problem with fallback on 2.31 on Windows XP

Could you post the config you used with comments?
Currently there is at least one closing comment tag without a opening tag
as far as I can see, which is confusing.
If that is the file you are using, maybe you accidentally commented it out?
Despite that it should works, but all of the paths in the config need to be
adjusted for Windows!

On 29 Nov 2015, at 22:16, Steve Matzura wrote:
> If this isn't supported, then I apologize for the disruption, I'll
> just tell my customer / client / friend it's time to seriously rethink
> what they're trying to do. If support is possible, here's the
problem:
>
> I took a running icecast.xml file from a configuration that works. It
> has live, backup, and listener (called /broadband) mount points. A
> continuously running stream connects to /backup to provide a fallback,
> another stream can connect to /live, and listeners listen on
> /broadband. This config worked on a 2.42 Linux system, so I just
> dropped it into place as-is on the 2.31 XP system, but it does not
> work. The stream can connect to /backup, but when a listener tries to
> connect to /broadband, they get 404 in their media player. I suspect
> I've bungled the relay or fallback setup and would greatly appreciate
> help fixing it.
>
> Here's the XML with the comment lines removed to make it shorter:
>
> <icecast>
>   <limits>
>       <clients>100</clients>
>       <sources>2</sources>
>       <threadpool>5</threadpool>
>       <queue-size>524288</queue-size>
>       <client-timeout>30</client-timeout>
>       <header-timeout>15</header-timeout>
>       <source-timeout>10</source-timeout>
>       <burst-on-connect>1</burst-on-connect>
>       <burst-size>65535</burst-size>
>   </limits>
>
>   <authentication>
>       <source-password>oliver88</source-password>
>       <relay-password>oliver770</relay-password>
>
>       <admin-user>tyler</admin-user>
>       <admin-password>hackme</admin-password>
>   </authentication>
>
>
>   <hostname>192.168.1.10</hostname>
>
>       <listen-socket>
>       <port>8000</port>
>       </listen-socket>
>
>      <mount>
>       <mount-name>/broadband</mount-name>
>
>       <username>tyler</username>
>       <password>oliver88</password>
>
>       <max-listeners>5</max-listeners>
>       <dump-file>/tmp/dump-example1.ogg</dump-file>
>       <burst-size>65536</burst-size>
>       <fallback-mount>/live</fallback-mount>
>       <fallback-override>1</fallback-override>
>       <fallback-when-full>1</fallback-when-full>
>       <intro>/example_intro.ogg</intro>
>       <hidden>1</hidden>
>       <no-yp>1</no-yp>
>       <authentication type="htpasswd">
>               <option name="filename"
value="myauth"/>
>               <option name="allow_duplicate_users"
value="0"/>
>       </authentication>
>      
<on-connect>/home/icecast/bin/broadband-connect</on-connect>
>
<on-disconnect>/home/icecast/bin/broadband-disconnect</on-disconnect>
>   </mount>
>
>   <mount>
>       <mount-name>/live</mount-name>
>
>       <username>othersource</username>
>       <password>oliver88</password>
>
>       <max-listeners>5</max-listeners>
>       <dump-file>/tmp/dump-example1.ogg</dump-file>
>       <burst-size>65536</burst-size>
>       <fallback-mount>/backup</fallback-mount>
>       <fallback-override>1</fallback-override>
>       <fallback-when-full>1</fallback-when-full>
>       <intro>/example_intro.ogg</intro>
>       <hidden>1</hidden>
>       <no-yp>1</no-yp>
>       <authentication type="htpasswd">
>               <option name="filename"
value="myauth"/>
>               <option name="allow_duplicate_users"
value="0"/>
>       </authentication>
>      
<on-connect>/home/icecast/bin/broadband-connect</on-connect>
>
<on-disconnect>/home/icecast/bin/broadband-disconnect</on-disconnect>
>   </mount>
>
>   <mount>
>       <mount-name>/backup</mount-name>
>       <authentication type="url">
>           <option name="mount_add"
> value="http://myauthserver.net/notify_mount.php"/>
>           <option name="mount_remove"
> value="http://myauthserver.net/notify_mount.php"/>
>           <option name="listener_add"
> value="http://myauthserver.net/notify_listener.php"/>
>           <option name="listener_remove"
> value="http://myauthserver.net/notify_listener.php"/>
>       </authentication>
>   </mount>
>
>   -->
>
>   <fileserve>1</fileserve>
>
>   <!-- set the mountpoint for a shoutcast source to use, the default
> if not
>        specified is /stream but you can change it here if an
> alternative is
>        wanted or an extension is required
>   <shoutcast-mount>/backup</shoutcast-mount>
>   -->
>
>   <paths>
> 		<!-- basedir is only used if chroot is enabled -->
>       <basedir>./</basedir>
>
>       <!-- Note that if <chroot> is turned on below, these paths
> must both
>            be relative to the new root, not the original root -->
>       <logdir>./logs</logdir>
>       <webroot>./web</webroot>
>       <adminroot>./admin</adminroot>
>
>       <alias source="/foo" dest="/bar"/>
>       <alias source="/" dest="/status.xsl"/>
>   </paths>
>
>   <logging>
>       <accesslog>access.log</accesslog>
>       <errorlog>error.log</errorlog>
>       <!-- <playlistlog>playlist.log</playlistlog> -->
>     	<loglevel>4</loglevel> <!-- 4 Debug, 3 Info, 2 Warn, 1
Error
> -->
>     	<logsize>10000</logsize> <!-- Max size of a logfile
-->
>
>   <security>
>       <chroot>0</chroot>
>   </security>
> </icecast>
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
> _______________________________________________
> Icecast mailing list
> Icecast at xiph.org
> http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/icecast

Geoff Shang

2015-Nov-30 09:40 UTC

head link

[Icecast] Problem with fallback on 2.31 on Windows XP

Hi,

A few issues with your file:

1.  It's probably not finding the intro files.  If you don't want them, 
remove them.

2.  It's almost certainly not finding the on-connect and on-disconnect 
scripts.  You'll definitely need to remove these.

There are probably other issues.  IMHO, delete anything you don't need in 
the file.

Oh and I hope those passwords were not the actual passwords.  I'd change 
them now if they are.

Geoff.

Steve Matzura

2015-Dec-02 18:25 UTC

head link

[Icecast] Problem with fallback on 2.31 on Windows XP

On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 10:33:01 +0100, you wrote:
>Could you post the config you used with comments?
>Currently there is at least one closing comment tag without a opening tag
>as far as I can see, which is confusing.
>If that is the file you are using, maybe you accidentally commented it out?
>Despite that it should works, but all of the paths in the config need to be
>adjusted for Windows!
I presume you mean paths like /home/ etc., I'll fix those.

Re the edited file, sorry, I thought I was doing a good thing by
removing the comments and making it shorter. Here's the file as it
was, totally unedited.

<icecast>
    <limits>
        <clients>100</clients>
        <sources>2</sources>
        <threadpool>5</threadpool>
        <queue-size>524288</queue-size>
        <client-timeout>30</client-timeout>
        <header-timeout>15</header-timeout>
        <source-timeout>10</source-timeout>
        <!-- If enabled, this will provide a burst of data when a
client 
             first connects, thereby significantly reducing the
startup 
             time for listeners that do substantial buffering.
However,
             it also significantly increases latency between the
source
             client and listening client.  For low-latency setups, you
             might want to disable this. -->
        <burst-on-connect>1</burst-on-connect>
        <!-- same as burst-on-connect, but this allows for being more
             specific on how much to burst. Most people won't need to
             change from the default 64k. Applies to all mountpoints
-->
        <burst-size>65535</burst-size>
    </limits>

    <authentication>
        <!-- Sources log in with username 'source' -->
        <source-password>oliver88</source-password>
        <!-- Relays log in username 'relay' -->
        <relay-password>oliver770</relay-password>

        <!-- Admin logs in with the username given below -->
        <admin-user>tyler</admin-user>
        <admin-password>hackme</admin-password>
    </authentication>

    <!-- Uncomment this if you want directory listings -->
    <!--
    <directory>
        <yp-url-timeout>15</yp-url-timeout>
        <yp-url>http://dir.xiph.org/cgi-bin/yp-cgi</yp-url>
    </directory>
    <directory>
        <yp-url-timeout>15</yp-url-timeout>
        <yp-url>http://www.oddsock.org/cgi-bin/yp-cgi</yp-url>
    </directory>
     -->

    <!-- This is the hostname other people will use to connect to your
server.
    It affects mainly the urls generated by Icecast for playlists and
yp
    listings. -->
    <hostname>192.168.1.10</hostname>

    <!-- You can use these two if you only want a single listener -->
    <!--<port>8000</port> -->
    <!--<bind-address>127.0.0.1</bind-address>-->

    <!-- You may have multiple <listener> elements -->
    <listen-socket>
        <port>8000</port>
        <!-- <bind-address>127.0.0.1</bind-address> -->
    </listen-socket>
    <!--
    <listen-socket>
        <port>8001</port>
    </listen-socket>
    -->

    <!--<master-server>127.0.0.1</master-server>-->
    <!--<master-server-port>8001</master-server-port>-->
   
<!--<master-update-interval>120</master-update-interval>-->
    <!--<master-password>hackme</master-password>-->

    <!-- setting this makes all relays on-demand unless overridden,
this is
         useful for master relays which do not have <relay>
definitions here.
         The default is 0 -->
    <!--<relays-on-demand>1</relays-on-demand>-->

    <!--
    <relay>
        <server>127.0.0.1</server>
        <port>8001</port>
        <mount>/example.ogg</mount>
        <local-mount>/different.ogg</local-mount>
        <on-demand>0</on-demand>

        <relay-shoutcast-metadata>0</relay-shoutcast-metadata>
    </relay>
    -->

    <!-- Only define a <mount> section if you want to use advanced
options,
         like alternative usernames or passwords
    <mount>
        <mount-name>/broadband</mount-name>

        <username>tyler</username>
        <password>oliver88</password>

        <max-listeners>5</max-listeners>
        <dump-file>/tmp/dump-example1.ogg</dump-file>
        <burst-size>65536</burst-size>
        <fallback-mount>/live</fallback-mount>
        <fallback-override>1</fallback-override>
        <fallback-when-full>1</fallback-when-full>
        <intro>/example_intro.ogg</intro>
        <hidden>1</hidden>
        <no-yp>1</no-yp>
        <authentication type="htpasswd">
                <option name="filename"
value="myauth"/>
                <option name="allow_duplicate_users"
value="0"/>
        </authentication>
        <on-connect>/home/icecast/bin/broadband-connect</on-connect>
 <on-disconnect>/home/icecast/bin/broadband-disconnect</on-disconnect>
    </mount>

    <mount>
        <mount-name>/live/</mount-name>

        <username>othersource</username>
        <password>oliver88</password>

        <max-listeners>5</max-listeners>
        <dump-file>/tmp/dump-example1.ogg</dump-file>
        <burst-size>65536</burst-size>
        <fallback-mount>/backup</fallback-mount>
        <fallback-override>1</fallback-override>
        <fallback-when-full>1</fallback-when-full>
        <intro>/example_intro.ogg</intro>
        <hidden>1</hidden>
        <no-yp>1</no-yp>
        <authentication type="htpasswd">
                <option name="filename"
value="myauth"/>
                <option name="allow_duplicate_users"
value="0"/>
        </authentication>
        <on-connect>/home/icecast/bin/broadband-connect</on-connect>
 <on-disconnect>/home/icecast/bin/broadband-disconnect</on-disconnect>
    </mount>

    <mount>
        <mount-name>/backup</mount-name>
        <authentication type="url">
            <option name="mount_add"
value="http://myauthserver.net/notify_mount.php"/>
            <option name="mount_remove"
value="http://myauthserver.net/notify_mount.php"/>
            <option name="listener_add"
value="http://myauthserver.net/notify_listener.php"/>
            <option name="listener_remove"
value="http://myauthserver.net/notify_listener.php"/>
        </authentication>
    </mount>

    -->

    <fileserve>1</fileserve>

    <!-- set the mountpoint for a shoutcast source to use, the default
if not
         specified is /stream but you can change it here if an
alternative is
         wanted or an extension is required
    <shoutcast-mount>/backup</shoutcast-mount>
    -->

    <paths>
		<!-- basedir is only used if chroot is enabled -->
        <basedir>./</basedir>

        <!-- Note that if <chroot> is turned on below, these paths
must both
             be relative to the new root, not the original root -->
        <logdir>./logs</logdir>
        <webroot>./web</webroot>
        <adminroot>./admin</adminroot>
        <!-- <pidfile>./icecast.pid</pidfile> -->

        <!-- Aliases: treat requests for 'source' path as being for
'dest' path
             May be made specific to a port or bound address using the
"port"
             and "bind-address" attributes.
          -->
        <!--
        <alias source="/foo" dest="/bar"/>
          -->
        <!-- Aliases: can also be used for simple redirections as
well,
             this example will redirect all requests for
http://server:port/ to
             the status page
          -->
        <alias source="/" dest="/status.xsl"/>
    </paths>

    <logging>
        <accesslog>access.log</accesslog>
        <errorlog>error.log</errorlog>
        <!-- <playlistlog>playlist.log</playlistlog> -->
      	<loglevel>4</loglevel> <!-- 4 Debug, 3 Info, 2 Warn, 1
Error
-->
      	<logsize>10000</logsize> <!-- Max size of a logfile -->
        <!-- If logarchive is enabled (1), then when logsize is
reached
             the logfile will be moved to
[error|access|playlist].log.DATESTAMP,
             otherwise it will be moved to
[error|access|playlist].log.old.
             Default is non-archive mode (i.e. overwrite)
        -->
        <!-- <logarchive>1</logarchive> -->
    </logging>

    <security>
        <chroot>0</chroot>
        <!--
        <changeowner>
            <user>nobody</user>
            <group>nogroup</group>
        </changeowner>
        -->
    </security>
</icecast>

Steve Matzura

2015-Dec-02 18:27 UTC

head link

[Icecast] Problem with fallback on 2.31 on Windows XP

The intro and script stuff can and should be removed.

Re the passwords, they're all internal anyway, so it doesn't matter.
This particular server is not, cannot be, seen from the outside.


On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 09:40:47 +0000 (GMT), you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>A few issues with your file:
>
>1.  It's probably not finding the intro files.  If you don't want
them,
>remove them.
>
>2.  It's almost certainly not finding the on-connect and on-disconnect 
>scripts.  You'll definitely need to remove these.
>
>There are probably other issues.  IMHO, delete anything you don't need
in
>the file.
>
>Oh and I hope those passwords were not the actual passwords.  I'd change
>them now if they are.
>
>Geoff.
>
>_______________________________________________
>Icecast mailing list
>Icecast at xiph.org
>http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/icecast

Steve Matzura

2015-Dec-04 18:28 UTC

head link

[Icecast] Problem with fallback on 2.31 on Windows XP

I got most of my Icecast problems worked out, with one exception: If I
want to locate any file or directory on another drive in Windows, how
is that path specified? For instance, if I change <basedir> to
D:\Someplace and I set <CHRoot> to 1 to accommodate this, what's the
proper syntax for the <basedir> directive? Is it:

<basedir>D:/Someplace</basedir>

or maybe

<basedir>/d/Someplace</basedir>

or can the system root not be moved off drive C?

Reasonably Related Threads

Search for more apparently analagous threads

Icecast - Nov 2015 - Problem with fallback on 2.31 on Windows XP

[Icecast] Problem with fallback on 2.31 on Windows XP

[Icecast] Problem with fallback on 2.31 on Windows XP

[Icecast] Problem with fallback on 2.31 on Windows XP

[Icecast] Problem with fallback on 2.31 on Windows XP

[Icecast] Problem with fallback on 2.31 on Windows XP

[Icecast] Problem with fallback on 2.31 on Windows XP

Reasonably Related Threads