Icecast - Jun 2017 - Icecast to Tunein

> Here's a description of how their API works and what you have to send 
> it. I don't have a solution for sending it from the server and would 
> LOVE to know one myself!
I used to run an internet radio station that was listed on TuneIn! Turned 
it all off when I took a job with a large internet streaming music 
service.

The way my setup worked was the automation system was Rivendell.

I used a script I found online that would update the Icecast stream title 
with the currently playing artist and song. This was triggered by 
Rivendell on song change. I also added into that script the API 
hook to update the artist and title with TuneIn, using wget or curl.

The downside was, as I recall, that TuneIn only did song/title updates on 
one of the two big mobile platforms. Like Android would update but IOS 
wouldn't, or vice-versa. Hopefully they've fixed that because I plan to 
return to internet streaming at some point in the future!

Good luck!

 			- Ethan

Talk about doing my head in ... I've got 'Playit Live' sorted. Our
stations
shows are on there waiting .. I've linked my stream from my 'Playit
Live'
(Similar to Rivendell) account to Icecast and they report back '*on
air*' -
but WHERE ????!!!!!, How the heck can people listen to what I'm sending to
Icecast? what is the URL that people need to visit to listen to our radio
station? ..
I've kicked the cat, Sulked for hours on end and even begged Icecast for
help, my wife has threatened to take the car and kids .. all to no
avail...😁😉😁😉 The only conclusion left is, I'm a total dummy or Icecast
like to make things as difficult as possible.
Before I finally give up and throw the whole thing out of the window. As
we're four floors up that might be dangerous for someone walking below ..
PLEASE HELP
David R Howard

On 20 June 2017 at 16:00, Ethan <telmnstr at 757.org> wrote:
> Here's a description of how their API works and what you have to send
it.
>> I don't have a solution for sending it from the server and would
LOVE to
>> know one myself!
>>
>
> I used to run an internet radio station that was listed on TuneIn! Turned
> it all off when I took a job with a large internet streaming music service.
>
> The way my setup worked was the automation system was Rivendell.
>
> I used a script I found online that would update the Icecast stream title
> with the currently playing artist and song. This was triggered by Rivendell
> on song change. I also added into that script the API hook to update the
> artist and title with TuneIn, using wget or curl.
>
> The downside was, as I recall, that TuneIn only did song/title updates on
> one of the two big mobile platforms. Like Android would update but IOS
> wouldn't, or vice-versa. Hopefully they've fixed that because I
plan to
> return to internet streaming at some point in the future!
>
> Good luck!
>
>                         - Ethan
>
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-- 
David R Howard
Papa D Productions
www.papa-d.uk
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> Talk about doing my head in ... I've got 'Playit Live' sorted.
Our stations
> shows are on there waiting .. I've linked my stream from my 'Playit
Live'
> (Similar to Rivendell) account to Icecast and they report back '*on
air*' -
> but WHERE ????!!!!!, How the heck can people listen to what I'm sending
to
> Icecast? what is the URL that people need to visit to listen to our radio
> station? ..
Rivendell is a self-hosted Linux based commercial grade playout system 
that real radio stations use. I don't know about other 3rd party 
Software-as-a-service web based things. I think your issue is with the 3rd 
party application.

Icecast literally just takes in MP3 (and whatever other format audio) and 
copies it out to multiple "listeners" over the internet.

I think your issue might be with the "Playit Live" software or
service,
not icecast? Icecast is just the engine that powers the servers that 
duplicate the audio feed to multiple listeners. It doesn't handle the 
playing of music, or updating of 3rd party indexes like TuneIn.


[Client feeding music] ---> [Icecast server] <---> [Listeners]

In this case client feeding music is "Playit Live"