Hi Robert, Unfortunately I am not replying to answer your question but to ask a question on pre-roll. I am working on a similar project but still at the configuration stages. For some reason my intro file is not being played. I am also using Icecast 2.4.4 and have four mount points on one relay server. I am trying to use my intro file on only one mount point. I am also doing mp3 not HLS. Any insight ? I have attached the config for my mount point. Thank you so much -----Original Message----- From: Icecast <icecast-bounces at xiph.org> On Behalf Of Jordan Erickson Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 2:39 PM To: Icecast streaming server user discussions <icecast at xiph.org>; Robert Fitzpatrick <robert at webtent.org> Subject: Re: [Icecast] HLS enabled mounts CAUTION: This email originated from outside of JMU. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. ________________________________ Hi Robert, Intro files play whenever a listener client connects. If you are disconnecting from WiFi and going to LTE, for example, this is expected behavior as you are severing the connection and re-connecting. It sounds like the same type of case with users with "unstable Internet connections" as they may well be disconnected from the Icecast server and reconnect when network is available again. Icecast, AFAIK, doesn't support HLS ( https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__en.wikipedia.org_wiki_HTTP-5FLive-5FStreaming&d=DwIGaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=fM5iy7jgIV7jGhy9QkEGrQ&m=aB_jEHjemEJybrViFK4LTiLd0YKOR1sSUDi1_Wc-oWg&s=PaZgIXWUpLvRO7-If3Oif5v5LUrwL3fpnypArJOT_fU&e= ) so I can't comment on that. Sincerely, Jordan Erickson On 10/27/20 7:44 AM, Robert Fitzpatrick wrote:> We use Icecast version 2.4.4 and recently added an intro (preroll) to > one of our channels. Although we haven't had any direct complaints, > there has been a discussion thread with some of our public radio > colleagues getting complaints about users receiving a repeat of the > intro many times when their device switches from WiFi to LTE or > unstable Internet connections. > > One of our colleagues received a response from Triton Digital about > "utilizing your HLS enabled mounts for streaming". I am not familiar > with this technology, could someone here provide more information > about how this could be used with Icecast and how it would help in the > case of unstable Internet connections and/or intros? > > Thanks!_______________________________________________ Icecast mailing list Icecast at xiph.org https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__lists.xiph.org_mailman_listinfo_icecast&d=DwIGaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=fM5iy7jgIV7jGhy9QkEGrQ&m=aB_jEHjemEJybrViFK4LTiLd0YKOR1sSUDi1_Wc-oWg&s=TMF-82N6B2xFwQ8kTto464bz-_v545ovdaIC0Co2uC4&e-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Intro.xml Type: text/xml Size: 615 bytes Desc: Intro.xml URL: <http://lists.xiph.org/pipermail/icecast/attachments/20201028/cd53ccc9/attachment.xml>
Mayiani, Martin Martine - mayianmm wrote on 10/27/2020 11:03 PM:> Hi Robert, > > Unfortunately I am not replying to answer your question but to ask a question on pre-roll. I am working on a similar project but still at the configuration stages. For some reason my intro file is not being played. I am also using Icecast 2.4.4 and have four mount points on one relay server. I am trying to use my intro file on only one mount point. I am also doing mp3 not HLS. Any insight ? I have attached the config for my mount point. >You need to be sure your mp3 file used for the intro is encoded the same as your stream. I use `mediainfo` to view the format and be sure the file is the same sampling rate and bit rate as well as the number of channels. I found once the file I was trying to use was not 2 channel stereo. Also, I see you are using the full path for the intro file in your config. I'm not sure if Icecast supports the full path, I only put the name of the file and place the file into the Icecast web directory. -- Robert
I second that advice. Also when you reference your file in intro do this <intro>/Sonic.mp3 </intro> . As long as it is in the folder you don’t need the whole path. Patricia> On Oct 28, 2020, at 10:08 AM, Robert Fitzpatrick <robert at webtent.org> wrote: > > Mayiani, Martin Martine - mayianmm wrote on 10/27/2020 11:03 PM: >> Hi Robert, >> Unfortunately I am not replying to answer your question but to ask a question on pre-roll. I am working on a similar project but still at the configuration stages. For some reason my intro file is not being played. I am also using Icecast 2.4.4 and have four mount points on one relay server. I am trying to use my intro file on only one mount point. I am also doing mp3 not HLS. Any insight ? I have attached the config for my mount point. > > You need to be sure your mp3 file used for the intro is encoded the same as your stream. I use `mediainfo` to view the format and be sure the file is the same sampling rate and bit rate as well as the number of channels. I found once the file I was trying to use was not 2 channel stereo. Also, I see you are using the full path for the intro file in your config. I'm not sure if Icecast supports the full path, I only put the name of the file and place the file into the Icecast web directory. > > -- > Robert > _______________________________________________ > Icecast mailing list > Icecast at xiph.org > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/icecast__;!!PhOWcWs!kw23D-st3YbIhLi3DZ3YagUUfdLqu1yPMKz9Z7Fgnc0g0gN0pIcPjoII6XSK$
Thank you so much! Martin -----Original Message----- From: Icecast <icecast-bounces at xiph.org> On Behalf Of Mayiani, Martin Martine - mayianmm Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 11:03 PM To: Icecast streaming server user discussions <icecast at xiph.org>; Robert Fitzpatrick <robert at webtent.org> Subject: Re: [Icecast] HLS enabled mounts CAUTION: This email originated from outside of JMU. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. ________________________________ Hi Robert, Unfortunately I am not replying to answer your question but to ask a question on pre-roll. I am working on a similar project but still at the configuration stages. For some reason my intro file is not being played. I am also using Icecast 2.4.4 and have four mount points on one relay server. I am trying to use my intro file on only one mount point. I am also doing mp3 not HLS. Any insight ? I have attached the config for my mount point. Thank you so much -----Original Message----- From: Icecast <icecast-bounces at xiph.org> On Behalf Of Jordan Erickson Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 2:39 PM To: Icecast streaming server user discussions <icecast at xiph.org>; Robert Fitzpatrick <robert at webtent.org> Subject: Re: [Icecast] HLS enabled mounts CAUTION: This email originated from outside of JMU. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. ________________________________ Hi Robert, Intro files play whenever a listener client connects. If you are disconnecting from WiFi and going to LTE, for example, this is expected behavior as you are severing the connection and re-connecting. It sounds like the same type of case with users with "unstable Internet connections" as they may well be disconnected from the Icecast server and reconnect when network is available again. Icecast, AFAIK, doesn't support HLS ( https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__en.wikipedia.org_wiki_HTTP-5FLive-5FStreaming&d=DwIGaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=fM5iy7jgIV7jGhy9QkEGrQ&m=aB_jEHjemEJybrViFK4LTiLd0YKOR1sSUDi1_Wc-oWg&s=PaZgIXWUpLvRO7-If3Oif5v5LUrwL3fpnypArJOT_fU&e= ) so I can't comment on that. Sincerely, Jordan Erickson On 10/27/20 7:44 AM, Robert Fitzpatrick wrote:> We use Icecast version 2.4.4 and recently added an intro (preroll) to > one of our channels. Although we haven't had any direct complaints, > there has been a discussion thread with some of our public radio > colleagues getting complaints about users receiving a repeat of the > intro many times when their device switches from WiFi to LTE or > unstable Internet connections. > > One of our colleagues received a response from Triton Digital about > "utilizing your HLS enabled mounts for streaming". I am not familiar > with this technology, could someone here provide more information > about how this could be used with Icecast and how it would help in the > case of unstable Internet connections and/or intros? > > Thanks!_______________________________________________ Icecast mailing list Icecast at xiph.org https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__lists.xiph.org_mailman_listinfo_icecast&d=DwIGaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=fM5iy7jgIV7jGhy9QkEGrQ&m=aB_jEHjemEJybrViFK4LTiLd0YKOR1sSUDi1_Wc-oWg&s=TMF-82N6B2xFwQ8kTto464bz-_v545ovdaIC0Co2uC4&e=