Icecast - Aug 2021 - BUFFERING

Hi,

 

I've just installed V2.4.4 onto Debian 10 with a primary and fallback
mountpoint with default settings and am experiencing the following.

 

Primary mountpoint is set up for live streaming from Station Playlist and
the fallback mountpoint plays an mp3 file.

 

If I connect to the stream using Winamp, I hear the mp3 file start playing
within two seconds.  If I then connect via Station Playlist (SPL), it takes
around 40 seconds for the mp3 file to stop and the live stream to be heard.
The same is true if I then disconnect the live stream and the fallback file
starts playing.

 

However, if I stop and start Winamp playing as soon as I connect via SPL or
disconnect so that the mp3 fallback file plays, I hear the appropriate
stream straightaway!

 

I assume that the delay is being caused due to buffering but is there a way
of reducing the buffering, please, so that if someone is listening via a
media player like Winamp, they hear the current stream quicker than the 40
seconds delay I'm presently experiencing?

 

Any advice would be greatly appreciated and I hope the above explanation was
clear enough.

 

Thanks for any help.

 

Richard Bartholomew

 

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Hi, it seems to me this is the same problem I was experiencing in the beginning:
When you specify a fallback file and a listener connects while the stream is
inactive, Icecast will loop the fallback file and stream it at maximum speed
(even multiple times). Then, the player?s buffer is filled with the fallback
file and must play through it before reaching the live stream, which will
accordingly be delayed until you reload. The solution is to provide a backup
stream instead of a backup file by streaming the backup file to a different
mount via ezstream or the like. Take care, Lorenz
> Am 19.08.2021 um 14:36 schrieb Richard Bartholomew <rlbart53 at
gmail.com>:
> 
> Hi,
>  
> I've just installed V2.4.4 onto Debian 10 with a primary and fallback
mountpoint with default settings and am experiencing the following.
>  
> Primary mountpoint is set up for live streaming from Station Playlist and
the fallback mountpoint plays an mp3 file.
>  
> If I connect to the stream using Winamp, I hear the mp3 file start playing
within two seconds.  If I then connect via Station Playlist (SPL), it takes
around 40 seconds for the mp3 file to stop and the live stream to be heard.  The
same is true if I then disconnect the live stream and the fallback file starts
playing.
>  
> However, if I stop and start Winamp playing as soon as I connect via SPL or
disconnect so that the mp3 fallback file plays, I hear the appropriate stream
straightaway!
>  
> I assume that the delay is being caused due to buffering but is there a way
of reducing the buffering, please, so that if someone is listening via a media
player like Winamp, they hear the current stream quicker than the 40 seconds
delay I'm presently experiencing?
>  
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated and I hope the above explanation
was clear enough.
>  
> Thanks for any help.
>  
> Richard Bartholomew
>  
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