Icecast - Sep 2024 - EZstream XML that used to work

This is about as simple as it can get. It worked earlier today. I added 
a couple lines, like sample rate and channels, it stopped working so I 
took them out, and now when I run it through /usr/bin/ezstream with the 
'-c' option, I get:


ezstream[5609]: ezstream/shout.xml: world readable??? # that's normal
ezstream[5609]: stream: default: no configuration


Here's the XML, with passwords hidden:


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<ezstream>

 ? <servers>

 ??? <server>
 ????? <hostname>127.0.0.1</hostname>
 ????? <password>****</password>
 ??? </server>

 ? </servers>

 ? <streams>

 ??? <stream>
 ????? <mountpoint>/broadband</mountpoint>
 ????? <format>MP3</format>
 ????? <name>ShoutOut Radio with Andy Shilton? and Steffi
Barnett</name>
 ??? </stream>

 ? </streams>

 ? <intakes>

 ??? <intake>
<filename>/home/tgvpadmin/ezstream/shout.m3u</filename>
 ????? <stream_once>Yes</stream_once>
 ??? </intake>

 ? </intakes>

</ezstream>


The problem seems to be with the <name> XML directive. I thought that if 
it is added to the <server> block, the name of the stream could be 
displayed in a player. I think the problem comes up if the contents of 
the server name in that directive is more than one word--i.e., contains 
spaces. I removed it, and the player again shows "no name" where I
would
expect to see one. How then does this work? I want to display my station 
name in this name field like I could with an older version of ezstream.
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Hey Steve,

On Thu, 19 Sep 2024, Steve Matzura wrote:
> The problem seems to be with the <name> XML directive. I thought that
if it
> is added to the <server> block, the name of the stream could be
displayed in
> a player. I think the problem comes up if the contents of the server name
in
> that directive is more than one word--i.e., contains spaces. I removed it, 
> and the player again shows "no name" where I would expect to see
one. How
> then does this work? I want to display my station name in this name field 
> like I could with an older version of ezstream.
first of all, this looks like it needs to be within a <stream> tag inside 
a <streams> tag.

The format of the config file has changed a lot since the early days. 
There is a program called ezstream-cfgmigrate which may help if you still 
have your original config file.
>From the ezstream-full.xml file that's in the doc/examples directory of 
version 1.0.2:

   <!--
     Stream configuration
     -->
   <streams>
     <stream>
       <!--
         Identifying name (default: "default")

         NB: Only the "default" stream is supported at this point.
         -->
       <!-- <name>default</name> -->

This seems to indicate that the purpose of this parameter has changed 
(it's been a *very* long time since I looked at this).

It also seems that the default value is "default", which is also the
only
currently supported value.  This would explain the above error message - 
there is no stream labeled "default".

So you can omit this parameter entirely.

What I think you want is <stream_name> which is also in the <stream>
section.  From further down the same file:

       <!-- Various other informational settings -->
       <stream_name>Test Stream</stream_name>
       <stream_url>http://localhost:8000/</stream_url>
       <stream_genre>Beeps</stream_genre>
       <stream_description>Test tones and noise</stream_description>
       <stream_quality>1.5</stream_quality>
       <stream_bitrate>16</stream_bitrate>
       <stream_samplerate>44100</stream_samplerate>
       <stream_channels>2</stream_channels>
     </stream>
   </streams>

HTH,
Geoff.