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2004 Nov 22
2
Re-Assembling SongData in Icecast Streams..
Like any other major radio station we output our music from automation
software via analog audio through a mix board in a studio, where we
insert other stuff like live DeeJays, etc. only to have that stream
re-encoded by hardware MP3 encoders for distribution to our network of
IceCast servers.
The chain of song information gets broken as soon as we output from the
Automation software,
2004 Nov 22
0
Re-Assembling SongData in Icecast Streams..
...I am going to assume that you are dealing only with MP3, as metadata is
handled differently (for instance) with vorbis. For MP3 streams, all
metadata is updated in the streaming server via various administrative
interfaces. Shoutcast has one
(admin.cgi?mode=updinfo&pass=password&song=Booga) and Icecast has a
different one (it also supports the Shoutcast style now too). Either way,
the metadata is always sent (normally by the source client - i.e. the
application sending the stream to the server - but not necessarily) to the
streaming server. A common misconception is that the st...
2004 Nov 24
1
Re-Assembling SongData in Icecast Streams..
...finitive answer and list of variables would be
very, very helpful:
streamtitle
streamname
streamurl
streamgenre
title
artist
album
....
By inference I'm guessing that the shoutcast method is therefore:
http://server:port/admin.cgi?
mode=updinfo&pass=password&song=Booga&streamtitle=Fubar .... ad
nauseum.
...and the password that is relevant is the admin password. Of course,
I'm running Icecast 2.1 now.
What's the icecast method and what variable names are supported... and
are there any that AREN'T used in the shoutcast-metadata-protocol?...