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Hi - This is my first post, so please excuse me if I screw up in any way :) I have been trying to get icecast to relay an Ogg Vorbis stream. I have the 1.3.7 win32 version and in the icecast.conf file i have alias radiofg.ogg http://ra.voila.fr:8000/radiofg.ogg I think that this should allow me to point a client at http://fusion1.studio.strath.ac.uk:8000/radiofg and the server will connect to ra.voila.fr and then relay the stream. However it seems that icecast ren-names the resource, adding a .mp3 extension, and...

...the load between the various > realys, or would you have to have separate addresses (similar to > http/ftp mirrors)? A quick and easy way of doing this is to add several entries to a playlist file. When one server is full, the player will just try the next one. e.g. for Winamp: http://www.radiofg.com/live/shoutcastFG.pls - although the mime type in this example is wrong :( You could also use a script to generate a single entry playlist, with some kind of round robin algorithm. You could even have the script query the servers to find out which one is least full. Leo

Hi All, I'm planning to get a stream running in the next month or two, and will be using ices and icecast. Legality: Further to the last couple of posts regarding legality issue. I notice that the PRC do their licence cost on a percentage of your revenue, seeing as I plan to host no adverts or indeed any commercial aspect I hope to get a licence without actually paying anything. (I've