[flac-dev] Mid-Stream Meta Data Updates for ICEcast

[bn at radio42.com]

I am streaming a FLAC OGG stream to an ICEcast server (a continuous/endless stream) using the standard FLAC command-line encoder (capturing STDOUT).

 

It seems, that with FLAC streams the song title (meta data) updates do not work.

Also the ICEcast admin web interface isn’t working for FLAC; while it is working for MP3, AAC as well as OGG streams.

I.e. when sending a continuous FLAC stream to an ICEcast server, it seems impossible to update the meta data mid-stream.

 

I was asking the ICEcast developers for a solution, but they keep giving me the following answer:

“You should contact the vendor of your encoder and ask them about it. Mid-Stream meta-data updates are supported by ICEcast. And support is complete beside that they do not show up on the status page for FLAC based streams. But they are passed to the listener correctly”

 

As such, I am now asking you on how to implement mid-stream meta-data updates with the FLAC encoder?!

So far I couldn’t find any options in the FLAC encoder nor the FLAC specs – as such I am wondering, what the ICEcast developers have implemented.

Or is there a way to tell the encoder mid-stream, that the meta-data (e.g. song title and artist) has changed?

 

Many Thanks,

Bernd

 

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