[icecast-dev] song boundaries

[oddsock]

the metadata format is not documented officially anywhere, but really isn't 
terribly complicated...

http://www.smackfu.com/stuff/programming/shoutcast.html

hows a nice concise description of it, and was the first result returned 
from doing

http://www.google.com/search?q=shoutcast+metadata

oddsock
At 04:06 PM 2/25/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> > The mp3 metadata format is a nasty hack originated by the shoutcast 
> people -
> > do a web search for "shoutcast metadata protocol", there are quite a few
> > explanations of it.
>i searched for "shoutcast metadata protocol", "shoutcast metadata", and
>shoutcast metadata (2 separate words), "mp3 metadata", on googe web and
>google groups. i coulnt find anything useful.
>
>any pointers pls?
>
> > Sending to icecast uses HTTP, with the SOURCE method (an icecast 
> extension).
> > Metadata in icecast can either be inline (using the same protocol as 
> for the
> > clients) (though this is rare - I don't know any source clients which 
> support
> > it) or asynchronously through HTTP GET requests to /admin/metadata on the
> > server.
>again, where can i find the details?
>
>thanks,
>deva
>
>
>
> >
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