[icecast-dev] song boundaries

Deva Seetharam deva at downstreamdigital.com
Tue Feb 25 13:18:26 PST 2003



i found that too. but, imho, doesnt have all the necessary details to
write a system that can process metadata.

deva

On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, oddsock wrote:

> the metadata format is not documented officially anywhere, but really isn't
> terribly complicated...
>
> http://www.smackfu.com/stuff/programming/shoutcast.html
>
> shows 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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