[icecast-dev] protocol documentation + load balancing

[Arc Riley]

On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 01:07:39PM +0100, Enrico Minack wrote:
> 
> One more detail about Icecast2 that I'd like to know is whether there is any
> load-balancing feature implemented or about to be implement? Since there is
> this Master-Slave-Feature, is the Master capable of moving the client to a
> slave registered at the Master?
> 
> I haven't found information concerning that in the official documentation
> and I also haven't had a look into the sources yet.

I haven't heard or seen of this, nor do I think load balencing as you 
describe it could be done seamlessly without modifying the media player.

I believe what you're looking for can be found in what we're doing with 
the IceShare project, www.iceshare.org, which is still being designed.
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