[Icecast-dev] Icecast2 Burst-on-Connect

[Karl Heyes]

On Thu, 2005-02-17 at 07:25, Greg J. Ogonowski wrote:
> Can anyone explain what the fundamental difference between the 
> Burst-on-Connect mode that Icecast2 uses versus SHOUTcast?

I can't see there being much difference if anything, the burst is just a
blast of data that icecast has in the queue (the last <burst-size> bytes
in fact)

> There is a thread starting on the VLC Player list that is stating that the 
> problems that VLC has playing Icecast2 Burst-on-Connect (default) streams 
> is the fault of Icecast2.  I don't believe this is true, as Winamp has no 
> problem with Icecast2 streams.  I'm hoping to get an explanation so that I 
> can tell them what needs to be addressed in the VLC Player.

The data that is sent is not modified in any way for bursting, it is
just sent at a quicker rate.  The main difference as already pointed out
by others is the amount, the default is 64kbytes (to match common
prebuffer sizes) for icecast whereas shoutcast blasts a whole lot more.

I can only think that VLC is getting its timing messed up because of the
burst.

karl.