[Icecast-dev] playlist module causing machine hangup

[Iceuse - Kris]

Yes, there is only one input group.
Thanks,
Chris


<ices>
        <background>0</background> <!-- run in background? 
(unimplemented) -->
        <logpath>/var/log/ices/PLUMFM</logpath>
        <logfile>ices_transcoder-PLUMFM.log</logfile>
        <loglevel>4</loglevel> <!-- 1=error,2=warn,3=info,4=debug -->
        <logsize>8192</logsize> <!-- the size the log file must be 
before rotation -->
        <consolelog>0</consolelog>
        <pidfile>/usr/radio/PLUMFM/bin/oggtranscoder-PLUMFM.pid</pidfile>
        <stream>

                <!-- OUTPUT SOURCE IDENTIFICATION -->
                <name>Radio </name>
                <genre>Radio </genre>
                <description>Radio </description>

                <!-- INPUT -->
                <input>
                        <!-- MODULE -->
                        <module>playlist</module>
                        <param name="type">basic</param>
                        <param 
name="file">/usr/radio/PLUMFM/tmp/ices_transcoder_OGG_PLUMFM.pls</param>
                        <param name="random">0</param>
                        <param name="once">1</param>
                </input>

                <!-- OUTPUT SERVER and ENCODING -->
                <runner>
                <instance>
                        <shout>
                                <hostname>127.0.0.1</hostname>
                                <port>80</port>
                                <mount>/live-16.ogg</mount>
                                <password>xxxxx</password>

                                <reconnectdelay>5</reconnectdelay>
                                <reconnectattempts>-1</reconnectattempts>
                        </shout>
                        <encode>
                                <quality>-0.5</quality>

                        </encode>
                        <downmix>0</downmix>
                        <resample>
                                <out-rate>11025</out-rate>
                        </resample>
                </instance>
                <instance>
                        <shout>
                                <hostname>127.0.0.1</hostname>
                                <port>80</port>
                                <mount>/live.ogg</mount>
                                <password>xxxxx</password>

                                <reconnectdelay>5</reconnectdelay>
                                <reconnectattempts>-1</reconnectattempts>
                        </shout>
                        <encode>
                                <quality>1.1</quality>

                        </encode>
                        <downmix>0</downmix>
                        <resample>
                                <out-rate>22050</out-rate>
                        </resample>
                </instance>
                </runner>
        </stream>
</ices>



> Iceuse - Kris wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I had a big trouble with ices (ices-2kh60).
>> It is reading a playlist file containing "-" to tell "read stdin".
>>
>> But I think that when stdin is having problem, then ices become mad. 
>> It tries hundreds of time per second to play the playlist file 
>> content, generating huge amount of traces, which are rotated, but 
>> causing a denial of service on the server which become completly 
>> stuck (ftp, ssh, httpd are unable to handle connections).
>> (Unfortunatly for me, I started ices from machine startup scripts)
>
>
> It sounds like you have realtime enabled, and that causes a scheduling 
> issue with a busy loop. I'd have to check the stdin input, maybe the 
> error detection isn't working right.  Do you just have the 1 input group?
>
> karl.
>
>