[Icecast-dev] Source Authentication URL and Params

[Karl Heyes]

On 24/01/11 00:05, Nicholas Young wrote:
> After hours of searching the net, I can't seem to find information on
> exactly what happens during the authentication handshake between a source
> client and the icecast server. (Before it starts sending audio.)
>
> What headers, parameters, etc does the source client need to send to the
> server, and what should the client expect in return?

At the very least

SOURCE /mountpoint HTTP/1.0

other headers can then be added like icy-name or ice-name

the response headers will be

HTTP/1.0 200 OK


karl.