[icecast] WinAmp3 & Icecast2 compatibility?

[Leo Currie]

Jesper Johnson wrote:

>Hello folks
>
>I'm having trouble playing ogg streams with WinAmp3. I run Icecast2 & 
>
Me too. I don't think Winamp3 has Ogg vorbis support. Probably best to 
ask around on the Winamp forums..
(a quick google revealed this: 
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/articles/auto/09252002e)

>Ices2
>(both compiled from CVS about two weeks ago) on a Linux box, the files
>being streamed were encoded with oggenc (from oggutils1.0, managed
>80kbitrate...) The problem is that WinAmp3 won't actually play the .ogg
>stream. When I give it the URL (http://myserver:8000/mount.ogg) it says
>"connecting" then "prebuffering done" and finally it'll display the
>mountpoint filename plus the correct bitrate info -- but no audio! WinAmp3
>plays the same ogg files fine from a local hard drive.
>  
>
Weird. I've stuck with Winamp2 because it works! :)
I bet Oddsock knows whats wrong....

>Also, I tried Zinf for Windows, it can play the stream correctly -- but
>stops after each song, leaving lines like "DBUG source/source_main Client
>had recoverable error 11" accompanied by a "DBUG source/source_main Client
>had recoverable error 11" in the icecast error log. 
>
>The only players I've managed to get to work perfectly with the stream were
>ogg123 and XMMS on Linux. But I need a player for Windows, so this is kinda
>bugging me. Does anyone have a clue how to get WinAmp3 to work --- or
>should it work out-of-the-box without the hassle I've got myself into?
>What've I missed? ;-) 
>  
>
Dunno.
I do know that Winamp 2 works perfectly (make sure you get at least the 
standard or full versions - lite is missing the ogg input)
Also, check out http://www.freedomaudio.com for a java based player that 
now works perfectly with chained ogg streams (thanks to Kendal!:) - it's 
a pretty groovy skinnable applet thingy. (example: 
http://www.fusionradio.org/freedomaudio/listen.html)

<p>Leo

>Thanks in advance! I'm eagerly waiting for the full docs on ice(s)/cast2 :-P
>
>
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