[icecast] general questions

[oddsock]

the adminroot is similar to the webroot.

It is the intent that the webroot contain files (html or XSLT files) that 
normal listeners can access...so things like a status page or what's 
playing page could be served from there.  So if you enable file serving 
(<fileserve>1</fileserve> in the icecast.xml) and you place files in your 
webroot, they should be served as a normal web server would serve them.. 
obviously things like .php or cgi scripts are not supported.  If you happen 
to place an xslt file in that dir, then it will be transformed by the 
server.  The XML file which it uses for the transformation is icecast2's 
internal stat tree. This is the XML that you see if you hit 
/admin/stats.xml or /admin/rawstats.  In order to use the XSLT stuff, you 
really need to know XSLT, and that is why samples are provided.

now adminroot is like webroot except it serves up exclusively xslt files 
with predetermined names.  It is located as a separate directory since most 
people don't want their listeners accessing admin pages as well :).  The 
look and feel of the admin XSLT pages can be modified easily (if you know 
XSLT that is) and sample admin xslt templates are also provided in the 
/admin distribution directory.

also, as a side note, in testing that what I was saying was actually true, 
I found a bug in the win32 version of icecast which prevented fileserving 
from the webroot to function properly....so this will be fixed immediately 
and a new exe will be posted at http://www.oddsock.org/tools/icecast2.... 
note that the bug applied only to the win32 version.

hope it clarifies things a bit..

oddsock

At 12:56 PM 6/5/2003 +1000, you wrote:
>On Wed, 4 Jun 2003, Bryan Koschmann - GKT wrote:
>
> > Okay, just to satisfy my mind, can someone give me a rundown on what the
> > other things do (other than the streaming portion)
> >
> > admin root
> > web root
> >
> > by setting these I'm not sure what to put in there or how to access
> > them...
> >
> > and how to use the xsl files? I still cannot find anything on it.
>
>Ok.  I don't know much about the admin stuff so I won't comment on that.
>I think Mike might have posted about it before, so a search of the list
>archives might prove useful.
>
>the webroot and XSL files questions are related.  To use the XSL files, put
>them into the directory you've defined as webroot, and then call them
>through icecast like so:
>
>http://server:port/status.xsl
>
>The XSL files are templates which you can edit at will to suit your
>needs/desires.
>
>I can't remember if webroot is used for anything else yet.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Geoff.
>
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