[Icecast] eztream broken pipe, 0.2.0 doesnt compile

[Joel Ebel]

Well, I see ezstream 0.2.0 is downloadable, so I downloaded it and tried
to compile.  Unfortunately it won't compile for me.  The configure
script runs fine.  Here's the output of make.

Joel

make  all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/jbebel/ezstream-0.2.0'
Making all in src
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/jbebel/ezstream-0.2.0/src'
source='ezstream.c' object='ezstream.o' libtool=no \
depfile='.deps/ezstream.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/ezstream.TPo' \
depmode=gcc3 /bin/sh ../depcomp \
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I..  -Wall -ffast-math -fsigned-char
-I/usr/include -I/usr/local/include  -I/usr/include/libxml2 -pthread -g
-O2 -c `test -f 'ezstream.c' || echo './'`ezstream.c
ezstream.c: In function `streamFile':
ezstream.c:385: warning: implicit declaration of function `sleep'
ezstream.c:351: warning: `ret' might be used uninitialized in this function
ezstream.c: In function `streamPlaylist':
ezstream.c:406: warning: unused variable `ret'
ezstream.c: In function `main':
ezstream.c:576: error: `SHOUT_FORMAT_OGG' undeclared (first use in this
function)
ezstream.c:576: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
ezstream.c:576: error: for each function it appears in.)
make[2]: *** [ezstream.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/jbebel/ezstream-0.2.0/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/jbebel/ezstream-0.2.0'
make: *** [all] Error 2


Joel Ebel wrote:
> I discovered an interesting problem with ezstream.  I'm using version 
> 1.2.  I see 2 is listed on the website but appears to be a broken link. 
>  Otherwise I'd try it to see if it exhibits the same problem.
> 
> I'm using ezstream as a fallback mount for a radio station.  It plays a 
> 30 second ogg file over and over.  The ogg file is just a 5 second 
> message with 25 seconds of silence saying that the station is out of 
> service.  If the 25 seconds of silence is pure digital silence, then 
> ezstream will play it once the whole way through, but as soon as it 
> lists that it is streaming it a second time it gives a "Broken Pipe" 
> message and exits.  During the silence, the ogg bitrate drops to nothing 
> because it is pure silence.  Winamp report 1 kbps.  If, however, the 
> silence is -90 dB white noise, then ezstream continues to repeat the 
> stream, and Winamp reports 87 kbps bitrate.
> 
> It's interest to note that an mp3 stream doesn't exhibit this problem, 
> but I presume this has to do with the fact that the mp3 stream never 
> drops the bitrate to 1 kbps.
> 
> I can definitely get around this problem using the -90 dB white noise, 
> but nonetheless, this seems like a potential bug in ezstream that might 
> warrant a look.  Perhaps it's fixed in 2.0.
> 
> Also, if anyone has a better recommendation for setting up a backup 
> stream for use when the main stream is down, I'd be interested.  This 
> seemed like the simplest method to me.
> 
> Thanks,
> Joel
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