[Icecast] Access for scripting??? Displaying play history

[Eric Princen]

They are on the Shoutcast list, so that may be what they are using.
Shoutcast does provide an XML file that has past and current song data.
I suppose with a bit of XSLT magic, I could use that. I'd rather use
icecast. :-)

On Thu, 2006-09-14 at 12:23 +1200, Ross Levis wrote:
> This site is probably using commercial broadcasting/streaming software 
> under Windows, such as StationPlaylist which provide these features.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Eric Princen" <eprincen at boatertalk.com>
> To: <icecast at xiph.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 9:10 AM
> Subject: [Icecast] Access for scripting??? Displaying play history
> 
> 
> Hey there,
> 
> I'm looking into setting up a station using icecast, and I need a basic
> functionality of being able to have my site know what has been played
> recently, what is playing now, and perhaps even what is coming up (which
> is very optional.) I have not found a way to do this in my searches.
> Perhaps I've been searching for the wrong thing. If there are any script
> snippets or an API available, I'd love to check it out.
> 
> An example would be what is displayed on the top right of the following
> page: http://www.radioparadise.com/
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Eric ;-)