[Icecast] Incorrect metadata format, ending stream

Karl Heyes karl at xiph.org
Wed Feb 6 02:55:29 UTC 2008


Geoff Shang wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to relay a shoutcast-style MP3 stream but am getting the 
> following error:
> 
> [2008-02-05  23:05:05] EROR format-mp3/mp3_get_filter_meta Incorrect 
> metadata format, ending stream
> 
> Is there any way I can tell what is wrong with the data we're getting?
> 
> The stream I'm trying to relay is http://acb.org:8550/
> 
> This is a shared server so it's possible that not all broadcasters 
> trigger this problem.
> 
> Metadata seems to come through fine using latest mpg123.
> 
> Also, we relay another stream using the same version of Supercast 
> (http://supercast.sf.net) on another mount and I have no problems, so I 
> suspect the metadata that's coming in... but I could be wrong.

Is this with trunk or 2.3.1, if trunk is showing this then can you 
provide the error log (level 4) at the point the metadata is detected.

karl.




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