From nicholas at nicholaswyoung.com  Fri Oct  1 18:36:14 2010
From: nicholas at nicholaswyoung.com (Nicholas Young)
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 13:36:14 -0500
Subject: [Icecast] limit-rate usage
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=E8tCOQpRTd1J_sbTJFa00FeA5MAQKfYDTO5qF@mail.gmail.com>

So, I've googled around, and can't seem to find anything regarding usage of
limit-rate inside of the mount tags.

So...

<mount>
   blah... mount settings here
   <limit-rate>(How to set the number here?</limit-rate>
</mount>

Any help would be appreciated.

Nicholas
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From karl at xiph.org  Fri Oct  1 19:22:26 2010
From: karl at xiph.org (Karl Heyes)
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 20:22:26 +0100
Subject: [Icecast] limit-rate usage
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=E8tCOQpRTd1J_sbTJFa00FeA5MAQKfYDTO5qF@mail.gmail.com>
References: <AANLkTi=E8tCOQpRTd1J_sbTJFa00FeA5MAQKfYDTO5qF@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4CA634F2.3090600@xiph.org>

On 01/10/10 19:36, Nicholas Young wrote:
> So, I've googled around, and can't seem to find anything regarding usage of
> limit-rate inside of the mount tags.
>
> So...
>
> <mount>
>     blah... mount settings here
>     <limit-rate>(How to set the number here?</limit-rate>
> </mount>
>
> Any help would be appreciated.

This is in the kh tree. If you specify a number for that then the 
incoming bitrate is limited to that.  If someone sends a 96k stream to a 
mount set with a 64k limit then listeners will rebuffer as they don't 
get enough data for playback and eventually the application sending the 
data will notice a backlog and will drop the connection.

usage is straightforward  <limit-rate>70k</limit-rate> or in bytes which 
ever you prefer but set it a little over the expected bitrate. Streams 
with lower bitrates will not be affected.

karl.



From ross at stationplaylist.com  Sat Oct  2 00:56:20 2010
From: ross at stationplaylist.com (Ross Levis)
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 13:56:20 +1300
Subject: [Icecast] limit-rate usage
In-Reply-To: <4CA634F2.3090600@xiph.org>
References: <AANLkTi=E8tCOQpRTd1J_sbTJFa00FeA5MAQKfYDTO5qF@mail.gmail.com>
	<4CA634F2.3090600@xiph.org>
Message-ID: <007e01cb61cc$a23c3af0$e6b4b0d0$@com>

As a stream host selling bandwidth space, we are interested in this change.
Currently we need to use software we have written to periodically check if
all streams do not exceed the bitrate purchased.  If one is found, a manual
email is written to them.
 
I'm just wondering if your routines take into account internet congestion
where the stream may be uploaded at a slower rate for say 30 seconds and
once the congestion clears, the backlog is uploaded as fast as possible.

For example, I've seen a 64k stream go as low as 32k for a few seconds and
then jump up to 100k for a short time.  Will the code handle this ok?

Ross. 

-----Original Message-----
From: icecast-bounces at xiph.org [mailto:icecast-bounces at xiph.org] On Behalf
Of Karl Heyes
Sent: Saturday, 2 October 2010 8:22 AM
To: icecast at xiph.org
Subject: Re: [Icecast] limit-rate usage

On 01/10/10 19:36, Nicholas Young wrote:
> So, I've googled around, and can't seem to find anything regarding usage
of
> limit-rate inside of the mount tags.
>
> So...
>
> <mount>
>     blah... mount settings here
>     <limit-rate>(How to set the number here?</limit-rate>
> </mount>
>
> Any help would be appreciated.

This is in the kh tree. If you specify a number for that then the 
incoming bitrate is limited to that.  If someone sends a 96k stream to a 
mount set with a 64k limit then listeners will rebuffer as they don't 
get enough data for playback and eventually the application sending the 
data will notice a backlog and will drop the connection.

usage is straightforward  <limit-rate>70k</limit-rate> or in bytes which 
ever you prefer but set it a little over the expected bitrate. Streams 
with lower bitrates will not be affected.

karl.

_______________________________________________
Icecast mailing list
Icecast at xiph.org
http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/icecast



From karl at xiph.org  Sat Oct  2 01:19:31 2010
From: karl at xiph.org (Karl Heyes)
Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2010 02:19:31 +0100
Subject: [Icecast] limit-rate usage
In-Reply-To: <007e01cb61cc$a23c3af0$e6b4b0d0$@com>
References: <AANLkTi=E8tCOQpRTd1J_sbTJFa00FeA5MAQKfYDTO5qF@mail.gmail.com>	<4CA634F2.3090600@xiph.org>
	<007e01cb61cc$a23c3af0$e6b4b0d0$@com>
Message-ID: <4CA688A3.8080004@xiph.org>

On 02/10/10 01:56, Ross Levis wrote:
> As a stream host selling bandwidth space, we are interested in this change.
> Currently we need to use software we have written to periodically check if
> all streams do not exceed the bitrate purchased.  If one is found, a manual
> email is written to them.
>
> I'm just wondering if your routines take into account internet congestion
> where the stream may be uploaded at a slower rate for say 30 seconds and
> once the congestion clears, the backlog is uploaded as fast as possible.
>
> For example, I've seen a 64k stream go as low as 32k for a few seconds and
> then jump up to 100k for a short time.  Will the code handle this ok?

it would, it takes an average over the last 60 seconds for the incoming 
bitrate, so a slowdown and recover over that period is not a problem. 
The only case that is a possible issue (a minor one really) is a large 
burst when a relay is kicked off.

karl.



From connorsml at gmail.com  Mon Oct  4 14:20:30 2010
From: connorsml at gmail.com (Michael Connors)
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 16:20:30 +0200
Subject: [Icecast] can't play stream
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=o00LDL4k5cho3U0dfyX_tiJpyHOGsokCeE3Yp@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

I have just installed icecast and a client called idjc.

I set up the client as icecast2 master
mount= /stream
user= source

When I click connect it appears to connect, and I see the mount point
appears on the webui and my clients can open the stream using
myipaddress:port/stream

The clients also appear in the webui, but only for 8 seconds.

Am I do something wrong here?
-- 
Michael Connors
Alencon,
France

http://www.michaelconnors.net
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From connorsml at gmail.com  Mon Oct  4 14:36:55 2010
From: connorsml at gmail.com (Michael Connors)
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 16:36:55 +0200
Subject: [Icecast] can't play stream
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=o00LDL4k5cho3U0dfyX_tiJpyHOGsokCeE3Yp@mail.gmail.com>
References: <AANLkTi=o00LDL4k5cho3U0dfyX_tiJpyHOGsokCeE3Yp@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <AANLkTikrzuTG2UW0rq+TDqRKu+71xy3J=jzdH1=ZRS_c@mail.gmail.com>

Sorry, the problem was actually that the embedded player in chrome didn't do
anything. I tried vlc and had no problem.


-- 
Michael Connors
Alencon,
France

http://www.michaelconnors.net
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From connorsml at gmail.com  Mon Oct  4 20:33:09 2010
From: connorsml at gmail.com (Michael Connors)
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 22:33:09 +0200
Subject: [Icecast] server no longer works after reboot
Message-ID: <AANLkTim1axsJZ9tuk-XzudGB__SmkYbJUiugdnGJhU8U@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

I set up icecast earlier and was able to run it and stream.

I used this command:  icecast2 -c /etc/icecast2/icecast.xml

Now after a reboot, this no longer works. Nothing has changed in the config.

Nothing is written to the log and the message it prints to console is not
very verbose:

Server startup failed. Exiting


Does anyone have any ideas?

-- 
Michael Connors
Alencon,
France

http://www.michaelconnors.net
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From w2lie at w2lie.net  Wed Oct  6 03:52:39 2010
From: w2lie at w2lie.net (W2LIE)
Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2010 22:52:39 -0500
Subject: [Icecast] Starting Icecast as a service on CentOS
Message-ID: <6dc1b69e000e4eff50a7d3405c809150@w2lie.net>

Hi All,
I've recently upgraded my hosting to a VPS running CentOS.
I'm trying to configure the VPS to launch Icecast as a service so that
Icecast starts if the virtual server reboots, or Icecast stops running.
I've found several scripts out there to place in my init.d folder, but
nothing seems to work for me as of yet.

Here is my Icecast2 setup:

Location=/usr/local/bin
CONF_FILE=/usr/local/etc/icecast.xml

Icecast does run fine by itself if I launch it from the command file as 
./icecast -b -c /usr/local/etc/icecast.xml

Thanks for the help
Phil


-- 
--
Phil / w2lie
Monitor Long Island, Inc.
d/b/a W2LIE.net
www.w2lie.net




From jnalley at jnalley.com  Wed Oct  6 04:44:18 2010
From: jnalley at jnalley.com (Jonathan Nalley)
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 00:44:18 -0400
Subject: [Icecast] Starting Icecast as a service on CentOS
In-Reply-To: <6dc1b69e000e4eff50a7d3405c809150@w2lie.net>
References: <6dc1b69e000e4eff50a7d3405c809150@w2lie.net>
Message-ID: <AANLkTimEwC1jhajKC2CLmMP-wyNSbJWmG9PS7XcMpJ1=@mail.gmail.com>

Could you use a site like pastebin.com to show us what your init
script looks like that you've tried?

Although the typical init script is certainly more preferable, you
could always just append that command you know to be working to
/etc/rc.local although you may want to direct stdout and stderr
somewhere.

On 10/5/10, W2LIE <w2lie at w2lie.net> wrote:
> Hi All,
> I've recently upgraded my hosting to a VPS running CentOS.
> I'm trying to configure the VPS to launch Icecast as a service so that
> Icecast starts if the virtual server reboots, or Icecast stops running.
> I've found several scripts out there to place in my init.d folder, but
> nothing seems to work for me as of yet.
>
> Here is my Icecast2 setup:
>
> Location=/usr/local/bin
> CONF_FILE=/usr/local/etc/icecast.xml
>
> Icecast does run fine by itself if I launch it from the command file as
> ./icecast -b -c /usr/local/etc/icecast.xml
>
> Thanks for the help
> Phil
>
>
> --
> --
> Phil / w2lie
> Monitor Long Island, Inc.
> d/b/a W2LIE.net
> www.w2lie.net
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Icecast mailing list
> Icecast at xiph.org
> http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/icecast
>


From jam at zoidtechnologies.com  Wed Oct  6 10:33:41 2010
From: jam at zoidtechnologies.com (Jeff MacDonald)
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 06:33:41 -0400
Subject: [Icecast] Starting Icecast as a service on CentOS
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimEwC1jhajKC2CLmMP-wyNSbJWmG9PS7XcMpJ1=@mail.gmail.com>
References: <6dc1b69e000e4eff50a7d3405c809150@w2lie.net>
	<AANLkTimEwC1jhajKC2CLmMP-wyNSbJWmG9PS7XcMpJ1=@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <201010060633.41219.jam@zoidtechnologies.com>

On Wednesday 06 October 2010 00:44:18 Jonathan Nalley wrote:
> Could you use a site like pastebin.com to show us what your init
> script looks like that you've tried?
> 
> Although the typical init script is certainly more preferable, you
> could always just append that command you know to be working to
> /etc/rc.local although you may want to direct stdout and stderr
> somewhere.
> 

While not necessarily a critical issue, I'd want icecast running as a non-priv 
user instead of 'root'.

Regards,
J
-- 
Jeff MacDonald
Zoid Technologies: Custom Information Systems
http://zoidtechnologies.com/


From dm8tbr at afthd.tu-darmstadt.de  Wed Oct  6 11:19:40 2010
From: dm8tbr at afthd.tu-darmstadt.de (Thomas B. Ruecker)
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 13:19:40 +0200
Subject: [Icecast] Starting Icecast as a service on CentOS
In-Reply-To: <201010060633.41219.jam@zoidtechnologies.com>
References: <6dc1b69e000e4eff50a7d3405c809150@w2lie.net>
	<AANLkTimEwC1jhajKC2CLmMP-wyNSbJWmG9PS7XcMpJ1=@mail.gmail.com>
	<201010060633.41219.jam@zoidtechnologies.com>
Message-ID: <20101006111940.GA6723@dk0td.afthd.tu-darmstadt.de>

On Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 06:33:41AM -0400, Jeff MacDonald wrote:
> On Wednesday 06 October 2010 00:44:18 Jonathan Nalley wrote:
> > Could you use a site like pastebin.com to show us what your init
> > script looks like that you've tried?
> > 
> > Although the typical init script is certainly more preferable, you
> > could always just append that command you know to be working to
> > /etc/rc.local although you may want to direct stdout and stderr
> > somewhere.
> > 
> 
> While not necessarily a critical issue, I'd want icecast running as a non-priv 
> user instead of 'root'.
Icecast will refuse to run as root.
You can either start it as a different user (su / sudo) or drop to a
different UID within icecast as specified by the config file.

Thomas


From petr.pisar at atlas.cz  Wed Oct  6 11:46:29 2010
From: petr.pisar at atlas.cz (Petr Pisar)
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 13:46:29 +0200
Subject: [Icecast] Starting Icecast as a service on CentOS
In-Reply-To: <201010060633.41219.jam@zoidtechnologies.com>
References: <6dc1b69e000e4eff50a7d3405c809150@w2lie.net>
	<AANLkTimEwC1jhajKC2CLmMP-wyNSbJWmG9PS7XcMpJ1=@mail.gmail.com>
	<201010060633.41219.jam@zoidtechnologies.com>
Message-ID: <20101006114628.GG2659@dhcp-0-146.brq.redhat.com>

On Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 06:33:41AM -0400, Jeff MacDonald wrote:
> On Wednesday 06 October 2010 00:44:18 Jonathan Nalley wrote:
> > Could you use a site like pastebin.com to show us what your init
> > script looks like that you've tried?
> > 
> > Although the typical init script is certainly more preferable, you
> > could always just append that command you know to be working to
> > /etc/rc.local although you may want to direct stdout and stderr
> > somewhere.
> > 
> 
> While not necessarily a critical issue, I'd want icecast running as
> a non-priv user instead of 'root'.
> 
Have you considered using package from EPEL repository (a Fedora packages
compiled against RHEL)? See:

https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/acls/name/icecast
https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=2097

-- Petr
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From johnlist at gulfbridge.net  Thu Oct  7 17:36:06 2010
From: johnlist at gulfbridge.net (John List)
Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:36:06 -0400
Subject: [Icecast] Starting Icecast as a service on CentOS
In-Reply-To: <6dc1b69e000e4eff50a7d3405c809150@w2lie.net>
References: <6dc1b69e000e4eff50a7d3405c809150@w2lie.net>
Message-ID: <4CAE0506.1080404@gulfbridge.net>

On 10/05/2010 11:52 PM, W2LIE wrote:
> Hi All,
> I've recently upgraded my hosting to a VPS running CentOS.
> I'm trying to configure the VPS to launch Icecast as a service so that
> Icecast starts if the virtual server reboots, or Icecast stops running.
> I've found several scripts out there to place in my init.d folder, but
> nothing seems to work for me as of yet.
>
> Here is my Icecast2 setup:
>
> Location=/usr/local/bin
> CONF_FILE=/usr/local/etc/icecast.xml
>
> Icecast does run fine by itself if I launch it from the command file as 
> ./icecast -b -c /usr/local/etc/icecast.xml

What happens when you run the init script from the command line as root?

What happens when you launch the init script with the service command?:

    service icecast status
    service icecast start
    service icecast restart


If that works, then you simply need to enable it under system V.

(I'm currently running Icecast just fine under RHES5.)

john
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From w2lie at w2lie.net  Fri Oct  8 04:40:14 2010
From: w2lie at w2lie.net (W2LIE)
Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2010 23:40:14 -0500
Subject: [Icecast] Starting Icecast as a service on CentOS
In-Reply-To: <4CAE0506.1080404@gulfbridge.net>
References: <6dc1b69e000e4eff50a7d3405c809150@w2lie.net>
	<4CAE0506.1080404@gulfbridge.net>
Message-ID: <964f6c4367a399e80ca169db4c5b1494@w2lie.net>

On Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:36:06 -0400, John List <johnlist at gulfbridge.net>
wrote:
> 
> What happens when you run the init script from the command line as root?
> 
> What happens when you launch the init script with the service command?:
> 
>     service icecast status
>     service icecast start
>     service icecast restart
> 
> 
> If that works, then you simply need to enable it under system V.
> 
> (I'm currently running Icecast just fine under RHES5.)
> 
> john

John and all who replied -
Thanks for the help.  I've been a bit tied up the last few nights, so I
wanted to thank you for helping me.

Running service icecast start does not work for me.  Here is the error:

[/etc/rc.d]# cd init.d
[/etc/rc.d/init.d]# service icecast2 status
Usage: /etc/init.d/icecast2 {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload}
[/etc/rc.d/init.d]# service icecast2 start
Starting icecast2: /etc/init.d/icecast2: line 40: start-stop-daemon:
command not found
[/etc/rc.d/init.d]#

Running icecast2 from the command line as  ./icecast works fine.  I just
can't run it as a service..



This is the code I found.  I think it came with the Icecast package when I
unzipped the file.
This is located in my /etc/rc.d/init.d folder.


#! /bin/sh
#
# icecast2
#
#                Written by Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels at cistron.nl>.
#                Modified for Debian
#                by Ian Murdock <imurdock at gnu.ai.mit.edu>.
#
#                Further modified by Keegan Quinn <ice at thebasement.org>
#                for use with Icecast 2
#

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON=/usr/local/bin/icecast
NAME=icecast2
DESC=icecast2

test -x $DAEMON || exit 0

# Defaults
CONFIGFILE="/usr/local/etc/icecast.xml"
CONFIGDEFAULTFILE="/etc/default/icecast2"
USERID=nobody
GROUPID=nobody
ENABLE="true"

# Reads config file (will override defaults above)
[ -r "$CONFIGDEFAULTFILE" ] && . $CONFIGDEFAULTFILE

if [ "$ENABLE" != "true" ]; then
        echo "$NAME daemon disabled - read $CONFIGDEFAULTFILE."
        exit 0
fi

set -e

case "$1" in
  start)
        echo -n "Starting $DESC: "
        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --chuid $USERID:$GROUPID \
                --exec $DAEMON -- -b -c $CONFIGFILE
        echo "$NAME."
        ;;
  stop)
        echo -n "Stopping $DESC: "
        start-stop-daemon --stop --oknodo --quiet --exec $DAEMON
        echo "$NAME."
        ;;
  reload|force-reload)
        echo "Reloading $DESC configuration files."
        start-stop-daemon --stop --signal 1 --quiet --exec $DAEMON
        ;;
  restart)
        echo -n "Restarting $DESC: "
        start-stop-daemon --stop --oknodo --quiet --exec $DAEMON
        sleep 1
        start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --chuid $USERID:$GROUPID \
                --exec $DAEMON -- -b -c $CONFIGFILE
        echo "$NAME."
        ;;
  *)
        echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload}" >&2
        exit 1
        ;;
esac

exit 0

<eof>

I also have setup in /etc/default/icecast2
# Defaults for icecast2 initscript
# sourced by /etc/init.d/icecast2
# installed at /etc/default/icecast2 by the maintainer scripts

#
# This is a POSIX shell fragment
#

# Full path to the server configuration file
CONFIGFILE="/usr/local/etc/icecast.xml"

# Name or ID of the user and group the daemon should run under
USERID=nobody
GROUPID=nobody

# Edit /etc/icecast2/icecast.xml and change at least the passwords.
# Change this to true when done to enable the init.d script
ENABLE=true


<eof>


I have in my icecast.xml file:

    <security>
        <chroot>0</chroot>
        
        <changeowner>
            <user>nobody</user>
            <group>nobody</group>
        </changeowner>
       
    </security>


Thanks for the help!
73
Phil



From rw6hrm at yandex.ru  Sat Oct  9 20:04:56 2010
From: rw6hrm at yandex.ru (rw6hrm)
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 00:04:56 +0400
Subject: [Icecast] question about <fallback> options
Message-ID: <525341286654696@web90.yandex.ru>

Dear friends,

I use IceCast2_Win32_2.3.2 version (under Win98 lol) and I have one simple question :)  So, my server stay as relay. I have two streams ? main, from 172.17.16.34 (for example) and reserve from 219.19.29.98 (for example too). Mount points have same names on both streams. Main task is: if main stream is down, relay should be switched to reserve stream, and, then main stream is up, relay should be switched to main stream. My question: can I use ?fallback? option as <fallback-server> in <relay> section? I think config file will be next:

    <relay>
        <server>172.17.16.34</server>
        <fallback-server>/219.19.29.98</fallback-server>
        <fallback-override>1</fallback-override>
        <port>8000</port>
        <mount>/main</mount>
        <local-mount>/main</local-mount>
        <relay-shoutcast-metadata>1</relay-shoutcast-metadata>
    </relay>

Thank You for possible answers and sorry for my broken English?

Andy 


From geoff at QuiteLikely.com  Sat Oct  9 20:53:26 2010
From: geoff at QuiteLikely.com (Geoff Shang)
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 22:53:26 +0200 (IST)
Subject: [Icecast] question about <fallback> options
In-Reply-To: <525341286654696@web90.yandex.ru>
References: <525341286654696@web90.yandex.ru>
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.10.1010092239140.3932@data.home>

On Sun, 10 Oct 2010, rw6hrm wrote:

> I use IceCast2_Win32_2.3.2 version (under Win98 lol) and I have one 
> simple question :)  So, my server stay as relay. I have two streams ? 
> main, from 172.17.16.34 (for example) and reserve from 219.19.29.98 (for 
> example too). Mount points have same names on both streams. Main task 
> is: if main stream is down, relay should be switched to reserve stream, 
> and, then main stream is up, relay should be switched to main stream. My 
> question: can I use ?fallback? option as <fallback-server> in <relay> 
> section? I think config file will be next:

No, you can't do this.   Fallbacks are mount options.  But you could do 
this another way:

    <relay>
        <server>172.17.16.34</server>
        <port>8000</port>
        <mount>/main</mount>
        <local-mount>/main</local-mount>
        <relay-shoutcast-metadata>1</relay-shoutcast-metadata>
    </relay>

    <relay>
        <server>219.19.29.98</server>
        <port>8000</port>
        <mount>/main</mount>
        <local-mount>/reserve</local-mount>
        <relay-shoutcast-metadata>1</relay-shoutcast-metadata>
    </relay>

    <mount>
        <mount-name>/main</mount-name>
        <fallback-mount>/reserve</fallback-mount>
        <fallback-override>1</fallback-override>
    </mount>

HTH,
Geoff.

From rhythanew at gmail.com  Wed Oct 13 11:05:58 2010
From: rhythanew at gmail.com (Rhytha Web)
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:35:58 +0530
Subject: [Icecast] Need a help on Online Video Streaming using IceCast
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=-14XrrNRjOHz9-RmAD9-WTgVkftBG_4Q17ZVy@mail.gmail.com>

Hello,

We are working on the Radio station project and we are trying to implement
the Live Video Streaming module using Icecast server with VLC player.

We have installed and configured the Icecast into our server. Also, we have
installed the VLC player in our local desktop computer.

The USB webcam(200 CMOS UCAM - DLC220T) has been connected into my machine.
Now we are trying to live video streaming into our website.

We tried in VLC player to configure through Icecast for streaming but
nothing works. But the VLC player deducts webcam and showing the video
picture in the VLC player.

*Whether the IceCast will only support the audio streaming or IceCast will
also support live online video streaming for my website?*

pls help us on this, becoz we are trying this for long time and could not
find the solution for it.

*It would be great if you can send us any correct online documentation for
configuring the IceCast with VLC player for live video streaming*

Thanks in advance!!!

Regards
Arun
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From acandido at hi-iberia.es  Wed Oct 13 11:22:41 2010
From: acandido at hi-iberia.es (Andres Gonzalez)
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:22:41 +0200
Subject: [Icecast] Need a help on Online Video Streaming using IceCast
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=-14XrrNRjOHz9-RmAD9-WTgVkftBG_4Q17ZVy@mail.gmail.com>
References: <AANLkTi=-14XrrNRjOHz9-RmAD9-WTgVkftBG_4Q17ZVy@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4CB59681.7040807@hi-iberia.es>

On 13/10/10 13:05, Rhytha Web wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We are working on the Radio station project and we are trying to 
> implement the Live Video Streaming module using Icecast server with 
> VLC player.
>
> We have installed and configured the Icecast into our server. Also, we 
> have installed the VLC player in our local desktop computer.
>
> The USB webcam(200 CMOS UCAM - DLC220T) has been connected into my 
> machine. Now we are trying to live video streaming into our website.
>
> We tried in VLC player to configure through Icecast for streaming but 
> nothing works. But the VLC player deducts webcam and showing the video 
> picture in the VLC player.
>
> *Whether the IceCast will only support the audio streaming or IceCast 
> will also support live online video streaming for my website?*
Hi,

I have successfuly used icecast to live stream video and audio in ogg 
format in a local host. Could you please elaborate on how you are 
sending the video to the server?


> pls help us on this, becoz we are trying this for long time and could 
> not find the solution for it.
>
> *It would be great if you can send us any correct online documentation 
> for configuring the IceCast with VLC player for live video streaming*
>
> Thanks in advance!!!
>
> Regards
> Arun

Regards,
Andr?s
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Icecast mailing list
> Icecast at xiph.org
> http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/icecast

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From acandido at hi-iberia.es  Thu Oct 14 10:33:21 2010
From: acandido at hi-iberia.es (Andres Gonzalez)
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:33:21 +0200
Subject: [Icecast] Need a help on Online Video Streaming using IceCast
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=-14XrrNRjOHz9-RmAD9-WTgVkftBG_4Q17ZVy@mail.gmail.com>
References: <AANLkTi=-14XrrNRjOHz9-RmAD9-WTgVkftBG_4Q17ZVy@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4CB6DC71.9010409@hi-iberia.es>

On 13/10/10 13:05, Rhytha Web wrote:
>
> We tried in VLC player to configure through Icecast for streaming but 
> nothing works. But the VLC player deducts webcam and showing the video 
> picture in the VLC player.
>
> *Whether the IceCast will only support the audio streaming or IceCast 
> will also support live online video streaming for my website?*
>
> pls help us on this, becoz we are trying this for long time and could 
> not find the solution for it.
>
> *It would be great if you can send us any correct online documentation 
> for configuring the IceCast with VLC player for live video streaming*
>
> Thanks in advance!!!
>
> Regards
> Arun
>

Hello again,

I'm not sure to understand you, but it seems that your system is missing 
something. When you use IceCast, there must be, apart from the icecast 
server, a source (in the radio station), and the listeneres. As far as I 
know, VLC is a player, so it is what a listener uses to listen/watch the 
stream that the server is sending. But you need also something to send 
the data to the server (e.g. oggfwd, or many others). I'm not sure if 
you can use VLC for this.

I suggest reading the following links:

http://en.flossmanuals.net/TheoraCookbook/WhatIsStreaming
http://en.flossmanuals.net/TheoraCookbook/IcecastIntro

On the other hand, are you running Windows, Linux, ...?

If you're running Linux, you can use for example GStreamer to send video 
to your icecast server, typing the following command in a console (all 
in one line).

gst-launch-0.10 -v v4l2src device=/dev/video0 ! 
video/x-raw-yuv,width=320,height=240 ! queue ! videorate ! 
video/x-raw-yuv,framerate=25/2 ! videoscale ! 
video/x-raw-yuv,width=360,height=288 ! theoraenc ! oggmux ! shout2send 
ip=localhost port=8000 mount=stream.ogg password=hackme

(of course, you should change ip, port, etc with your own values).

Alternatively, FFmpeg could be used. The following command used to work 
for me (one line):

ffmpeg -f oss -i /dev/dsp -f video4linux2 -i  /dev/video0 -s 320x240 -r 
25 -aq 2 -ac 2 -ar 44100  -acodec libvorbis -f ogg - | oggfwd localhost 
8000 hackme /stream.ogg

But it stopped working with recent versions of FFmpeg (I don't know why).

I hope this helps you. Feel free to ask further questions.

Regards,
Andr?s




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From dm8tbr at afthd.tu-darmstadt.de  Thu Oct 14 10:41:49 2010
From: dm8tbr at afthd.tu-darmstadt.de (Thomas B. Ruecker)
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:41:49 +0200
Subject: [Icecast] Need a help on Online Video Streaming using IceCast
In-Reply-To: <4CB6DC71.9010409@hi-iberia.es>
References: <AANLkTi=-14XrrNRjOHz9-RmAD9-WTgVkftBG_4Q17ZVy@mail.gmail.com>
	<4CB6DC71.9010409@hi-iberia.es>
Message-ID: <20101014104149.GF6723@dk0td.afthd.tu-darmstadt.de>

On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 12:33:21PM +0200, Andres Gonzalez wrote:
> On 13/10/10 13:05, Rhytha Web wrote:
> the data to the server (e.g. oggfwd, or many others). I'm not sure if  
> you can use VLC for this.

Actually you can, here's an example:

vlc #some-input-statement# --sout="#transcode{vcodec=theo,vb=1000,scale=0.5,acodec=vorb,ab=96,channels=2}:duplicate{dst=std{access=shout,mux=ogg,dst=source:password at localhost:8000/stream.ogg}}"

Notice that live video encoding needs a _lot_ of horse-power, a LOT!


Cheers

Thomas


From mynameisbrt at gmail.com  Mon Oct 18 11:46:32 2010
From: mynameisbrt at gmail.com (brt prt)
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 13:46:32 +0200
Subject: [Icecast] Icecast relay/fallback problem
Message-ID: <AANLkTinb0_hN2ZKjogvOyJ0oqAPL+tjYFok5mprgY0it@mail.gmail.com>

Hi list,

I'm having some problems with my new Icecast setup and I was hoping you can
help me with it. My Icecast setup looks like this:

[encoder] [encoder]
           \      /
  [back-end node]
    |      |      |      |
 [fn1][fn2][fn3][fn4]

I have two active encoders, one is encoding to the active mount and one is
encoding to the fallback mount on the back-end node. Configuration of the
mounts is as follows:

<mount>
            <mount-name>/activemount.mp3</mount-name>
            <fallback-mount>/fallbackmount.mp3</fallback-mount>
 </mount>
 <mount>
             <mount-name>/fallbackmount.mp3</mount-name>
 </mount>

The front-end nodes are all relaying the mount from the back-end node.
Configuration of the mount on the front-end nodes is as follows:

<relay>
          <server>back-end node ip</server>
          <port>back-end node port</port>
          <mount>/activemount</mount>
          <username>XXX</username>
          <password>XXX</password>
 </relay>

The idea is when the primary encoder fails the signal of the stream is still
available through the fallback mount. The front-end nodes should be moved to
the fallback mount. I appears the front-end nodes are moved to the fallback
mount, because the are showing meta data of the streams (sent by the
encoders), but none of the streams are working. Here is some output from the
error log on one of the front-end nodes:

[2010-10-18  13:35:57] DBUG stats/modify_node_event update node server_id
(Icecast 2.3.2)
[2010-10-18  13:35:57] DBUG stats/modify_node_event update node host
(icecast.mydomain.tld)
[2010-10-18  13:35:57] DBUG stats/modify_node_event update node location
(Earth)
[2010-10-18  13:35:57] DBUG stats/modify_node_event update node admin
(icemaster at localhost)
[2010-10-18  13:35:58] DBUG slave/_slave_thread checking master stream list
[2010-10-18  13:35:58] DBUG source/source_apply_mount Applying mount
information for "/activemount.mp3"
[2010-10-18  13:35:58] DBUG format-mp3/format_mp3_apply_settings sending
metadata interval 16000
[2010-10-18  13:35:58] DBUG format-mp3/format_mp3_apply_settings charset
ISO8859-1
[2010-10-18  13:35:58] DBUG source/source_update_settings public set to 0
[2010-10-18  13:35:58] DBUG source/source_update_settings max listeners to
-1
[2010-10-18  13:35:58] DBUG source/source_update_settings queue size to
102400
[2010-10-18  13:35:58] DBUG source/source_update_settings burst size to
65536
[2010-10-18  13:35:58] DBUG source/source_update_settings source timeout to
10
[2010-10-18  13:35:58] DBUG source/source_update_settings fallback_when_full
to 0
[2010-10-18  13:35:58] DBUG stats/modify_node_event update node listenurl (
http://icecast.mydomain.tld:80/activemount.mp3)
[2010-10-18  13:35:58] DBUG stats/modify_node_event update node
listener_peak (0)
[2010-10-18  13:35:58] DBUG stats/modify_node_event update node public (0)
[2010-10-18  13:35:58] DBUG stats/modify_node_event update node server_name
(My Station)
[2010-10-18  13:35:58] DBUG stats/modify_node_event update node
server_description (Unspecified description)
[2010-10-18  13:35:58] DBUG stats/modify_node_event update node server_url (
http://www.mystationsurl.nl)
[2010-10-18  13:35:58] DBUG stats/modify_node_event update node genre (Talk)
[2010-10-18  13:35:58] DBUG stats/modify_node_event update node bitrate
(192)
[2010-10-18  13:35:58] DBUG stats/modify_node_event update node server_type
(audio/mpeg)
[2010-10-18  13:35:58] DBUG stats/modify_node_event update node
max_listeners (unlimited)
[2010-10-18  13:36:00] DBUG client/client_read_bytes reading from connection
has failed
[2010-10-18  13:36:00] DBUG stats/modify_node_event update node clients (2)
[2010-10-18  13:36:00] DBUG stats/modify_node_event update node connections
(2099)
[2010-10-18  13:36:00] DBUG stats/modify_node_event update node clients (1)

As you can see the meta data of the stream is retrieved, but it keeps on
telling the connection has failed and the streams are not working.

Do you have any suggestions on how to solve this problem?

Thanks in advance.

Bart
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From geoff at QuiteLikely.com  Mon Oct 18 17:49:36 2010
From: geoff at QuiteLikely.com (Geoff Shang)
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:49:36 +0200 (IST)
Subject: [Icecast] Icecast relay/fallback problem
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinb0_hN2ZKjogvOyJ0oqAPL+tjYFok5mprgY0it@mail.gmail.com>
References: <AANLkTinb0_hN2ZKjogvOyJ0oqAPL+tjYFok5mprgY0it@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.10.1010181941560.3948@data.home>

On Mon, 18 Oct 2010, brt prt wrote:

> I'm having some problems with my new Icecast setup and I was hoping you can
> help me with it. My Icecast setup looks like this:

[snip]
> <mount>
>            <mount-name>/activemount.mp3</mount-name>
>            <fallback-mount>/fallbackmount.mp3</fallback-mount>
> </mount>

If you want clients to return to the active mount when it returns, you'll 
want a fallback-overide item in there as well.

> <mount>
>             <mount-name>/fallbackmount.mp3</mount-name>
> </mount>

Note that this does absolutely nothing and can be removed.

> The front-end nodes are all relaying the mount from the back-end node.
> Configuration of the mount on the front-end nodes is as follows:
>
> <relay>
>          <server>back-end node ip</server>
>          <port>back-end node port</port>
>          <mount>/activemount</mount>

Presumably this is /activemount.mp3 or you've changed the names of your 
mounts for this Email.

>          <username>XXX</username>
>          <password>XXX</password>

What are these meant to do?  There's no listener authentication stuff in 
your back-end server mount configuration.

> </relay>
>
> The idea is when the primary encoder fails the signal of the stream is still
> available through the fallback mount. The front-end nodes should be moved to
> the fallback mount. I appears the front-end nodes are moved to the fallback
> mount, because the are showing meta data of the streams (sent by the
> encoders), but none of the streams are working. Here is some output from the
> error log on one of the front-end nodes:

A couple of questions:

1.  Does your active and fallback streams use the same MP3 encoder 
parameters?  This is essential if this is going to work.  Note that MP3 is 
not designed for this and may fail at this anyway.

2.  Have you tried using a player to listen to your backup server in the 
same way as your front-end server does?  Does it fallback as it's meant 
to?

You may find that due to the possible flakiness of doing this with MP3, 
you may not be able to get this to work  reliably.  What you may want to 
consider then is having both active and fallback mounts replicated on your 
front-end server, and make the fallback relay on demand so that it only 
pulls when needed.  This means that the mount switching will happen on 
your front server instead of your back-end one, and if there's any 
glitching it'll happen in your listener's player instead of your server. 
The listener can restart the stream if this happens.

Geoff.



From lecandotnet at gmail.com  Wed Oct 27 20:02:55 2010
From: lecandotnet at gmail.com (Can Le)
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:02:55 -0500
Subject: [Icecast] Need help on configure Icecast2win
Message-ID: <AANLkTin6kP-0YV0_x8a5t40Xi9s4qKjytprEQKWuJ7UD@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Icecasters,

Please show me a link or post on configure for Icecast2win for Windows XP.

 I have a link from:

http://justkool.blogspot.com/2006/05/how-to-run-your-own-internet-radio.html

However, the configure part was left out. I could not start OddcastV3 after
opened Icecast2win.exe and winamp.

When I clicked Connect on OddcastV3 and Add Encoder, I have had "Vorbis
/44100" Encoder Settings is "connecting", but the field strengh is not moved
left and right.

Thank you for helps.

Can Le
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From tozaz at free.fr  Thu Oct 28 15:03:17 2010
From: tozaz at free.fr (Tozaz)
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:03:17 +0200
Subject: [Icecast] source client to stream video
Message-ID: <4CC990B5.6000005@free.fr>

Hello,

I am looking for a software to stream video to an icecast server.
I already know Visonair. Is there other software ?

Hope you can help.

Best regards,
Xavier


From david.baelde at gmail.com  Fri Oct 29 08:06:13 2010
From: david.baelde at gmail.com (David Baelde)
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 03:06:13 -0500
Subject: [Icecast] source client to stream video
In-Reply-To: <4CC990B5.6000005@free.fr>
References: <4CC990B5.6000005@free.fr>
Message-ID: <AANLkTimqVfAHOc8mQHE4Px+M3rWUJsovO_yhHx8w7UD5@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

Liquidsoap has a video support that is reaching a mature form,
although it's still probably not so stable. Most importantly,
liquidsoap only manipulates raw data, for audio but also video. In
other words video needs to be encoded on the fly (and decoded or
synthesized) which limits the resolution.

BTW, it might be a good idea to start a list of 3rd party apps that
support video.

Cheers,
-- 
David


From nevita0305 at hotmail.com  Sun Oct 31 22:17:11 2010
From: nevita0305 at hotmail.com (Tererei Aruee)
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:17:11 +0000
Subject: [Icecast] directions required!!
Message-ID: <SNT108-W33186D210EBAE572ACB84AC8470@phx.gbl>


Dear all,

I am a newbie to Icecast and Darkice following this blog: http://natescrap.blogspot.com/2009/03/icecasting-with-ubuntu-and-radio-shark.html 
as this is the same devices that I have here using RadioShark2 as my input device. Now I am able to listen to my local fm station fm 89.9 but would rather want it to rebroadcast to all my LAN clients using icecast2 and darkice. I have not have any success doing this... I have installed icecast2 and darkice but have figured out how to successfully rebroadcast it to LAN clients. Any help would be very much appreciated.

regards

Mr Tererei Aruee

MLPID IT Manager

Roton

Kiritimati

Kiribati

 		 	   		  
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