[Icecast] get current song

[SK]

> I'd try out browser playback. Works very well for ogg/vorbis and should
> also start working for opus streams on most browsers now.
> There is a javascript api to get metadata.

Thank you. I will try.
Can you point me to that "javascript api to get metadata" -- I have no idea
where to start.

CK

On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 2:50 PM, "Thomas B. Rücker" <thomas at ruecker.fi> wrote:
> On 02/03/2014 09:38 AM, SK wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I use dynamic playlist, so do not have static list of files. I sream
>> this play list on my mage via simple flash player,
>> and show this playlist in this page with ajax-ed javascript.
>>
>> Here is question.
>>
>> I need to get current song,
>> but when I ask icecast server I get wrong information. Sometimes song
>> is still playing,
>> but info from server is updated to next track.
>
> The info is absolutely correct from the server point of view. At that
> point in time the server is already sending the next song to clients.
> Why you hear something different is because your listening client has a
> significantly sized cache to avoid buffer underruns (which is mostly a
> good thing).
>
>> I have many short
>> (3-5-10 seconds) tracks in my play list,
>> so this difference is critical for me.
>>
>> What can I do with it?
>
> Then polling the server for current playing song is unsuitable for you.
> You'll have to find a player that reads the metadata from the stream AND
> does it in sync with the buffer. If it doesn't do the latter, you'll
> still face the same problem.
>
> I'd try out browser playback. Works very well for ogg/vorbis and should
> also start working for opus streams on most browsers now.
> There is a javascript api to get metadata.
>
> Please note, that just adding 'delay' to presenting metadata is NOT a
> viable solution, as the buffer size may differ and also clients fall
> behind differently and there might commonly be a delay of anywhere from
> 2 to 60s.
>
> Cheers
>
> Thomas
>
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