[Icecast] Automatic Update of MP3 Files

"Thomas B. Rücker" thomas at ruecker.fi
Fri Sep 26 06:56:44 UTC 2014


On 09/26/2014 12:39 AM, Gene Steinberg wrote:
> So I have a new Icecast setup with two channels, each of which carries a link to MP3 files.

Icecast is intended for live streaming, not for serving static files.
Which of both are you doing here?


> Whenever I update the .m3u file to reflect a changed link, I have to restart Icecast and the Icegenerator to make it recognize the change.

Where do you update a m3u file? Icecast generates dynamic m3u files for
streams, so creating your own is usually not necessary.
Or is this something in your source client side (Icegenerator?).

Cheers

Thomas



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