[Icecast] Best source for creating multiple streams

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Sat Aug 22 07:11:37 UTC 2015


Ah. Thanks for that. I didn't think I'd be able to run multiple instances

On 8/22/15, Camara, Carlos <Carlos.Camara at staples.com> wrote:
> With IceS2 this is easily accomplished by copying the 'ices-playlist.XML'
> file (I have 3 copies in the same directory with different names). Then
> define a new mount point in the xml file and point  to a different play list
> file within the XML ( random can be enabled in the xml).  Once this is
> complete, in terminal start ices2 with each xml.
>
> ~ $ sudo ices2 /media/music/ices-playlist_s.XML
> ~ $ sudo ices2 /media/music/ices-playlist_mylist.XML
> ~ $ sudo ices2 /media/music/ices-playlist_classic.XML
>
> I also define different log files for each stream.
>
> Carl
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> Hi there. I'm trying to find a way to create multiple streams with one
> source client. Each of the streams should read from a different playlist
> file and randomly pull and play songs from the file. I know how to do this
> with a single stream with clients such as IceS and Ezstream, but I don't see
> a way to specify different playlists for each mountpoint. I was wondering if
> anyone had any suggestions for a source I could use to do this? Thanks
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> On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 9:01 PM -0700, "Spam Catcher"
> <spamcatcher447 at gmail.com<mailto:spamcatcher447 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> Hi there.
>
>   I'm trying to find a way to create multiple streams with one source
> client. Each of the streams should read from a different playlist file
> and randomly pull and play songs from the file. I know how to do this
> with a single stream with clients such as IceS and Ezstream, but I
> don't see a way to specify different playlists for each mountpoint. I
> was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for a source I could use
> to do this?
>
>   Thanks
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