[Icecast] Question about Icecast2 when not streaming

[Marvin Scholz]

On 3 Jun 2015, at 14:10, José Luis Artuch wrote:

> El mar, 02-06-2015 a las 21:48 -0400, Kyle Blizzard escribió:
>> Hello.
>>
>> I've been using Icecast for a few days now, and am really enjoying
>> it. One thing I can't figure out how to do is have a specific file
>> play if someone were to click on my stream url, and I wasn't actively
>> streaming at the time. I want it to play if I'm not streaming, but
>> play the stream if I am. I'm not sure if this is possible; I've
>> searched the Icecast
>> site and forums and didn't see anything about it, but I've seen other
>> people do something similar. Is it possible to do this?
>>
>> Thanks for any information you may be able to provide.
> Hello Kyle,
> If you want that the listener always receive audio from your *Web 
> site*,
> whether or not your *Icecast server* is running, you can include an
> onclick event on your stream url, so, if your *Icecast server* is not
> running, a song hosted in your *Web server* will be played:
> document.getElementById('idYourStreamUrlButton').onclick=function(){if(icecastIsRunning){playYourIcecast}else{playYourSong}}

Thanks for the reply, but actually this solution you are advising is not 
really suitable.
Client side Javascript is no solution to the problem that users may have 
a direct link to
the stream and will not be able to listen to it, when it is not 
available.

There is actually a much better approach which works natively in Icecast 
without any need for
anything else: Fallbacks
You can setup a fallback for your stream, which can be either another 
mountpoint or a file located in
your webroot. Check the Documentation [1] for more information about 
that.
Feel free to ask again if you are experiencing any problems or need 
further help setting it up.

[1]: 
http://icecast.org/docs/icecast-2.4.1/config-file.html#mountsettings

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