[Icecast] Question about Icecast2 when not streaming

[Marvin Scholz]

On 3 Jun 2015, at 14:36, José Luis Artuch wrote:

> El mié, 03-06-2015 a las 14:18 +0200, Marvin Scholz escribió:
>> 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
>>
>>> José Luis
> Hello Marvin,
> Thank you very much for the information, I did not know.
> But the solution "Fallbacks" requires the Icecast server is working, 
> is
> it?. If so, what about if Icecast is not working ?.

Icecast is designed as a server software and should run all the time in 
normal operation mode, therefore if you shut it down, you have to come 
up with own handling for this case.

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