[Icecast] Question about Icecast2 when not streaming

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The fallback mount also counts as a source connection.

<icecast>
         <limits>
                 <sources></sources>

Make sure it shows up in the admin interface(/admin/listmounts.xsl). If 
there is no source connected to the main mount, you may only see the 
fallback mount. If it is connected, you should see both. Clients will 
auto-join that mount when the main mount looses it's source and move 
back when it is re-established. If the format is not the same, players 
will get real confused when the stream suddenly changes. Some will play 
dead air or garbling and the override may not work as expected.

Also, you have an additional mount for your fallback file. This is not 
needed as it's created automatically.

         <mount>
                 <mount-name>/stream</mount-name>
                 <fallback-mount>/StreamWarning.mp3</fallback-mount>
                 <fallback-override>1</fallback-override>
         </mount>

Make sure your fallback file is located in /usr/share/icecast2/web

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On 03/06/2015 21:50, Jack Elliott 541 848 7021 wrote:
> One possibility: the fallback file has to be the same format as the
> actual stream -- that is, same bitrate and same number of tracks (mono
> or stereo).
> 
> --
> that Jack Elliott
> 541 848 7021
> Producer Wednesday Point, Host, The Sunday Classics
> KPOV 88.9, High Desert Radio
> Audio geek
> 
> On 06/03/2015 05:02 PM, Kyle Blizzard wrote:
>> Hmm. Even with the file in the right place, Icecast still doesn't use
>> it when my stream is offline. I can access the file using it's URL, so
>> I know Icecast has access to it. This is what I have in my
>> configuration file.
>> 
>>      <mount>
>>          <mount-name>/stream.mp3</mount-name>
>>          <fallback-mount>/StreamWarning.mp3</fallback-mount>
>>          <fallback-override>1</fallback-override>
>>      <public>0</public>
>>      </mount>
>> 
>>      <mount>
>>      <mount-name>/StreamWarning.mp3</mount-name>
>> </mount>
>> 
>> I have StreamWarning.mp3 in webroot, and I can access it using the
>> URL. Does anyone have any other ideas as to what might be causing the
>> problem?
>> 
>> On 6/3/15, Jack Elliott 541 848 7021 <thatjackelliott at kpov.org> wrote:
>>> I magically manage to overlook more in those docs than I see.
>>> 
>>> I blame it on the font. Or the colors. Can't be me. Nope.
>>> 
>>> --
>>> that Jack Elliott
>>> 541 848 7021
>>> Producer Wednesday Point, Host, The Sunday Classics
>>> KPOV 88.9, High Desert Radio
>>> Audio geek
>>> 
>>> On 06/03/2015 01:41 PM, Kyle Blizzard wrote:
>>>> I see. I'm not sure how I keep missing things in the Icecast docs.
>>>> I'll give that location a try.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks
>>>> 
>>>> On 6/3/15, Jack Elliott 541 848 7021 <thatjackelliott at kpov.org> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> That one stumbled me, too. I'm on a Windows machine so my webroot 
>>>>> is in
>>>>> a different location. But according to
>>>>> http://icecast.org/docs/icecast-2.4.1/config-file.html, the path to
>>>>> webroot is in your icecast.xml file, i.e.,
>>>>> 
>>>>>       webroot:
>>>>>       This path specifies the base directory used for all static 
>>>>> file
>>>>>       requests. This directory can contain all standard file types
>>>>>       (including mp3s and ogg vorbis files). For example, if 
>>>>> webroot is
>>>>>       set to /var/share/icecast2, and a request for
>>>>>       http://server:port/mp3/stuff.mp3 comes in, then the file
>>>>>       /var/share/icecast2/mp3/stuff.mp3 will be served.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> In my icecast install directory are a few other sub-folders, one of
>>>>> which is named "web" and if I tell Icecast to play a file called
>>>>> /foo.mp3 and put it in the web sub-folder, Icecast seems to find 
>>>>> it.
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
>>>>> that Jack Elliott
>>>>> 541 848 7021
>>>>> Producer Wednesday Point, Host, The Sunday Classics
>>>>> KPOV 88.9, High Desert Radio
>>>>> Audio geek
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 06/03/2015 01:28 PM, Kyle Blizzard wrote:
>>>>>> Hello again.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>      Thanks for the help, everyone. I'm trying to configure a 
>>>>>> fallback
>>>>>> mount, but I can't seem to get the file to play. Here's what I 
>>>>>> have in
>>>>>> my configuration file for the mount.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>            <mount-name>/stream.mp3</mount-name>
>>>>>>            <fallback-mount>/StreamWarning.mp3</fallback-mount>
>>>>>>            <fallback-override>1</fallback-override>
>>>>>>        </mount>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I'm not entirely sure where to store the "StreamWarning.mp3 file,
>>>>>> since I'm still quite new to Linux, and don't know what "webroot"
>>>>>> refers to. I've tried several places, including /var/www/html 
>>>>>> which is
>>>>>> where my Nginx files are located. Do any of you know what I might 
>>>>>> be
>>>>>> doing wrong?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>      Once again, thanks for all your help. Like I said, I just 
>>>>>> started
>>>>>> messing around with Debian last week.
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