[Icecast] Icecast install under Windows

[Donald E Limbaugh]

Ok.  I installed icecast win_32 2.4.1 with no problem.  The problems arrive when I try changing things...

Why are the folders for icecast write protected?  I made changes to the icecast.xml file & tried saving it, but got errors saying the file is read only!

Then, I scanned the sub-folders in the download folder & found another icecast.xml file!  I couldn't make changes that either!

I found a sleezy work-a-round:  save the file as a different name in a different folder then copy it to the icecast folder, then delete the original file & rename the modified file to icecast.xml.

Next:  When looking at the icecast.xml, what does the IP address do?  The default is http://127.0.0.1.  Do I change this to match the IP address of the machine that is providing the stream source?

Thanks in advance for any help!!




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From: icecast-bounces at xiph.org <icecast-bounces at xiph.org> on behalf of Marvin Scholz <epirat07 at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2015 2:46 PM
To: Icecast streaming server user discussions
Subject: Re: [Icecast] Icecast install under Windows

On 14 May 2015, at 20:56, that Jack Elliott wrote:

> Hi Marvin,
>
> I followed the wiki instructions and they went w/o any issues until
>
> C:\Users\username> nssm start Icecast
> Can't open service!
> OpenService(): Access is denied!
>
> Probably a good idea to mention that the command window needs to be
> Run as administrator. Then it works.

Thanks for pointing that out! (My Windows XP has no UAC so I did not
noticed this)

> Many thanks!
>
> --
> Jack Elliott
>
> On 5/14/2015 10:07 AM, Marvin Scholz wrote:
>> On 14 May 2015, at 18:36, Jack Elliott 541 848 7021 wrote:
>>
>>> Oh dear.
>>>
>>> Okay, can anyone suggest how to install Icecast under Windows as a
>>> service, and to be able to bring up some kind of console to
>>> start/stop
>>> it?
>> I just wrote a Wiki page detailing how to install Icecast as service
>> using NSSM, you can
>> find it here
>> http://wiki.xiph.org/Icecast_Server/Setup_Windows_Service
>>
>>> I can launch Icecast using the installed .bat file, but it's clunky.
>>>
>>> --
>>> that Jack Elliott
>>> 541 848 7021
>>> Producer Wednesday Point, Host, The Sunday Classics
>>> KPOV 88.9, High Desert Radio
>>> Audio geek
>>>
>>> On 05/14/2015 09:21 AM, Ross Levis wrote:
>>>> <Rant>Most if not all of the developers don't use the operating
>>>> system 90%
>>>> of the population use and don't really care. It works on
>>>> Linux.</Rant>
>> Well it is not that we ignore Windows, but most servers are running
>> Linux and we have to choose
>> some priorities, given that we never got much feedback from windows
>> users and we are just very few
>> developers, a Windows Service was not one of the top priorities.
>> But we will investigate re-adding this functionality.
>>
>>>> I too would like to see a proper GUI with proper installers. It
>>>> would
>>>> get a
>>>> lot more users that way.
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: icecast-bounces at xiph.org [mailto:icecast-bounces at xiph.org] On
>>>> Behalf
>>>> Of Jack Elliott 541 848 7021
>>>> Sent: Friday, 15 May 2015 3:43 a.m.
>>>> To: icecast at xiph.org
>>>> Subject: [Icecast] Icecast install under Windows
>>>>
>>>> Windows 7, Icecast 2.4.1
>>>>
>>>> Installer downloaded from
>>>> http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/icecast/icecast_win32_2.4.1.exe
>>>>
>>>> Referring to http://en.flossmanuals.net/icecast/windows/
>>>>
>>>> The installation process goes as described, but doesn't offer the
>>>> "Create a
>>>> desktop icon" option.
>>>>
>>>> Nor am I offered the option to "Install Icecast as a Windows
>>>> service"
>>>> as
>>>> shown.
>>>>
>>>> I can't "start Icecast by clicking on the handy icon" because of no
>>>> icon.
>>>> Because of that, I can't start the final window as shown on the
>>>> document.
>>>> (Start server, etc.)
>>>>
>>>> I tried installing Icecast twice, same results.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> that Jack Elliott
>>>> 541 848 7021
>>>> Producer Wednesday Point, Host, The Sunday Classics KPOV 88.9, High
>>>> Desert
>>>> Radio Audio geek
>>>>
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