[Icecast] Best source for creating multiple streams

[Camara, Carlos]

Yes.

Icecast2 is the server that sends streams out to the internet for users/players to consume.

Ices2 is the source client that provides the streams to the server (icecast2).
There are other source clients out there but a source client and a server are both required for a stream to reach the internet.
The server and source client can run on the same computer or on separate computer.

For multiple streams you will need multiple mount points (provided by the source client) but only one server (icecast2)

Carl

From: icecast-bounces at xiph.org [mailto:icecast-bounces at xiph.org] On Behalf Of Nick D'Angelo
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Carl, are you saying that I need ices2 for two mount points?

I don't have an ices-playlist.xml file, I only have an /etc/icecast2/Icecast.xml file.

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From: icecast-bounces at xiph.org<mailto:icecast-bounces at xiph.org> [mailto:icecast-bounces at xiph.org] On Behalf Of Camara, Carlos
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In the ices-playlist.XML file there are two tags <logpath>/pathtofile</logpath> and <logfile>ices.log</logfile>

You can choose a different name for each instance/stream: <logfile>mylist.log</logfile>
Or you can change the path for the each instance/stream: <logpath/media/music/</logpath><logfile>ices.log</logfile>
Just be sure the account that the instance runs under has write to that directory.

<logpath>/tmp</logpath>
<!--  where logs, etc go.  -->
<logfile>ices.log</logfile>

Carl

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How do you create different logs files for each stream?

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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 _______________________________________________ Icecast mailing list Icecast at xiph.org<mailto:Icecast at xiph.org> http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/icecast

On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 9:01 PM -0700, "Spam Catcher" <spamcatcher447 at gmail.com<mailto:spamcatcher447 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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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