[Icecast] Metadata in xsl files

[A. Craig West]

I have just been re-reading the ices0 code, and it appears that if the
protocol in the configuration is set, the complete metadata IS being sent
to the icecast server, using HTTP GET /admin/metadata. Is the server
ignoring this?

On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 3:47 PM, Marvin Scholz <epirat07 at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is not about metadata, just how to connect to the server to
> transmit the stream.
> How metadata is handled is different depending on the format, modern
> formats like Ogg
> don't need the ICY metadata "hack" to work, but MP3 does not support
> metadata at all
> that's why icy metadata is used. If you stream in a format like Ogg with
> a proper
> source client, Icecast will display metadata fine, it's just not
> possible with MP3.
>
> On 26 Feb 2016, at 18:50, A. Craig West wrote:
>
> > The default ices.conf.dist file from the source distribution contains:
> >    <!-- Header protocol to use when communicating with the server.
> >         Shoutcast servers need "icy", icecast 1.x needs "xaudiocast",
> > and
> >     icecast 2.x needs "http". -->
> >    <Protocol>http</Protocol>
> >
> > I haven't checked the code to see if this is used for anything,
> > though...
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 12:44 PM, Marvin Scholz <epirat07 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Can you show me the context where <Protocol> is used?
> >>
> >> On 26 Feb 2016, at 18:42, A. Craig West wrote:
> >>
> >>> So why does the ices.conf file have <Protocol>http</Protocol> ic it
> >>> is
> >>> going to use icy anyways?
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 2:00 AM, Marvin Scholz <epirat07 at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On 26 Feb 2016, at 7:03, A. Craig West wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> I have been trying to access the "artist" and "title" metadata in
> >>>>> the
> >>>>> xml
> >>>>> files as separate entities, But have found thar artist is missing,
> >>>>> and
> >>>>> title contains a combined form.
> >>>>> My source is a modified version of ices-0.4 sending mp3 streams.
> >>>>> The
> >>>>> modification is to attach artist and title metadata instead of
> >>>>> song,
> >>>>> which
> >>>>> seems tobe working, in that both the artist and title are present.
> >>>>> What
> >>>>> does shout_set_metadata do? I have tried to use wireshark to see
> >>>>> what
> >>>>> is
> >>>>> being sent to the server, but it doesn't appear to be anything
> >>>>> obvious...
> >>>>> -Craig
> >>>>
> >>>> For MP3 streaming metadata ICY is used, which is not capable of
> >>>> having
> >>>> separate Artist and Title
> >>>> metadata bust just one single combined string for metadata, as far
> >>>> as I
> >>>> know.
> >>>> So there is no way to get that information if you use MP3, sorry.
> >>>>
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