[Icecast] Change bitrate

[José Luis Artuch]

El mié, 23-08-2017 a las 14:42 +0200, Marvin Scholz escribió:
> 
> On 23 Aug 2017, at 14:40, José Luis Artuch wrote:
> 
> > El mié, 23-08-2017 a las 14:13 +0200, Marvin Scholz escribió:
> > > 
> > > On 23 Aug 2017, at 14:08, José Luis Artuch wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Hello, good morning !
> > > > Running Icecast2 and Ices2 with live audio from Line IN, what
> > > > is
> > > > the
> > > > correct way to change the bitrate ?.
> > > > In the Icecast2 configuration file I set:
> > > > 
> > > > <mount type="normal">
> > > >     <mount-name>/entzun.opus</mount-name>
> > > >     <bitrate>128</bitrate>
> > > > </mount>
> > > 
> > > This option should not be used and does not do what you expect it
> > > does.
> > > Icecast can't change the bitrate, the source client needs to do
> > > that.
> > > 
> > 
> > Thanks Marvin,
> > I also made a test with the Ices2 configuration file:
> > 
> > <encode>
> >     <bitrate>128</bitrate>
> >     <samplerate>44100</samplerate>
> >     <channels>2</channels>
> > </encode>
> > 
> > But the bitrate did not change.
> 
> AFAIK Ices2 does not re-encode therefore it is unable to change
> the bitrate.
> 
Then I should look for another source client. Do you know of anyone who
does ?.
Thanks.
> > > > 
> > > > But it seems that is not enough since the bitrate does not
> > > > change.
> > > > Receiving the stream with Rhythmbox, after restart the server
> > > > the
> > > > bitrate is not 128 kbps.
> > > > If required, how should I set the Ices2 configuration file ?.
> > > > Thanks !.
> > > > José Luis
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