[Icecast] Change bitrate

[José Luis Artuch]

El mié, 23-08-2017 a las 19:35 +0200, Dennis Heerema escribió:
> Hello,
> 
> You can also take a look at liquidsoap, this tool van convert and
> invluence streams in many ways and is also opensource.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Dennis
> 
Thanks Dennis,
I see that I can run Liquidsoap from the command line, then I will also
do some tests with this opensource tool.
Best regards.
José Luis

> Op 23 aug. 2017 19:17 schreef "artuch at speedy.com.ar -- José Luis
> Artuch" <artuch at speedy.com.ar>:
> El mié, 23-08-2017 a las 08:08 -0700, Jordan Erickson escribió:
> > Hi José,
> > 
> > You can use Ices2 to accomplish this - take a look at the docs:
> > 
> > http://icecast.org/ices/docs/ices-2.0.2/config.html
> > 
> > (Specifically the  section - looks like you were using some
> > incorrect parameters which would explain why it wasn't working).
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Sincerely,
> > Jordan Erickson
> > 
> Thanks Jordan,
> Exactly, I was already doing some tests with  section into the
> Ices2 configuration file, but I did not get the result sought.
> I will do tests again, especially with  and 
> Maybe I should not define both parameters at the same time.
> I listen to radio stations with 64 kbps and good audio quality. I
> want
> to achieve something similar by reducing the current bitrate to
> consume
> a smaller amount of data.
> Best regards.
> José Luis
> > 
> > On 08/23/2017 05:50 AM, José Luis Artuch wrote:
> > > 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:
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > >     /entzun.opus
> > > > > > >     128
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 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:
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > >     128
> > > > >     44100
> > > > >     2
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 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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