[Icecast] Newbie
Jordan Erickson
jordan at coolmic.net
Tue Oct 8 19:37:47 UTC 2019
Hi Paul,
0) You need to state what your problem is before we can help :)
1) Please obfuscate user credentials (and hostnames if desired)
otherwise people will have "fun" with your server ;)
Cheers,
Jordan
On 10/7/19 4:51 PM, Paul R. Davis wrote:
> I am using Winamp, Icecast2 Server, and Edcast. I believe I have set
> these up properly so that I can set up and broadcast an internet radio
> station.
>
> These are the links I used to help me:
>
> https://www.pcworld.com/article/190705/start_your_own_internet_radio_station_for_free.html
>
> https://www.fastserv.com/kb/article/edcast_winamp_-_easy_steps_to_streaming_to_icecast_or_shoutcast/
>
> http://icecast.org/docs/icecast-2.4.1/
>
> Also, here is my icecast.xml file:
>
> <icecast>
> <!-- location and admin are two arbitrary strings that are e.g. visible
> on the server info page of the icecast web interface
> (server_version.xsl). -->
> <location>Earth</location>
> <admin>paavo</admin>
>
> <!-- This is the hostname other people will use to connect to your
> server.
> It affects mainly the urls generated by Icecast for playlists
> and yp
> listings. You MUST configure it properly for YP listings to work!
> -->
> <hostname>71.115.185.54</hostname>
>
> <!-- IMPORTANT!
> Especially for inexperienced users:
> Start out by ONLY changing all passwords and restarting Icecast.
> For detailed setup instructions please refer to the documentation.
> It's also available here: http://icecast.org/docs/
> -->
>
> <limits>
> <clients>100</clients>
> <sources>2</sources>
> <queue-size>524288</queue-size>
> <client-timeout>30</client-timeout>
> <header-timeout>15</header-timeout>
> <source-timeout>10</source-timeout>
> <!-- If enabled, this will provide a burst of data when a client
> first connects, thereby significantly reducing the startup
> time for listeners that do substantial buffering. However,
> it also significantly increases latency between the source
> client and listening client. For low-latency setups, you
> might want to disable this. -->
> <burst-on-connect>1</burst-on-connect>
> <!-- same as burst-on-connect, but this allows for being more
> specific on how much to burst. Most people won't need to
> change from the default 64k. Applies to all mountpoints -->
> <burst-size>65535</burst-size>
> </limits>
>
> <authentication>
> <!-- Sources log in with username 'source' -->
> <source-password>freddie1948</source-password>
> <!-- Relays log in with username 'relay' -->
> <relay-password>donna1951</relay-password>
>
> <!-- Admin logs in with the username given below -->
> <admin-user>paavo</admin-user>
> <admin-password>suomi48</admin-password>
> </authentication>
>
> <!-- set the mountpoint for a shoutcast source to use, the default
> if not
> specified is /stream but you can change it here if an
> alternative is
> wanted or an extension is required
> <shoutcast-mount>/live.nsv</shoutcast-mount>
> -->
>
> <!-- Uncomment this if you want directory listings -->
> <!--
> <directory>
> <yp-url-timeout>15</yp-url-timeout>
> <yp-url>http://dir.xiph.org/cgi-bin/yp-cgi</yp-url>
> </directory>
> -->
>
> <!-- You may have multiple <listener> elements -->
> <listen-socket>
> <port>8000</port>
> <!-- <bind-address>127.0.0.1</bind-address> -->
> <!-- <shoutcast-mount>/stream</shoutcast-mount> -->
> </listen-socket>
> <!--
> <listen-socket>
> <port>8080</port>
> </listen-socket>
> -->
> <!--
> <listen-socket>
> <port>8443</port>
> <ssl>1</ssl>
> </listen-socket>
> -->
>
>
> <!-- Global header settings
> Headers defined here will be returned for every HTTP request to
> Icecast.
>
> The ACAO header makes Icecast public content/API by default
> This will make streams easier embeddable (some HTML5
> functionality needs it).
> Also it allows direct access to e.g. /status-json.xsl from
> other sites.
> If you don't want this, comment out the following line or read
> up on CORS.
> -->
> <http-headers>
> <header name="Access-Control-Allow-Origin" value="*" />
> </http-headers>
>
>
> <!-- Relaying
> You don't need this if you only have one server.
> Please refer to the config for a detailed explanation.
> -->
> <!--<master-server>127.0.0.1</master-server>-->
> <!--<master-server-port>8001</master-server-port>-->
> <!--<master-update-interval>120</master-update-interval>-->
> <!--<master-password>mikey</master-password>-->
>
> <!-- setting this makes all relays on-demand unless overridden, this is
> useful for master relays which do not have <relay> definitions
> here.
> The default is 0 -->
> <!--<relays-on-demand>1</relays-on-demand>-->
>
> <!--
> <relay>
> <server>127.0.0.1</server>
> <port>8080</port>
> <mount>/example.ogg</mount>
> <local-mount>/different.ogg</local-mount>
> <on-demand>0</on-demand>
>
> <relay-shoutcast-metadata>0</relay-shoutcast-metadata>
> </relay>
> -->
>
>
> <!-- Mountpoints
> Only define <mount> sections if you want to use advanced options,
> like alternative usernames or passwords
> -->
>
> <!-- Default settings for all mounts that don't have a specific
> <mount type="normal">.
> -->
> <!--
> <mount type="default">
> <public>0</public>
> <intro>/server-wide-intro.ogg</intro>
> <max-listener-duration>3600</max-listener-duration>
> <authentication type="url">
> <option name="mount_add"
> value="http://auth.example.org/stream_start.php"/>
> </authentication>
> <http-headers>
> <header name="foo" value="bar" />
> </http-headers>
> </mount>
> -->
>
> <!-- Normal mounts -->
> <!--
> <mount type="normal">
> <mount-name>/example-complex.ogg</mount-name>
>
> <username>othersource</username>
> <password>randolph</password>
>
> <max-listeners>1</max-listeners>
> <dump-file>/tmp/dump-example1.ogg</dump-file>
> <burst-size>65536</burst-size>
> <fallback-mount>/example2.ogg</fallback-mount>
> <fallback-override>1</fallback-override>
> <fallback-when-full>1</fallback-when-full>
> <intro>/example_intro.ogg</intro>
> <hidden>1</hidden>
> <public>1</public>
> <authentication type="htpasswd">
> <option name="filename" value="myauth"/>
> <option name="allow_duplicate_users" value="0"/>
> </authentication>
> <http-headers>
> <header name="Access-Control-Allow-Origin"
> value="http://webplayer.example.org" />
> <header name="baz" value="quux" />
> </http-headers>
> </mount>
> -->
>
> <!--
> <mount type="normal">
> <mount-name>/auth_example.ogg</mount-name>
> <authentication type="url">
> <option name="mount_add"
> value="http://myauthserver.net/notify_mount.php"/>
> <option name="mount_remove"
> value="http://myauthserver.net/notify_mount.php"/>
> <option name="listener_add"
> value="http://myauthserver.net/notify_listener.php"/>
> <option name="listener_remove"
> value="http://myauthserver.net/notify_listener.php"/>
> <option name="headers" value="x-pragma,x-token"/>
> <option name="header_prefix" value="ClientHeader."/>
> </authentication>
> </mount>
> -->
>
> <fileserve>1</fileserve>
>
> <paths>
> <logdir>./log</logdir>
> <webroot>./web</webroot>
> <adminroot>./admin</adminroot>
>
> <!-- Aliases: treat requests for 'source' path as being for
> 'dest' path
> May be made specific to a port or bound address using the
> "port"
> and "bind-address" attributes.
> -->
> <!--
> <alias source="/foo" destination="/bar"/>
> -->
> <!-- Aliases: can also be used for simple redirections as well,
> this example will redirect all requests for
> http://server:port/ to
> the status page
> -->
> <alias source="/" destination="/status.xsl"/>
> <!-- The certificate file needs to contain both public and
> private part.
> Both should be PEM encoded.
> <ssl-certificate>./icecast.pem</ssl-certificate>
> -->
> </paths>
>
> <logging>
> <accesslog>access.log</accesslog>
> <errorlog>error.log</errorlog>
> <!-- <playlistlog>playlist.log</playlistlog> -->
> <loglevel>3</loglevel> <!-- 4 Debug, 3 Info, 2 Warn, 1 Error -->
> <logsize>10000</logsize> <!-- Max size of a logfile -->
> <!-- If logarchive is enabled (1), then when logsize is reached
> the logfile will be moved to
> [error|access|playlist].log.DATESTAMP,
> otherwise it will be moved to [error|access|playlist].log.old.
> Default is non-archive mode (i.e. overwrite)
> -->
> <!-- <logarchive>1</logarchive> -->
> </logging>
> </icecast>
>
> If you can help me correct any incorrect settings so that I can
> broadcast, please let me know, or direct me to the proper person/website.
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> /s/
> Paul R. Davis
> 19suomi48 at gmail.com <mailto:19suomi48 at gmail.com>
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