[Icecast] Best version of Icecast? / Icecast as a service? / Videostreaming?

[Thomas B. Rücker]

Hi,

On 9/9/19 7:42 AM, ak18 at 5x9.de wrote:
> Am 09.09.2019 um 08:26 schrieb Thomas B. Rücker:
>>
>> Running Icecast on Linux or BSD is far superior in terms of reliability
>> and maintainability.
>> We do not consider the Windows builds of Icecast to be particularly
>> suitable for production use.
>> There are ways of running it as a service if you must, like e.g. using
>> "nssm" and pointing it to "icecast.bat"
> I'm using only windows-server. What is "nssm"? Link?


I'm not familiar with it either, but it was repeatedly mentioned as the
right tool for that context.
All I could do would be to search the web too.


>>
>>
>>> 3. Can Icecast stream also video livestream? Where can I find more
>>> about it?
>>>
>> Yes, Icecast has had support for video streams since the early 2000's.
>> The currently recommended options are:
>> * WebM (container)
>>  * VP8 + Vorbis
>>  * VP9 + Opus
>> * Ogg (container)
>>  * Theora + Vorbis
>>
>> Other legacy formats like "NSV" are likely to work too as Icecast will
>> go into "legacy" (or simply put "dumb") mode and simply pass through the
>> data. We can't really help with those though.
>>
>> Please note that the default settings of Icecast are not well suited to
>> video streaming. Especially increasing the burst on connect can be very
>> helpful.
>>
>> Also most encoders are not tuned for streaming use-cases. For video
>> codecs you need to enable modes that prioritize "just in time"
>> (sometimes referred to as "real time") encoding. Also due to how video
>> players behave you usually have to run a fairly low GoP (key-frame
>> interval) - this will be a trade-off between bitrate and reliability.
>
> Does videostreaming work with rtmp/rtmps ? If no, which
> server-software can handle such a stream?


No, Icecast only implements HTTP and HTTPS.
I have no experience with RTMP, so unfortunately can't point out any
such software.


TBR