[Icecast] "Ghost" connections causing connection limit to be reached

[Ross Levis]

TuneIn connect listeners just like any other listeners, one per listener.

 

From: Icecast [mailto:icecast-bounces at xiph.org] On Behalf Of Steve Matzura
Sent: Sunday, 5 February 2023 3:26 am
To: icecast at xiph.org
Subject: Re: [Icecast] "Ghost" connections causing connection limit to be reached

 

If there's a max-listener-duration on a mountpoiunt, would it affect services like TuneIn when that duration is reached, or do these services connect one stream per user?

On 2/3/2023 6:58 PM, Ross Levis wrote:
> > The KH edition of Icecast has had those features for several years. > > > > <mount> > > <mount-name>/*</mount-name> <!-- all mounts--> > > <max-listener-duration>43200</max-listener-duration > > </mount> > > <paths> > > <deny-ip>./deny.txt</deny-ip> > > </paths> > > > > *From:*Icecast [mailto:icecast-bounces at xiph.org] *On Behalf Of *Fred > Gleason *Sent:* Saturday, 4 February 2023 3:52 am *To:* Icecast > streaming server user discussions *Subject:* Re: [Icecast] "Ghost" > connections causing connection limit to be reached > > > > On Feb 3, 2023, at 04:50, Tony Harding  <mailto:uktony at radiocompany.net> <uktony at radiocompany.net >  <mailto:uktony at radiocompany.net> <mailto:uktony at radiocompany.net>> wrote: > > > > Not that I am advocating for Shoutcast, but it does have two features > that would be useful, A ban list, and a maximum duration setting. No > one listens for more than 24 hours. > > > > Human beings certainly don’t, but the use cases for Icecast are much > wider than merely streaming to individual listeners. E.g. broadcast > studio-to-transmitter links, where multiple-month long session > durations are absolutely typical. > > > > Cheers! > > > > > > |---------------------------------------------------------------------| > > > | Frederick F. Gleason, Jr. |             Chief Developer             |
> > | | Paravel Systems > | > > |---------------------------------------------------------------------| > > > | "You see, wire telegraph is a kind of very, very long cat. You      |
> > | pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. > | > > | Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: > | > > | you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference > | > > | is that there is no cat." > | 

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