[Icecast] FW: How to fire up Icecast?

[redwood.andrew at gmail.com]

Hi Johan,

 

I don’t know how to do this myself … but maybe you do?

 

The documentation you linked to is all very well – but I thought a very simple statement for newbies like me who merely want to use a fraction of Icecast’s power … to allow Roon to pick up a live stream of digitised vinyl and capture it (and broadcast it) as a local radio station, would be useful.

 

 

How to allow Roon to capture a live (digital) data stream – eg. from a phono stage plus A2D converter – and broadcast it as a local radio station:

 

NB: this was done on a W10 PC – but I expect works the same on other versions of Windows.

 

#1:  download Icecast.  You should find it gets loaded into a folder named ‘Icecast’, under ‘Program Files (x86)’ on your C:drive.

#2:  download BUTT (‘Broadcast Using This Tool’).

#3:  click on the ‘icecast.bat’ file.

#4:  set up a ‘Local radio station’ within Roon.

 

 

Perhaps you can display it somewhere in that documentation link?

 

 

 

Regards,

Andrew

 

From: Icecast <icecast-bounces at xiph.org> On Behalf Of Jordan Erickson
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 3:22 PM
To: Icecast streaming server user discussions <icecast at xiph.org>
Subject: Re: [Icecast] How to fire up Icecast?

 

May I suggest studying the excellent documentation? This is a really good place to gain a solid understanding of the fundamentals of Icecast. It's incredibly powerful, thus has a bit of a learning curve.

https://icecast.org/docs/icecast-trunk/


Cheers,
Jordan Erickson

On 3/27/23 20:00, redwood.andrew at gmail.com <mailto:redwood.andrew at gmail.com>  wrote:

Thank you, Johan.

 

I clicked on the bat file – and up came a nice screen saying something like “load http://localhost:8000 into your browser”.  😊  (Sorry for not being precise – my email is on a different computer to the dedicated one for Roon, on a different floor of the house.)

 

So I did just that – and got a nice screen which said “Icecast2 Status”.

 

So what do I need to do next?

 

Note: also on the first screen (which said “load http://localhost:8000 into your browser”), were some error messages – such as: ”hostname not configured – using default”.

 

Do I have to resolve these errors before Icecast will start working?

 

Regards,

Andrew

 

 

From: Icecast  <mailto:icecast-bounces at xiph.org> <icecast-bounces at xiph.org> On Behalf Of Verten Radio
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2023 10:59 PM
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Subject: Re: [Icecast] How to fire up Icecast?

 

Just start the windows batch file (icecast.bat)

 

Regards,

 

Johan

 

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Van: redwood.andrew at gmail.com <mailto:redwood.andrew at gmail.com> 
Verzonden: vrijdag 24 maart 2023 11:57
Aan: icecast at xiph.org <mailto:icecast at xiph.org> 
Onderwerp: [Icecast] How to fire up Icecast?

 

Hi there,

 

I have downloaded Icecast – see here:

 

 

I don’t seem to have a “.exe” file which I can click on to fire up Icecast?

 

Can anyone tell me what I need to do, to get Icecast working?

 

 

Thank you,

Andrew

 

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