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    <p>Thanks, Brad -- I first turned to VLC but my stream-client device
      is a Raspberry Pi 3, and there doesn't seem to be a build for the
      device. That said, I just stumbled across mpg123, a command-line
      mp3/stream player that has audio buffer and timeout setting which
      so far looks quite robust.</p>
    <p>For Icecast2 content, when Icecast kicks a client off for being
      "too far behind" -- what is "too far"?<br>
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    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
That Jack Elliott
(541) 848 7021
KPOV 88.9 FM High Desert Community radio
Producer, The Wednesday Point
Host, The Sunday Classics
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 04/26/2017 08:10 PM, Brad Isbell
      wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">Simply use VLC and put it on repeat.  If a
        connection is lost during playback, it will reconnect and pick
        up in the current live position, like you have suggested,
        without stopping.  If it cannot reconnect after 3 times, it goes
        to the next playlist item.  If the playlist is on repeat, it
        runs indefinitely.<br>
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              data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Brad Isbell<br>
              <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:brad@musatcha.com"
                target="_blank">brad@musatcha.com</a><br>
              <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.musatcha.com"
                target="_blank">http://www.musatcha.com</a></div>
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          <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 1:58 PM, Jack
            Elliott <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="mailto:thatjackelliott@kpov.org" target="_blank">thatjackelliott@kpov.org</a>></span>
            wrote:<br>
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              .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">It's
              behaving as it is meant to: if a listen client gets too
              far behind, Icecast2 server is kicking them off.<br>
              <br>
              error.log says,<br>
              <br>
              "INFO source/source.c Client 120 (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) has
              fallen too far behind, removing"<br>
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              I don't see a setting in icecast.xml that sets the value
              for "too far behind". I'm guessing it's related to
              <queue-size>.<br>
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              I wish Icecast could dump the buffer and bring the
              listen-client back up to date instead of dumping the
              client. The reason being that when network congestion
              causes Icecast to kick my listen-client off, the client
              application just gives up. And this is a listen-client I'd
              like to have running 24/7 so I can monitor the station's
              backroom server when we are doing all-day music remotes.<br>
              <br>
              I haven't found a media/url player that attempts
              re-connect when kicked off. At least under Linux. On
              Windows a player called AIMP3 works great: if it is
              disconnected from the server, it tries to reconnect. Over
              and over and over. I like that behavior.<span
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                  -- <br>
                  That Jack Elliott<br>
                  <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="tel:%28541%29%20848%207021"
                    value="+15418487021" target="_blank">(541) 848 7021</a><br>
                  KPOV 88.9 FM High Desert Community radio<br>
                  Producer, The Wednesday Point<br>
                  Host, The Sunday Classics<br>
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