[vorbis] streaming Vorbis: trials & errors with Icecast 2

[Tim Hurman]

Hi, think I have the solution to this. The exmaple program calls
shout_send_data (shout.c), and checks the return code is not zero. However
there is no default return value at the bottom of this function, and so
would by default return zero even if the send was successfull. To remedy
this, I have placed a return 1; statement just before the close of thsi
fuction (line 153).

Tim

On Sun, 4 Mar 2001, Dave Phillips wrote:

> Greetings:
>
>   Okay, here's where I'm at so far.
>
>   Icecast 2 builds without problems. I edit the icecast.xml config file
> as seen in the server output below:
>
> [root at localhost icecast]# icecast -c conf/icecast.xml
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <icecast>
>   <location>DLP_House_Of_Sound</location>
>   <admin>dlphilp at bright.net</admin>
>   <limits>
>     <clients>5</clients>
>     <sources>5</sources>
>     <threadpool>5</threadpool>
>     <client-timeout>15</client-timeout>
>   </limits>
>   <source-password>itsme</source-password>
>   <directory>
>     <touch-freq>5</touch-freq>
>     <server>
>       <host>127.0.0.1</host>
>       <touch-freq>15</touch-freq>
>     </server>
>   </directory>
>   <hostname>localhost</hostname>
>   <port>8000</port>
>   <bind-address>127.0.0.1</bind-address>
>   <paths>
>     <basedir>/home/dlphilp</basedir>
>     <logdir>/tmp</logdir>
>   </paths>
>   <logging>
>     <accesslog>access.log</accesslog>
>     <errorlog>error.log</errorlog>
>   </logging>
> </icecast>
> DEBUG: connection handler thread started...
> DEBUG: connection handler thread started...
> DEBUG: connection handler thread started...
> DEBUG: connection handler thread started...
> DEBUG: connection handler thread started...
>
>
>    Now, the syntax for the example streamer is not clear, and I've seen
> at least three suggested orderings, none of which have worked for me.
> The Icecast 2 retrieval docs (at
> http://i.cantcode.com/~jack/icecast.html) say:
>
> 	cat ~/music/*.ogg | example 8000
>
> So I tried it like this:
>
> 	[root at localhost dlphilp]# cat /home/dlphilp/soundfiles/oggfiles/*.ogg |
> example 8000
> 	Connected to server...
> 	DEBUG: Send error: 0...
> 	Broken pipe
>
> Okee, so I asked Jack about this and he suggested this:
>
> 	cat ogglist | xargs example 8000
>
> and that gets me this error:
>
> 	[root at localhost dlphilp]# cat ogglist | xargs example 8000
> 	Connected to server...
> 	[root at localhost dlphilp]#
>
> which looks good but nothing is happening. Then Jack suggested this
> syntax:
>
> 	cat ogglist | xargs cat | example 8000
>
> which produced this error:
>
> 	[root at localhost dlphilp]# cat ogglist | xargs cat | shouter 8000
> 	Connected to server...
> 	DEBUG: Send error: 0...
> 	xargs: cat: terminated by signal 13
>
> Okay, at this point I sought assistance from my UNIX guru. He told me
> that the likelihood is that the streamer is breaking the pipe, and he
> also thought that perhaps there should be an encoder or player stuck in
> that syntax, so I tried things like this:
>
> 	cat ogglist | xargs ogg123 | example 8000
>
> I used every output option available to ogg123, no joy. I can get the
> files to cat correctly to the player, and I even get the "connected to
> server..." message, but I'm damned if I can get hooked up to the stream
> with a player.
>
> Incidentally, upon first connection to the server from the streamer I
> get this message from the server:
>
> 	connection added....
> 	DEBUG: someone signaled us!
> 	DEBUG: header read succeeded...
>
> 	What kind of headers do we have?
> 	req_type = source
> 	protocol = ice
> 	version = 1.0
> 	uri = /home/dlphilp/shouter.ogg
> 	DEBUG: source logging in
> 	DEBUG: source logged in!
>
> which looks pretty good to me. Unfortunately that's the last good news I
> get. From there on it's as I've detailed.
>
> I should also point out that the server reports a connection added when
> I fire up XMMS or ogg123 with the loopback address and server port
> (127.0.0.1:8000), but again, no matter what I add past the port number
> nothing connects.
>
> I hope this information is of some value to anyone making the same
> attempts. Again, if you succeed at this, I would dearly like to know how
> you did it.
>
> I would also like to emphasize that I'm not bitching. I understand that
> this whole thing is right on the edge, so I expect some labor. No fear,
> we'll get there...  :)
>
> Best regards,
>
> == Dave Phillips
>
> 	The Book Of Linux Music & Sound at http://www.nostarch.com/lms.htm
> 	The Linux Soundapps Site at http://sound.condorow.net
>
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