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What is Icecast mount point?
The Basics. Each Icecast server can house multiple broadcasts (or mountpoints) each containing a separate stream of content. A ‘mountpoint’ is a unique name on your server identifying a particular stream – it looks like a filename, such as ‘/stream. ogg’. A listener can only listen to a single mountpoint at a time.
How do you set up a SHOUTcast radio station?
Navigate to the SHOUTcast site and download both Winamp and SHOUTcast Source DSP.
- Download Winamp from this link.
- Click Next and choose the install location.
- Install the Full features (all the features).
- Installation is complete.
- Choose the install location and click next,
- Select the Full install and click install.
How do I get a SHOUTcast URL?
Login to Wavestreaming’s control panel and go to SHOUTcast -> Servername -> Edit Mountpoint Config. At the bottom you will see Relay URL. Paste in your Radio.co stream URL and hit Modify – Your SHOUTcast server should reload and start relaying your Radio.co stream.
How can I listen to Icecast?
Just navigate your web browser to host/port the Icecast server is listening on. If you are a Windows user, make sure you started the Icecast server and then click on the shortcut in the Startmenu, it will open the Icecast status page in your browser.
Is Icecast secure?
A vulnerability discovered in Icecast streaming media server could be leveraged by an attacker to kill the broadcast of online radio stations that rely on it to reach their audience. The flaw is sufficient to trigger a segmentation fault in the server process – an access violation condition that leads to a crash.
How do you check if my ports are open?
Type “Network Utility” in the search field and select Network Utility. Select Port Scan, enter an IP address or hostname in the text field, and specify a port range. Click Scan to begin the test. If a TCP port is open, it will be displayed here.
What is the authentication listener in Icecast?
Authentication Listener Authentication Listener authentication is a feature of Icecast which allows you to secure a certain mountpoint such that in order to listen, a listener must pass some verification test. With this feature, a simple pay-for-play operation (eg. user/pass), or some filtering based on the listener connection can be performed.
Why can’t I resolve external requests on my Icecast2 server?
This is what you need to verify before testing anything else, making sure you Icecast2 server can resolve external requests on that port. Please make sure you edit your router’s firewall with the ports you want to use e.g. 8001, 8002, etc.
Why can’t I stream to my mount point?
You need to first check if your mount point has been configured properly. Use this player to broadcast to your mount point – Link Use VLC to listen to the mount point. Link mentions Once you configure the mountpoint you should be able to listen to the stream with VLC player that you are broadcasting via the butt player.
How to use listener authentication within a specified Mount?
The listener authentication within a specified mount in the icecast XML configuration can apply to either to a stream from a source client, relay or a webroot based file. They do apply to intro files or fallback streams. htpasswd Listener Authentication In order to use listener authentication, you mustconfigure a mount specific option.