Slackware 12.2 - Setup an online radio station using icecast
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### icecast Server

    cd /usr/src/
    wget -c "http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/icecast/icecast-2.3.2.tar.gz"
    tar zxf icecast-2.3.2.tar.gz
    cd icecast-2.3.2
    ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/icecast
    make && make install
    mkdir -p /usr/local/icecast/var/log/icecast
    chown -R nobody.nogroup /usr/local/icecast/var/log/icecast/
    cp /usr/local/icecast/etc/icecast.xml{,.bak}

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### /usr/local/icecast/etc/icecast.xml

    <icecast>
        <limits>
            <clients>100</clients>
            <sources>2</sources>
            <threadpool>5</threadpool>
            <queue-size>524288</queue-size>
            <client-timeout>30</client-timeout>
            <header-timeout>15</header-timeout>
            <source-timeout>10</source-timeout>
            <burst-on-connect>1</burst-on-connect>
            <burst-size>65535</burst-size>
        </limits>

        <authentication>
            <source-password>hackme</source-password>
            <relay-password>hackme</relay-password>
            <admin-user>admin</admin-user>
            <admin-password>hackme</admin-password>
        </authentication>

        <hostname>localhost</hostname>

        <listen-socket>
            <port>8000</port>
            <bind-address>127.0.0.1</bind-address>
            <shoutcast-mount>/stream</shoutcast-mount>
        </listen-socket>

        <fileserve>1</fileserve>

        <paths>
            <basedir>/usr/local/icecast/share/icecast</basedir>
            <logdir>/usr/local/icecast/var/log/icecast</logdir>
            <webroot>/usr/local/icecast/share/icecast/web</webroot>
            <adminroot>/usr/local/icecast/share/icecast/admin</adminroot>
            <pidfile>/usr/local/icecast/share/icecast/icecast.pid</pidfile>
            <alias source="/" dest="/status.xsl"/>
        </paths>

        <logging>
            <accesslog>access.log</accesslog>
            <errorlog>error.log</errorlog>
            <loglevel>3</loglevel>
            <logsize>10000</logsize>
        </logging>

        <security>
            <chroot>0</chroot>
            <changeowner>
                <user>nobody</user>
                <group>nogroup</group>
            </changeowner>
        </security>
    </icecast>


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### Launch icecast

    /usr/local/icecast/bin/icecast -c /usr/local/icecast/etc/icecast.xml
    tail -f /usr/local/icecast/var/log/icecast/error.log
    http://localhost:8000/admin/stats.xml


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### libshout (client side)

    cd /usr/src
    wget "http://downloads.us.xiph.org/releases/libshout/libshout-2.2.2.tar.gz"
    tar zxf libshout-2.2.2.tar.gz
    cd libshout-2.2.2
    ./configure && make && make install
    ldconfig

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### ices client

    cd /usr/src
    wget http://downloads.us.xiph.org/releases/ices/ices-0.4.tar.gz
    tar zxf ices-0.4.tar.gz
    cd ices-0.4
    ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/ices && make && make install
    cp /usr/local/ices/etc/ices.{conf.dist,xml}

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### /usr/local/ices/etc/ices.xml

    <?xml version="1.0"?>
    <ices:Configuration xmlns:ices="http://www.icecast.org/projects/ices">
      <Playlist>
        <File>/usr/local/ices/etc/playlist.txt</File>
        <Randomize>1</Randomize>
        <Type>builtin</Type>
        <Module>ices</Module>
        <Crossfade>5</Crossfade>
      </Playlist>

      <Execution>
        <Background>0</Background>
        <Verbose>0</Verbose>
        <BaseDirectory>/tmp</BaseDirectory>
      </Execution>

      <Stream>
        <Server>
          <Hostname>localhost</Hostname>
          <Port>8000</Port>
          <Password>hackme</Password>
          <Protocol>http</Protocol>
        </Server>

        <Mountpoint>/ices</Mountpoint>
        <Name>Radio Pejman</Name>
        <Genre>General genre</Genre>
        <Description>Pejman's Online Radio Station</Description>
        <URL>http://localhost/</URL>
        <Public>0</Public>
        <Bitrate>128</Bitrate>
        <Reencode>0</Reencode>
        <Channels>2</Channels>
      </Stream>
    </ices:Configuration>

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### /usr/local/ices/etc/playlist.txt

    /root/music/01.mp3
    /root/music/02.mp3
    /root/music/03.mp3
    /root/music/04.mp3
    /root/music/05.mp3
    /root/music/06.mp3
    /root/music/07.mp3
    /root/music/08.mp3
    /root/music/09.mp3
    /root/music/10.mp3

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### Launch ices

    /usr/local/ices/bin/ices -v -c /usr/local/ices/etc/ices.xml


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### Listen

    mplayer http://localhost:8000/ices


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_BY: Pejman Moghadam_  
_TAG: icecast, ices, radio_  
_DATE: 2010-01-13 00:44:40_