Icecast and mpd

Gruntz · 2007-08-31 08:54:33

Hello.

I have icecast2 server, and mpd for music deamon. I use gmpc, to control the playlist. I configurated the mpd deamon to connect to the icecast server, and it is working. I can see the mount point on the server http admin panel. But when I try to listen ti the radio, I can`t. My XMMS is always buffering, it starts from 0, riches 32kb, and starts again, without to play any music. In Windows XP, winamp is staying in play state, but still I have no music. Can someone help me.

Here is my mpd.conf file.

# An example configuration file for MPD
# See the mpd.conf man page for a more detailed description of each parameter.

######################## REQUIRED PATHS ########################
music_directory        "/home/ftp/music"
#playlist_directory        "~/playlists"
#db_file                "~/mpd.db"
#log_file                "~/mpd.log"
#error_file            "~/mpd.error"

#music_directory        "path_to_your_music_collection"
playlist_directory        "/var/lib/mpd/playlists"
db_file                "/var/lib/mpd/mpd.db"
log_file                "/var/log/mpd/mpd.log"
error_file                "/var/log/mpd/mpd.error"

# Note: ~ is the home directory of user set in the "user" option
################################################################


######################## OPTIONAL PATHS ########################
#
# If you wish to use mpd --kill to stop MPD, then you must
# specify a file here in which to store MPD's process ID.
#
#pid_file                "~/.mpd/mpd.pid"
pid_file                "/var/run/mpd/mpd.pid"
#
# If specified, MPD will save its current state (playlist,
# current song, playing/paused, etc.) at exit.  This will be
# used to restore the session the next time it is run.
#
#state_file            "~/.mpd/mpdstate"
state_file                "/var/lib/mpd/mpdstate"
#
################################################################


######################## DAEMON OPTIONS ########################
#
# If started as root, MPD will drop root privileges and run as
# this user instead.  Otherwise, MPD will run as the user it was
# started by.  If left unspecified, MPD will not drop root
# privileges at all (not recommended).

user                "mpd"

# The address and port to listen on.
#
bind_to_address        "127.0.0.1"
#bind_to_address        "any"
#port                "6600"
#
# Controls the amount of information that is logged.  Can be
# "default", "secure", or "verbose".
#
log_level                "default"
#
################################################################


########################## PERMISSIONS #########################
#
# MPD can require that users specify a password before using it.
# You may specify one ore more here, along with what users who
# log in with that password are allowed to do.
#
#password            "password@read,add,control,admin"
#
# Specifies what permissions a user who has not logged in with a
# password has.  By default, all users have full access to MPD
# if no password is specified above, or no access if one or
# more passwords are specified.
#
#default_permissions             "read,add,control,admin"
#
################################################################


########################## AUDIO OUTPUT ########################
#
# MPD supports many audio output types, as well as playing
# through multiple audio outputs at the same time.  You can
# specify one or more here.  If you don't specify any, MPD will
# automatically scan for a usable audio output.
#
# See <http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/Configuration#Audio_Outputs>
# for examples of other audio outputs.
#
# An example of an ALSA output:
#
audio_output {
    type            "alsa"
    name        "My ALSA Device"
        #device        "hw:0,0"     # optional
        #format        "44100:16:2" # optional
}
#
# An example of an OSS output:
#
#audio_output {
#        type                    "oss"
#        name                    "My OSS Device"
#        device                  "/dev/dsp"   # optional
#        format                  "44100:16:2" # optional
#}
#
# An example of a shout output (for streaming to Icecast):
#
audio_output {
    type            "shout"
    name        "KA Radio Station"
    host            "127.0.0.1"
    port        "8000"
    mount        "ka"
    password        "karadio"
    quality        "5"
    #bitrate         "192"
    format        "44100:16:1"
    #user        "source"                        # optional
    description    "Astronomical Radio Station"    # optional
    genre        "All Kind Of Music"            # optional
    public        "yes"                        # optional
}

# Force all decoded audio to be converted to this format before
# being passed to the audio outputs.
#
#audio_output_format             "44100:16:2"
#
################################################################


############################# MIXER ############################
#
# MPD needs to know what mixer settings to change when you
# adjust the volume.  If you don't specify one here, MPD will
# pick one based on which ones it was compiled with support for.
#
# An example for controlling an ALSA mixer:
#
mixer_type            "alsa"
mixer_device            "default"
mixer_control            "PCM"
#
# An example for controlling an OSS mixer:
#
#mixer_type                      "oss"
#mixer_device                    "/dev/mixer"
#mixer_control                   "PCM"
#
# If you want MPD to adjust the volume of audio sent to the
# audio outputs, you can tell it to use the software mixer:
#
#mixer_type                      "software"
#
################################################################


######################### NORMALIZATION ########################
#
# Specifies the type of ReplayGain to use.  Can be "album" or
# "track".  ReplayGain will not be used if not specified.  See
# <http://www.replaygain.org> for more details.
#
#replaygain                      "album"
#
# Sets the pre-amp used for files that have ReplayGain tags.
#
#replaygain_preamp               "0"
#
# Enable on the fly volume normalization.  This will cause the
# volume of all songs played to be adjusted so that they sound
# as though they are of equal loudness.
#
#volume_normalization            "no"
#
################################################################


########################### BUFFERING ##########################
#
# The size of the buffer containing decoded audio.  You probably
# shouldn't change this.
#
#audio_buffer_size               "2048"
#
# How much of the buffer to fill before beginning to play.
#
#buffer_before_play              "0%"
#
# Similar options for the HTTP stream buffer.  If you hear
# skipping while playing HTTP streams, you may wish to increase
# these.
#
http_buffer_size        "128"
http_prebuffer_size        "100" # in %
#
################################################################


########################### HTTP PROXY #########################
#
# Specifies the HTTP proxy to use for playing HTTP streams.
#
#http_proxy_host                 "proxy.isp.com"
#http_proxy_port                 "8080"
#http_proxy_user                 "user"
#http_proxy_password             "password"
#
################################################################


############################# LIMITS ###########################
#
# These are various limits to prevent MPD from using too many
# resources.  You should only change them if they start
# restricting your usage of MPD.
#
#connection_timeout              "60"
#max_connections                 "5"
#max_playlist_length             "16384"
#max_command_list_size           "2048"
#max_output_buffer_size          "8192"
#
################################################################


###################### CHARACTER ENCODINGS #####################
#
# If file or directory names do not display correctly, then you
# may need to change this.  In most cases it should be either
# "ISO-8859-1" or "UTF-8".  You must recreate your database
# after changing this (use mpd --create-db).
#
#filesystem_charset              "ISO-8859-1"
#
# The encoding that ID3v1 tags should be converted from.
#
#id3v1_encoding                  "ISO-8859-1"
#
################################################################


######################### OTHER OPTIONS ########################
#
# The metadata types MPD will recognize.
#
#metadata_to_use                  "artist,album,title,track,name,genre,date,composer,performer,disc"
#
# Enable this if you wish to use your MPD created playlists in
# other music players.
#
#save_absolute_paths_in_playlists "no"
#
################################################################

Regards

Last edited by Gruntz (2007-08-31 09:01:04)

Mailik · 2007-08-31 11:43:33

In my mpd.conf i can't enable two audio output. Maybe try to comment the alsa output and restart mpd ?

Gruntz · 2007-08-31 12:22:39

Yes, I tried this, but it still does not work. :"(

It actually works. There is a mount point in icecast admin panel, but when I try to listen to the stream, I get no sound.

_adam_ · 2007-09-01 20:39:54

might not be the issue, since the mount is coming up, but is the password in the shoutcast section on mpd.conf the same as the <source-password> in icecast.xml ?

and FWIW, i have 2 audio_outputs in mpd.conf and they both work.

Gruntz · 2007-09-02 10:24:02

I found the error.

In my mpd.conf I have "mount "ka" ", it should be "mount "ka.ogg" ", and it works now.

I have another question now. Can I speek through the microphone, and to stream my voice vie mpd. Is there a way. I was able to do that using darkice, but since mpd is streaming from playlist... I do not know ...

Thank you all.

Last edited by Gruntz (2007-09-02 10:26:03)

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#1 2007-08-31 08:54:33

Icecast and mpd

#2 2007-08-31 11:43:33

Re: Icecast and mpd

#3 2007-08-31 12:22:39

Re: Icecast and mpd

#4 2007-09-01 20:39:54

Re: Icecast and mpd

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Re: Icecast and mpd

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