Icecast
Download Source: | http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/icecast/icecast-2.3.2.tar.gz |
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Introduction to Icecast
icecast is free server software for streaming multimedia.
Project Homepage: http://www.icecast.org/
Dependencies
Required
Recommended
Optional
Creating the icecast User & Group
groupadd -g 501 icecast && useradd -c "Icecast server user" -d /dev/null \ -u 501 -g icecast -s /bin/false icecast
Non-Multilib
Compile the package:
./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc && make
Install the package:
make install
Multilib
This package does not provide any libraries so only one installation is required.
64Bit
Compile the package:
CC="gcc ${BUILD64}" XIPH_LDFLAGS="-L/usr/lib64" \ ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc && make
Install the package:
make install
Configuring
Edit the file /etc/icecast.xml. This file is fairly well explained in the comments and there are several HOWTOs on the internet. At a minimum, the following sections should be changed as appropriate.
The default password is hackme, unless you want to be, you should change this.
<authentication> <source-password>hackme</source-password> <relay-password>hackme</relay-password> <admin-user>admin</admin-user> <admin-password>hackme</admin-password> </authentication>
Set the hostname or IP address of your icecast server.
<hostname>192.168.1.149</hostname>
The "mount point" is the name of the icecast stream. The full name of this stream would be 192.168.1.149:8000/wrow.ogg.m3u.
<mount-name>/wrow.ogg</mount-name>
Change the username and password for the icecast server.
<username>icecast</username> <password>hackme</password>
Set the maximum number of listeners you'er going to allow.
<max-listeners>4</max-listeners>
Set the owner and group for the icecast server.
<security> <chroot>0</chroot> <changeowner> <user>icecast</user> <group>icecast</group> </changeowner> </security>
Contents
Installed Directories: | None |
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Installed Programs: | icecast |
Installed Libraries: | None |
Short Descriptions
icecast | is a server for streaming multimedia. |
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