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Documentation | Documentation | ||
* Basic setup http://icecast.org/docs/icecast-2.4.0/basic-setup.html | * Basic setup | ||
** http://www.icecast.org/docs/icecast-trunk/basic_setup/ | |||
** http://icecast.org/docs/icecast-2.4.0/basic-setup.html | |||
* Configuration file | |||
** http://www.icecast.org/docs/icecast-trunk/config_file/ | |||
=Icecast install= | =Icecast install= | ||
sudo aptitude install icecast2 | sudo aptitude install icecast2 | ||
While installing you will be asked questions that will result in its basic configuration | |||
The installed will ask you to set | The installed will ask you to set | ||
* the domain name: keep it localhost | * the domain name: keep it localhost | ||
* | * source, relay and admin passwords | ||
The configuration files will be written to <code>/etc/icecast2/</code> | |||
It contains | |||
* <code>icecast.xml</code> Icecast configuration file which defines all the configuration parameters for the server: | |||
** passwords can be changed here | |||
** relays | |||
** mountpoints | |||
** loggin | |||
* <code>admin/</code> Contains xslt files which are used by the Icecast server to provide a web-based front end to the administration capabilities of the server. | |||
* <code>web/</code> | |||
* <code>logs/</code>: blank directory which (if specified in the config file) will contain all the logs (there are 2) for Icecast. | |||
==config== | ==config== | ||
Revision as of 14:06, 4 April 2020
Free software to do audio/video streaming
Documentation
- Basic setup
- Configuration file
Icecast install
sudo aptitude install icecast2
While installing you will be asked questions that will result in its basic configuration
The installed will ask you to set
- the domain name: keep it localhost
- source, relay and admin passwords
The configuration files will be written to /etc/icecast2/
It contains
icecast.xmlIcecast configuration file which defines all the configuration parameters for the server:- passwords can be changed here
- relays
- mountpoints
- loggin
admin/Contains xslt files which are used by the Icecast server to provide a web-based front end to the administration capabilities of the server.web/logs/: blank directory which (if specified in the config file) will contain all the logs (there are 2) for Icecast.
config
/etc/icecast2
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