The silent fallback stream solution described http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/Icecast2 is not sufficient?
Q On 01/27/2010 11:40 AM, Max Arnold wrote: > Hello, folks > > I've already asked this question on the forum [1], but both solutions are not > optimal. Is it > possible to make streams between mpd and icecast persistent? I.e. even when > player paused or > stopped, can it generate null samples with specified bitrate to keep clients > connected? The only > time when it can stop feeding to icecast is when corresponding output get > disabled. > > I do some programmatic playlist rotation and when particular playlist is > finished (and before > next one will be loaded), player goes to stop state and drops connection to > icecast, forcing > all listeners to disconnect. > > Capturing output from hardware soundcard is not an option anymore (I moved my > setup to hosted > server and plus I need to run several mpd instances), and liquidsoap eats too > much processing > power with unnecessary transcoding. > > Also I tried pulseaudio, gstreamer and jack by using them as intermediate > layer and found no way > to solve this problem. They all stop their output as soon as input is gone. > > [1] http://www.musicpd.org/forum/index.php?topic=2013.0 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation > Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business > Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts > Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > _______________________________________________ > Musicpd-dev-team mailing list > Musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/musicpd-dev-team > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ Musicpd-dev-team mailing list Musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/musicpd-dev-team
