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LiveIce:Live Source Client For IceCastLiveIce is the source client for Icecast which encodes an mpeg stream for broadcast as it is created. Unlike clients such as Shout and IceDJ this permits the broadcast of live audio, rather than prerecorded mp3's. |
What Is LiveIce?LiveIce was developed after the appearance of IceCast to provide the Real Time streaming functionality which makes it a viable solution for broadcasting. It is based on the guts of 2 of my previous works - Mp3Serv, the first mp3 broadcasting system & Mp3Mixer, a toy which allows the user to 'Mix' with mp3 streams. For legal reasons the actual mp3 encoder cannot be included in the programme, instead the software uses an external encoder which is executed and fed data by LiveIce. Several encoders are now supported, including Commercial packages such as Fraunhofer's l3enc and mp3enc, Xing Technologies beta test of xingmp3enc for Linux, as well as the many adapations of the ISO sources such as LAME 3.0 and Screamer.The mixer mode also makes great use of mpg123 to decode the mp3 streams into raw pcm data which is then mixed by the programme, this is one piece of fuctionality which I'd like to bring into the LiveIce code, but for the moment you still need the mpg123 binary on your system. |
What Is LiveIce XMMS?LiveIce XMMS is an effects plugin for xmms which sends streams to IceCast and provides a limited set of functions similar to those provided by liveice but without half the hassle. LiveIce XMMS lacks many of the features of the full version of LiveIce but provides the main functions needed to stream from xmms. Much of this simplicity comes from the GUI which was designed by Peter from the XMMS team, also note - that this is a relatively recent development and so none of the documentation on this page refers to installing or setting up the plugin..... (Also - I should thank DrFatal from xmms for the Logo) |
Where Can I Get It?Getting LiveIce - you can get the source code either with the distributions of Icecast, it will be found in a subdirectory and needs to be compiled and installed seperately. Alternatively the newest versions of LiveIce will be available via anonymous CVS on the Icecast server. And finally for all those traditionalists out there I should always have a fairly recent version available for download as a .tar.gz archive.LiveIce XMMS sourcecode is available here. Ryan Weaver has been kind enough to make RPM's
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How do I install it?I've put together a nice little guide to installing a working system and on choosing an encoder which is suitable for you, there are a lot of rough edges right now, and I'm sure there are plenty of bugs for people to point out or for that matter features to request. After all, this is what open source is all about. |
What Features Does It Already Have?
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What About New Features?I get asked for lots of new features.... and some will get implemented, while others won't, I'm only one person and only have so much time, and moreover only so much talent. Here's the list of things which may or may not happen....Real Soon Now - Features I'm Implementing
Maybe If I've got time features....
Features which I probably won't implement
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How do I Use it?OK.. I know it's not exactly user friendly, but I think it's more important to make it usable. Anyway, I'm putting together a users guide on the web to help everyone get into it. |
Is there any other garbage on this Web Page?Well.... if you're broadcasting then you might like to downoad my IceCast Station ID's (AKA Jingles) "Open Mind" and "Cool Tunes" - tell the world about free software and how you're different from those ShoutCast servers. |