Since a lot of you run multiple small stations and operate your own Shoutcast servers, was wondering if someone could point me at a how-to config to get one Shoutcast server handling multiple sources (different streams, bitrates, sources, etc.).
Anyone have something at hand that documents this?
Not sure if shoutcast 2 will do it, but I know Icecast will do it. You can run more than 1 shoutcast 1 server, just copy the shoutcast server to another remamed folder and change the settings. I have 4 running like that with no trouble. I use Edcast as my encoder.
Just change the IP address of the source by clicking edit config in the shoutcast gui window.
You want to change the value for PortBase to the Ip of the computer the source is on.
You can set up multiple shoutcast servers by changing the portbase value.
You can have two SHoutcast servers operating. After you change the value for the ip address, you'll have to restart server.
I have two separate streams on my listening page, so I needed to configure two separate shoutcast servers.
Hope this helps.
Yes good point, I forgot to say change the port number eg. 8000, 8002, 8004. You can use the same password on all
With Icecast 2, you have can have multiple streams running within a single server. You just have to edit the server configuration file to allow additional sources (I believe it defaults to 2). Each source has its own name, bitstream rate, etc. (at least, you can do that with the Oddcast encoder). And no additional ports.
Last night I spent over an hour trying to find a decent stream from a licensed affiliate of a radio show which goes out on over 100 stations. The general state of streams from licensed stations seems to be poor.
Many licensed stations don't bother to have streams, some don't even have websites.
Many licensed station streams require odd players that need to be downloaded, something I'd rather not fuss with.
Of stations that stream to popular players, like Winamp or Windows Media Player, the quality is often poor.
It is not unusual to encounter streams with hum, or very low levels, or what I ran into last night from WYAB in Flora, Mississippi, a sound that resembled bad audio tape with level fluctuations and dropout.
What I think was really the problem was poorly set processing equipment, where a compressor/limiter was pounding the signal practically out of range of the human ear.
By comparison EVERY stream from a Part 15 broadcaster that I have ever heard is always of the utmost quality, as I think Part 15 operators tend to be far more interested in their radio stations than are typical licensed stations.