Programming Shoutcast support

RealityRipple · 11th May 2006, 23:22

Hi, I'm the creator of a not-very-well-known media player. A few friends use it besides me, but they have requested I include support for streaming audio.
I'd like to know if there is any documentation on the codec and/or protocol for ShoutCast, so that I can include it in my program.

fc*uk · 11th May 2006, 23:25

heh .... SHOUTcast is not open source.

Sorry, but I do not think you are going to have any luck with this.

However, all of need to do is get an mp3codec that it can use, and tell it how to understand a .pls file (which is going to be difficult without the source).

Sorry for the bad news

RealityRipple · 11th May 2006, 23:29

From what I see of an example ShoutCast PLS file, it just has an entry count, followed by a list of entries. I'm guessing the actual information is stored on the server it lists to.
Would it break any laws if I packet log the transfers, or would it be useless anyway?

drewbar · 11th May 2006, 23:48

PLS files have been around before SHOUTcast. If you are working on tring to figure out how to support those...
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....threadid=65772

RealityRipple · 11th May 2006, 23:49

No, I'm looking to support ShoutCast broadcasts. M3U and PLS file support is easy. :P

fc*uk · 12th May 2006, 00:13

Quote:

Originally posted by RealityRipple
No, I'm looking to support ShoutCast broadcasts. M3U and PLS file support is easy. :P

OK.... lets step back (I misunderstood and fed somewhat false info).

Do you simply want your player to be able to "tune in" to a SHOUTcast stream, or do you want your player to be able to host a live stream and have that be listed on the SHOUTcast servers page? The first is possible, the latter is not --- well at least not with SHOUTcast. However, you could look to something that is opensource such as icecast...

RealityRipple · 12th May 2006, 00:17

I just want to listen, not create. Sorry for the confusion.

fc*uk · 12th May 2006, 00:19

ahhhh...

Well, as you mentioned, all you need to be able to do is make the software understand that it needs to link to a specific address to get the stream from. All a .pls file is is a link to another source.

As mentioned, you may want to look at icecast for the source code to all of this.

RealityRipple · 12th May 2006, 00:35

Thank you. I'll look into it.

drewbar · 12th May 2006, 05:18

http://forums.radiotoolbox.com/viewtopic.php?t=74
http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...ease_id=179152
The latter has some code for their shoutcastsourc. basically a stream decoding library.

11th May 2006, 23:22	#1
RealityRipple Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Los Berros Canyon, Nipomo, CA, USA Posts: 5	Programming Shoutcast support Hi, I'm the creator of a not-very-well-known media player. A few friends use it besides me, but they have requested I include support for streaming audio. I'd like to know if there is any documentation on the codec and/or protocol for ShoutCast, so that I can include it in my program.

11th May 2006, 23:25	#2
fcuk Moderator* Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Atlantic Beach Posts: 8,140	heh .... SHOUTcast is not open source. Sorry, but I do not think you are going to have any luck with this. However, all of need to do is get an mp3codec that it can use, and tell it how to understand a .pls file (which is going to be difficult without the source). Sorry for the bad news Trancectro/electro-house/electro \| Are You Hard?

11th May 2006, 23:48	#4
drewbar Sawg 2.0 Major Dude Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 5,916	PLS files have been around before SHOUTcast. If you are working on tring to figure out how to support those... http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....threadid=65772 Count with us! Jan 1st, 12AM (PST, GMT -8) 2010 - 282,246

12th May 2006, 00:19	#8
fcuk Moderator* Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Atlantic Beach Posts: 8,140	ahhhh... Well, as you mentioned, all you need to be able to do is make the software understand that it needs to link to a specific address to get the stream from. All a .pls file is is a link to another source. As mentioned, you may want to look at icecast for the source code to all of this. Trancectro/electro-house/electro \| Are You Hard?

12th May 2006, 05:18	#10
drewbar Sawg 2.0 Major Dude Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 5,916	http://forums.radiotoolbox.com/viewtopic.php?t=74 http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...ease_id=179152 The latter has some code for their shoutcastsourc. basically a stream decoding library. Count with us! Jan 1st, 12AM (PST, GMT -8) 2010 - 282,246

11th May 2006, 23:29	#3
RealityRipple Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Los Berros Canyon, Nipomo, CA, USA Posts: 5	From what I see of an example ShoutCast PLS file, it just has an entry count, followed by a list of entries. I'm guessing the actual information is stored on the server it lists to. Would it break any laws if I packet log the transfers, or would it be useless anyway?

11th May 2006, 23:49	#5
RealityRipple Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Los Berros Canyon, Nipomo, CA, USA Posts: 5	No, I'm looking to support ShoutCast broadcasts. M3U and PLS file support is easy. :P

12th May 2006, 00:17	#7
RealityRipple Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Los Berros Canyon, Nipomo, CA, USA Posts: 5	I just want to listen, not create. Sorry for the confusion.

12th May 2006, 00:35	#9
RealityRipple Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Los Berros Canyon, Nipomo, CA, USA Posts: 5	Thank you. I'll look into it.

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