So if I want to Shoutcast over a CDN...

[davidlowry]

Background: I've been using a customised Amazon CloudFormation template to build a private web video streaming platform with reasonable success; and have been asked by a client to do similar for radio.

Requirements: 300-500 listeners at peak times to at most 4-5 radio streams.

I have a Shoutcast instance up and running on my own Linode and its causing virtually no load whatsoever (as I imagined) but without real-life testing I have no idea how that will scale. I imagine bandwidth/number of connections will be the first limiting factor, rather than CPU or memory?

NB: I believe the way RMTP works is the index file is always up to date (not cached) and it points to 8-10 chunked mp4 segments, meaning the CDN can work effectively.

So, the question: has anyone any experience of using a CDN like Amazon CloudFront to distribute the /.pls and its content?

My testing today implies that it might not be straightforward because the file referred to within the PLS playlist file is myserver.com:8000/play.aac and not a chunked or time critical reference.