Winamp/Shout cast only works on local network

crookers · 23rd August 2017, 09:16

I was wrong thinking this was fixed. We tested from another country access directly to my Shoutcast server at http://109.153.135.145:8000 which worked fine. However on searching for it on the Shoutcast web site http://www.shoutcast.com/Search?query=MarsProductions it fails to play.

crookers · 27th August 2017, 13:21

I think I have got to the bottom of this problem & think its a bug.
The shoutcast web site is not updating the IP address for my server.
My BT Hub rebooted and I got a new IP address. On restarting the sc_serv.exe I assumed it would tell the shoutcast web site of the IP address change but if you look at the HTML source sent with a search page the IP address is still the old one. I've tried deleting cache etc at my end but no success. So I can only assume its been stored incorrectly with Shoutcast search database and not updated.
Interestingly it works occasionally without me doing anything so maybe flipping between an out of date IP address and the current one (perhaps due to load sharing on the Shoutcast web servers).
I set up another stream which registed ok with my current IP address and that works fine.

crookers · 29th August 2017, 09:04

This is definitely a bug.
Yesterday it started working (clicking on play within search) then today it stopped.
On running debugging (monitoring web site traffic) I get
http://www.shoutcast.com/Player/GetStreamUrl
with response: "http://109.158.119.210:8000/;?icy=http"
THIS IS A PREVIOUS IP ADDRESS !
So it definitely is a web site bug where old / out of date URLs are sent for a time then it corrects itself.
I have seen this sort of thing happening before with load balancing server farms where one of the servers has cached some old data which has since changed.
I bet if I leave it a day or so without changing anything it will "mysteriously" start working again (when I happen to pick up a different server).

crookers · 21st September 2017, 10:28

My hub rebooted today & got another IP address. The Shoutcast web site still reports an IP which I had several weeks ago.
This system simply doesn't work for dynamic IP addresses (which most people have with their service provider).

27th August 2017, 13:21	#2
crookers Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 13	Its a ShoutCast web site bug I think I have got to the bottom of this problem & think its a bug. The shoutcast web site is not updating the IP address for my server. My BT Hub rebooted and I got a new IP address. On restarting the sc_serv.exe I assumed it would tell the shoutcast web site of the IP address change but if you look at the HTML source sent with a search page the IP address is still the old one. I've tried deleting cache etc at my end but no success. So I can only assume its been stored incorrectly with Shoutcast search database and not updated. Interestingly it works occasionally without me doing anything so maybe flipping between an out of date IP address and the current one (perhaps due to load sharing on the Shoutcast web servers). I set up another stream which registed ok with my current IP address and that works fine.

29th August 2017, 09:04	#3
crookers Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 13	A bug in the Shoutcast web site This is definitely a bug. Yesterday it started working (clicking on play within search) then today it stopped. On running debugging (monitoring web site traffic) I get http://www.shoutcast.com/Player/GetStreamUrl with response: "http://109.158.119.210:8000/;?icy=http" THIS IS A PREVIOUS IP ADDRESS ! So it definitely is a web site bug where old / out of date URLs are sent for a time then it corrects itself. I have seen this sort of thing happening before with load balancing server farms where one of the servers has cached some old data which has since changed. I bet if I leave it a day or so without changing anything it will "mysteriously" start working again (when I happen to pick up a different server).

21st September 2017, 10:28	#4
crookers Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 13	When will this bug be fixed My hub rebooted today & got another IP address. The Shoutcast web site still reports an IP which I had several weeks ago. This system simply doesn't work for dynamic IP addresses (which most people have with their service provider).

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23rd August 2017, 09:16	#1
crookers Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 13	I was wrong thinking this was fixed. We tested from another country access directly to my Shoutcast server at http://109.153.135.145:8000 which worked fine. However on searching for it on the Shoutcast web site http://www.shoutcast.com/Search?query=MarsProductions it fails to play.