error opening source socket FATAL ERROR

[foshneezy]

Whenever i connect to the ShoutCast DNSA (GUI) monitor, in the event log it says "error opening source socket FATAL ERROR". And when i'm trying to connect to the server from winamp it wont connect. I believe this may be whats causing it. How do i fix this error?

[wayetender]

Do you have a Firewall (Zonealarm, Mcafee Personal Firewall) up? I did and it did what you were saying. Did you configure DSP_SC.ini?

[foshneezy]

No, i dont have a firewall up. I dont think i have configured the DSP_SC.ini file..i'm not sure where it is

[foshneezy]

Ok i found the file, i'm not sure what to change in it though.

Something else is using the ports you want (8000 and 8001). Make sure you only have one instance of the Shoutcast DNAS running and no other server applications. Check your firewall.

[foshneezy]

What would an example of other server applications be? The only other programs i have running are mIRC (<-server application?) and a little game called progress quest

Other people on mIRC are running shoutcast though..so..

I rebooted my hole computer, and before i opened up anything else i opened up the DNAS and i still got the error message. If it does have to do with my firewall, i know nothing about them (firewalls) so a nice thorough walkthrough would be nice

Well, if you connect to a IRC server on port 8000 or 8001, yeah. Anyway, try changing the port in sc_serv.ini

; PortBase. This is the IP port number your server will run on. The
; value, and the value + 1 must be available. If you get a fatal error when
; the DNAS is setting up a socket on startup, make sure nothing else on the
; machine is running on the same port (telnet localhost portnumber -- if you
; get connection refused then you're clear to use that port). Ports < 1024
; may require root privledges on *nix machines. The default port is 8000.
PortBase=8000

[foshneezy]

meh. The reason i posted in the other forum section was because no one was answering in this one Anyways. I think i have everything correct. One last question. Is my ip address http://myip:8000/ to connect to my shoutcast?

assuming you left PortBase=8000 then yes

[foshneezy]

I got a friend to try to connect to my SHOUTcast, but it would not connect. Every time it would say "disconnected". I looked at the log and noticed something.

<03/26/02@21:38:03> [source] connected from 127.0.0.1
<03/26/02@21:38:03> [source] icy-name:Unnamed Server ; icy-genre:
<03/26/02@21:38:03> [source] icy-pub:1 ; icy-br:24 ; icy-url:http://www.shoutcast.com
<03/26/02@21:38:03> [source] icy-irc:#shoutcast ; icy-icq:0 ; icy-aim:N/A
<03/26/02@21:38:04> [dest: 205.188.234.42] starting stream (UID: 1)[L: 1]{A: SHOUTcast Directory Tester}
<03/26/02@21:38:04> [dest: 205.188.234.42] connection closed (0 seconds) (UID: 1)[L: 0]{Bytes: 8192}
<03/26/02@21:38:05> [yp_add] yp.shoutcast.com added me successfully

On the 3rd last line it says [dest:ip] connection closed
Is the connection supposed to close??

[wayetender]

That's Perfectly OK! This is just telling yp.shoutcast.com that you have connected and it's letting them know. If you left your port 8000, you can access it at http://yourIPaddress:8000/listen.pls
If there is anything else please read the first post that says "READ ME BEFORE POSTING" or somting like that. O ya you should change ur info for your Station. Before you connect from the winamp plugin, click yellow pages. Config to your needs. Connect and then go! In 15 minutes (at most) Try searching for your station. If you wanna see your Station homepage goto http://Ipaddress:8000/ Its cool! Have fun and SHOUTcast on

[art42]

Okay, I have the same problem... I get the same Fatal Error message, but I don't think I have any other programs running. This has been happening for a couple days and I don't know what the problem is...

...how can I tell if anything else is using port 8000? This is frustrating, I'm not a computer smart person.

[FesterHead]

See if this thread helps.

[xrazorsxcut]

Well I opened the GUI, and Winamp 2x -- What's next? And nothing is happening now. Except the error is gone, but now what shows up is..

Event log:
<11/15/03@14:07:25> [SHOUTcast] DNAS/win32 v1.9.2 (Nov 25 2002) starting up...
<11/15/03@14:07:25> [main] loaded config from C:\Program Files\SHOUTcast\sc_serv.ini
<11/15/03@14:07:25> [main] initializing (usermax:10 portbase:8000)...
<11/15/03@14:07:25> [main] No ban file found (sc_serv.ban)
<11/15/03@14:07:25> [main] No rip file found (sc_serv.rip)
<11/15/03@14:07:25> [main] opening source socket
<11/15/03@14:07:25> [main] source thread starting
<11/15/03@14:07:25> [main] opening client socket
<11/15/03@14:07:25> [main] Client Stream thread [0] starting
<11/15/03@14:07:25> [main] client main thread starting
<11/15/03@14:07:25> [source] listening for connection on port 8001
Is that good or what? But it just keeps saying listening..

[xrazorsxcut]

Okay, I downloaded the DSP plugin for having a source. But it says 'invalid' password. And I'm sorry for making you help me out, I know i'm making it difficult.

[djmastermind]

Please don't hijack threads. Especially older ones.. The posts listed in the Sticky are only for reference. Continue your thread here.

[Laine]

When i try to start shoutcast gui or console, the progrmme just pops up 4 a bout a second and then goes

[DJ_JOHNY]

hey when ever i config my dsb plugin and tell it what enoder under output i put it to 2 and everything is set but as soon as i let go of my mouse it gives me a errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr and in the report it says this

AppName: winamp.exe AppVer: 5.2.1.497 ModName: dsp_sc.dll
ModVer: 0.0.0.0 Offset: 00004c3b