SHOUTcast Transcoder 2 Beta 6

[Jenson]

Hey folks,

i also have a problem with Drop6 Beta here.

As long as i set a playlist for sc_trans where the mp3 files are listed with absolute paths, all is fine and sc_trans is streaming to shoutcast server.

There is a documented feature for playlists where one could use wildcards like "/absolute/path/to/mp3files/*mp3" within playlists.

I've set up a playlist file default.lst and set a single entry to the absolute path where my mp3 files reside, at the end with *.mp3.

After restarting sc_trans it exits and within the logfile i can find an entry "Playlist run dry".

The files are still in the directory, and if i write them to a playlist with absolute paths, all is fine. That's why i'm sure that there is no access-right thing getting this to struggle...

any Idea what's wrong here ? The system i use is a linux root-server with shoutcast server 1.9.8 and sc_trans BETA Drop 6. The MP3 Decoder license is set in config and it streams fine as long as there is a playlist with absolute paths to single MP3s.



Jenson

[nradisch]

Originally Posted by cuddles71

Ok, I'm testing drop 6, and while it's streaming properly, I've got a few errors in the log, and a few things I'm not clear on.

4. Specific errors that are showing up in the log now:

code:
2010-06-01 01:06:12 W msg:RGAD tag not supported in file /mnt/music/E/Embrace Selegy/Embrace Selegy - Gemini.mp3

It means that the specific mp3 file has a ID3 tag called RGAD which
sc_serv does not support. Don't worry about it.

code:
2010-06-01 01:06:50 W msg:[rgCalc] rename() of /tmp/sct-JTmrNP to /mnt/music/S/Soulfly/Soulfly - Touching the Void.mp3 failed. Trying less safe unlink() and copy()

The replay gain code tries to use the unix rename() function to move the temporary
file back to the original location. rename() is an atomic operation, and guarantees that
you cannot end up with a corrupted mp3 due to crash or failure of the application. rename(), however, will only work if the source and destination are on the same physical volume. If they're not, then the file has to be copied which can result in file corruption if the application should crash mid-copy. In your case, /tmp and /mnt are physically different drives, so rename() cannot be used. Again, it's nothing to be overly concerned about.

code:
2010-06-01 01:11:10 msg:Failure converting filename to metadata Premature end of data (*/%TIT2.*)

The mp3 in question has no metadata and the filepath -> metadata conversion pattern did not work.

code:
2010-06-01 01:24:29 E msg:[ID3V2] Very badly formed data in file /mnt/music/N/Nightwish/Nightwish - Slaying The Dreamer.mp3 Bad frame ID

sc_trans thinks something is very wrong with the ID3 metadata.

--Neil

[Jenson]

so ... sorry for my ugly post ... found the problem with wildcards in playlists. There need always to be a carriage return at the end of each entry in playlist, also for entrys like *.mp3.

BUT now i ran into another problem i couldn't find any solution for up to now.

I included a line in my playlist, where a php script should be called to pull a song from database. The Script returns a full absolute path to the mp3 file.

The script also writes a timestamp to database each time it is called.

If i start sc_trans now, the php scripts are not called and the entys in playlist - file seem to be ignored.

the line in playlist.lst looks like:

code:


#!/usr/bin/php /absolute/path/to/php/script/script.php

I also double checked that the user the sc_trans is running with can run the php scripts. If i su to this user i can call the scripts and i get a full absolute path to an existing mp3 file returned to console. ( at the end with \n\r )

The Mp3 Files are also accessible, if i insert the path with a wildcard (*.mp3) into the playlist and restart sc_trans the songs are streamed to the server.

God... only this one thing left ! After solving this i could finish my project here...

Jenson

[gurek]

Originally Posted by nradisch

The license key information for mp3 is wrong.

--Neil

Dear Łukasz Górski,

Thank you for ordering from Winamp on May 30, 2010. The following email is a summary of your order. Please use this as your proof of purchase. If you paid by credit card, please look for on your credit card billing statement.

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Your Order and Billing Information:
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Shipping Address:

xxxxxxxxxx

Product SKU: 10211972
Product Name: SHOUTcaster Basic Broadcaster License Key
Qty Ordered: 1
Amount: PLN16.40
Digital Rights: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx




Subtotal: PLN16.40
Shipping: PLN0.00


Tax: PLN2.46
Total: PLN18.86

Really?

[nradisch]

Try setting playlistdebug=1 in your config file. Perhaps that will provide more information to help diagnose the problem.

--Neil

Originally Posted by Jenson

so ... sorry for my ugly post ... found the problem with wildcards in playlists. There need always to be a carriage return at the end of each entry in playlist, also for entrys like *.mp3.

BUT now i ran into another problem i couldn't find any solution for up to now.

I included a line in my playlist, where a php script should be called to pull a song from database. The Script returns a full absolute path to the mp3 file.

The script also writes a timestamp to database each time it is called.

If i start sc_trans now, the php scripts are not called and the entys in playlist - file seem to be ignored.

the line in playlist.lst looks like:

code:


#!/usr/bin/php /absolute/path/to/php/script/script.php

I also double checked that the user the sc_trans is running with can run the php scripts. If i su to this user i can call the scripts and i get a full absolute path to an existing mp3 file returned to console. ( at the end with \n\r )

The Mp3 Files are also accessible, if i insert the path with a wildcard (*.mp3) into the playlist and restart sc_trans the songs are streamed to the server.

God... only this one thing left ! After solving this i could finish my project here...

Jenson

[nradisch]

gurek:

You should contact Faisal (sc_faisal) about this. Digital River (the company who manages the store for the mp3 keys) was distributing bogus keys a while back. It's possible that they've started doing that again. Unfortunately I no longer have access to the shoutcast code base so I can't actually verify if your key is valid.

--Neil

[SC_faisal]

Hi Neil. :-)

Gurek - Looking into it. Please send me PM with your Key.

f.

[Jenson]

I've Triest the playlistdebug=1 right before my last post.. Forgot to Tell you, sorry. The log Shows only the mp3 Files which are Set with an absolute path in playlist. It Look like sc_Trans ignores all entrys with #! At the beginning like any other comment within the playlist file.

[nradisch]

Originally Posted by Jenson

I've Triest the playlistdebug=1 right before my last post.. Forgot to Tell you, sorry. The log Shows only the mp3 Files which are Set with an absolute path in playlist. It Look like sc_Trans ignores all entrys with #! At the beginning like any other comment within the playlist file.

Nah, something else is going wrong. With playlistdebug=1 you should see at least some sort of acknowledgement in the logs that a shell command was seen. Perhaps there's something else in the list that is causing a problem. I'll be happy to take a look if you want.

--Neil

[Jenson]

Originally Posted by nradisch

Nah, something else is going wrong. With playlistdebug=1 you should see at least some sort of acknowledgement in the logs that a shell command was seen. Perhaps there's something else in the list that is causing a problem. I'll be happy to take a look if you want.

--Neil

This is my playlist-File:

code:


#!/usr/bin/php /home/shoutcast/sctrans/sc_trans2/dbconn/getNextJingle.php

#!/usr/bin/php /home/shoutcast/sctrans/sc_trans2/dbconn/getNextSong.php

/home/shoutcast/mp3base/power-radio.de/autoDJ/music/*.mp3

The first two lines are totally ignored by sc_trans.

this is a part of the log (startup of sc_trans):

code:


2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:<***><----->Logger startup

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:<***><----->version 0.2.0.0 build 0.0.25.0

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->D<----->msg:<***><----->

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->W<----->msg:[conf] Invalid item on line 2

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->W<----->msg:[conf] Invalid item on line 3

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->W<----->msg:[conf] Invalid item on line 44

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[calendarMgr]  Adding DJ event  m_djName=Jenson  m_archive=0  m_id=1 m_startDate=year:0,mon:0,mday:0,hour:0,min:0,sec:0,i

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[calendarMgr]  Adding DJ event  m_djName=Knuppel  m_archive=0  m_id=2 m_startDate=year:0,mon:0,mday:0,hour:0,min:0,sec:0,

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[calendarMgr]  Adding DJ event  m_djName=Mausi  m_archive=0  m_id=3 m_startDate=year:0,mon:0,mday:0,hour:0,min:0,sec:0,is

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[calendarMgr]  Adding DJ event  m_djName=Stefanie  m_archive=0  m_id=4 m_startDate=year:0,mon:0,mday:0,hour:0,min:0,sec:0

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[calendarMgr]  Adding DJ event  m_djName=Sascha  m_archive=0  m_id=5 m_startDate=year:0,mon:0,mday:0,hour:0,min:0,sec:0,i

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[calendarMgr]  Adding DJ event  m_djName=Jennifer  m_archive=0  m_id=6 m_startDate=year:0,mon:0,mday:0,hour:0,min:0,sec:0

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[calendarMgr]  Adding DJ event  m_djName=Holger  m_archive=0  m_id=7 m_startDate=year:0,mon:0,mday:0,hour:0,min:0,sec:0,i

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[calendarMgr]  Adding DJ event  m_djName=Bastian  m_archive=0  m_id=8 m_startDate=year:0,mon:0,mday:0,hour:0,min:0,sec:0,

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[calendarMgr]  Adding DJ event  m_djName=Kai  m_archive=0  m_id=9 m_startDate=year:0,mon:0,mday:0,hour:0,min:0,sec:0,isds

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[calendarMgr]  Adding DJ event  m_djName=Uwe  m_archive=0  m_id=10 m_startDate=year:0,mon:0,mday:0,hour:0,min:0,sec:0,isd

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[calendarMgr]  Adding DJ event  m_djName=Markus  m_archive=0  m_id=11 m_startDate=year:0,mon:0,mday:0,hour:0,min:0,sec:0,

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[calendarMgr]  Adding DJ event  m_djName=Ralf  m_archive=0  m_id=12 m_startDate=year:0,mon:0,mday:0,hour:0,min:0,sec:0,is

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[calendarMgr]  Adding DJ event  m_djName=Marco  m_archive=0  m_id=13 m_startDate=year:0,mon:0,mday:0,hour:0,min:0,sec:0,i

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[calendarMgr]  Adding DJ event  m_djName=Timo  m_archive=0  m_id=14 m_startDate=year:0,mon:0,mday:0,hour:0,min:0,sec:0,is

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[calendarMgr]  Adding DJ event  m_djName=Andrea  m_archive=0  m_id=15 m_startDate=year:0,mon:0,mday:0,hour:0,min:0,sec:0,

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[calendarMgr]  Adding DJ event  m_djName=Jens2  m_archive=0  m_id=16 m_startDate=year:0,mon:0,mday:0,hour:0,min:0,sec:0,i

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[calendarMgr]  Adding DJ event  m_djName=Manuel  m_archive=0  m_id=17 m_startDate=year:0,mon:0,mday:0,hour:0,min:0,sec:0,

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[calendarMgr]  Adding DJ event  m_djName=Tim  m_archive=0  m_id=18 m_startDate=year:0,mon:0,mday:0,hour:0,min:0,sec:0,isd

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[VUPush] 0 VU images loaded

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[VUPush] 0 VU images loaded

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->D<----->msg:[playlistMgr] Registering playlist default:/home/shoutcast/mp3base/power-radio.de/playlists/default.lst : 0

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->D<----->msg:[playlistMgr] Playlist registry

name:default path:/home/shoutcast/mp3base/power-radio.de/playlists/default.lst



2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->D<----->msg:[playlistMgr] Activating playlist default id=-1 loop=1 prior=0 shuffle=0 dur=0 curt=0

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[playlistMgr] playlist load from file /home/shoutcast/mp3base/power-radio.de/playlists/default.lst

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->D<----->msg:[playlistMgr] new entry /home/shoutcast/mp3base/power-radio.de/autoDJ/music/Topmodelz - Fly on the Wings of Love.mp3

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->D<----->msg:[playlistMgr] new entry /home/shoutcast/mp3base/power-radio.de/autoDJ/music/agepee.mp3

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->D<----->msg:[playlistMgr] new entry /home/shoutcast/mp3base/power-radio.de/autoDJ/music/pandora bx - bad romance.mp3

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->D<----->msg:[playlistMgr] new entry /home/shoutcast/mp3base/power-radio.de/autoDJ/music/katerine avgoustakis-ayotechnology.mp3

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->D<----->msg:[playlistMgr] new entry /home/shoutcast/mp3base/power-radio.de/autoDJ/music/Keri Hilson - I Like  (RainDropz! Radio M

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->D<----->msg:[playlistMgr] new entry /home/shoutcast/mp3base/power-radio.de/autoDJ/music/Aquagen - Hard To Say I'm Sorry.mp3

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->D<----->msg:[playlistMgr] new entry /home/shoutcast/mp3base/power-radio.de/autoDJ/music/Baracuda - Dancing Into Danger (Extended

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[playlistMgr] Caching playlist /home/shoutcast/mp3base/fun-dance-radio.de/playlists/default.lst

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[playlistMgr] load complete

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->D<----->msg:[playlistMgr] Playlist queue:

 name:default priority:0 loop:1 shuffle:0 id:-1 stop:0



2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:*******************************************************************************

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:** TRANScast Distributed Network Audio Content Provider

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:** Copyright (C) 2000 Nullsoft, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:** Use "sc_trans filename.conf" to specify a config file.

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:*******************************************************************************

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[TRANSCast] DNAS/posix v 0.2.0.0 b 0.0.25.0  (Feb  3 2009) starting up...

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[MAIN] PID: 17118

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[MAIN] Loaded config from /home/shoutcast/sctrans/sc_trans2/sc_trans_8000.conf

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[MAIN] Streaming thread starting

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[resampler] deactivated 44100/2 == 44100/2

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[MAIN] Encoder thread 0 starting

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[MAIN] broadcast thread 0 starting

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[mp3enc] 582537760/44100/2/128000 Fraunhofer IIS MP3s Encoder V04.01.00 (build 2007-03-15)

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:Using internal encoder sample rate of 44100 Hz, bandwidth 15804 Hz, MDCT low pass active



2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[MAIN] Playlist decoder thread starting

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[STREAM] 1911566461 giving replay gain calculator a head start

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[rgCalc] thread running

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[STREAM] 1911566461 running

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[STREAM] 1911566461 Creating stream socket

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[microServer] Listening for connection on port 8051

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[MAIN] Broadcast Receiver thread starting

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[STREAM] 1911566461 Connected to host server

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[decode] giving replay gain calculator a head start

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[decode] begin decoding

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[decode] next file is /home/shoutcast/mp3base/power-radio.de/autoDJ/music/Topmodelz - Fly on the Wings of Love.mp3

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[mp3enc] 582537760/44100/2/128000 mp3 setup complete

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[ID3V2] version 3.0 tagsize=2038 unsync=0 xheader=0

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[decode] Topmodelz - Fly on the Wings of Love.mp3::5669390::236.225

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[STREAM] 1911566461 Host server gave success (OK2)

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[STREAM] 1911566461 Stream to 127.0.0.1 established

2010-06-01 17:17:30<--->I<----->msg:[STREAM] 1911566461 Sending stream information

2010-06-01 17:17:32<--->I<----->msg:[shoutcastmetadata] Sending metadata

2010-06-01 17:18:05<--->I<----->msg:[djmgr]  No DJ currently active. Run permission granted for Mausi

2010-06-01 17:18:05<--->I<----->msg:[broadcastStallManager]  timed content set to TRUE

2010-06-01 17:18:05<--->I<----->msg:[djProtocolShoutcast] Connected

2010-06-01 17:20:45<--->I<----->msg:[titleupdate] receiving DJ metadata "Merzad%20Marashi%20%26%20Mark%20Medlock%20%2D%20Sweat"

2010-06-01 17:20:45<--->I<----->msg:[titleupdate] relaying DJ metadata

2010-06-01 17:20:57<--->I<----->msg:[shoutcastmetadata] Sending metadata

2010-06-01 17:24:30<--->I<----->msg:[titleupdate] receiving DJ metadata "Groove%20Coverage%20%2D%20Innocent"

2010-06-01 17:24:30<--->I<----->msg:[titleupdate] relaying DJ metadata

2010-06-01 17:24:43<--->I<----->msg:[shoutcastmetadata] Sending metadata

2010-06-01 17:27:18<--->I<----->msg:[titleupdate] receiving DJ metadata "Brisby%20%26%20Jingles%20%2D%20L%27amour%20Toujours%20%28Club%20Radio%29"

2010-06-01 17:27:18<--->I<----->msg:[titleupdate] relaying DJ metadata

2010-06-01 17:27:30<--->I<----->msg:[shoutcastmetadata] Sending metadata

2010-06-01 17:30:21<--->I<----->msg:[titleupdate] receiving DJ metadata "Novaspace%20%2D%20Close%20Your%20Eyes%20%28Radio%20Edit%29"

2010-06-01 17:30:21<--->I<----->msg:[titleupdate] relaying DJ metadata

2010-06-01 17:30:33<--->I<----->msg:[shoutcastmetadata] Sending metadata

2010-06-01 17:32:44<--->I<----->msg:[titleupdate] receiving DJ metadata ""

For me ... it look like sc_trans is ignoring the #!/usr/bin/php tags completely ...

and here is the conf (password, domains, etc. exchanged !)

code:


;; MP3 Decoder License Information

unlockkeyname=xxxx xxxxxxxxxx

unlockkeycode=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx



;; VU Images

vuimagedirectory=/home/shoutcast/sctrans/sc_trans2/vuimages/



;; ENCODER OPTIONS

encoder=mp3

bitrate=128000

samplerate=44100

channels=2



;;; NETWORK OPTIONS

outprotocol=1

serverip=127.0.0.1

serverport=8000

password=xxxxxxxxx





;;;; LOGGING OPTIONS:

;where does the log file go

logfile=/home/shoutcast/sctrans/sc_trans2/sc_trans_8000.log

; 1 to do screen logging else 0

screenlog=0

djdebug=0

calendardebug=0

playlistdebug=1





;;;;;; METADATA CONTROL

; my stream name

streamtitle=Power Radio

; url related to my stream

streamurl=http://www.power-radio.de

; my genre

genre=Dance

; other assorted stuff

aim=powerradio@live.de

;irc=myirc

;icq=myicq

; register with yp

public=1

displaymetadatapattern = %R[ - - ]%N









		

;;;; PLAYLIST CONTROL

; your playlist	

; playlistfilename_0=house

; playlistfilepath_0=/home/shoutcast/mp3base/fun-dance-radio.de/playlists/house.lst

; playlistfile=/home/shoutcast/mp3base/fun-dance-radio.de/playlists/house.lst

playlistfile=/home/shoutcast/mp3base/power-radio.de/playlists/default.lst





; by default we shuffle the playlist. Lets turn that off

shuffle = 0



; set our crossfade time to 3 seconds. zero means no xfade

xfade=3		



; file must be at least 10 seconds or we don't crossfade

xfadethreshold=10



; drop folder for priority playlists

playlists=/home/shoutcast/sctrans/sc_trans1/playlists/priority/

; where finished priority playlists get copied

archive=/home/shoutcast/sctrans/sc_trans1/playlists/priority/finished/



;;;	LIVE CAPTURE:

; don't capture

capture=0	

; set capture parameters

;capturedevice=Sound Blaster

;captureinput=Line-In

;capturesamplerate=44100

;capturechannels=2



;;;; DJ SUPPORT:

; dj listen port

djport=8050

; dj password

; djpassword=xxxxxxxx

; idle time until auto-dump

autodumpsourcetime=30

; record dj broadcasts here

djbroadcasts=/home/shoutcast/sctrans/sc_trans1/recorded/





;;;; CALENDARFILE

calendarfile=/home/shoutcast/sctrans/sc_trans2/calendar.xml





;;;; DJs



djlogin_0=xxxxx

djpassword_0=xxxxx

djpriority_0=10



djlogin_1=xxxxx

djpassword_1=xxxxxxx

djpriority_1=10



djlogin_2=xxxxxxxxx

djpassword_2=xxxx

djpriority_2=10



djlogin_3=xxxxxxxxxx

djpassword_3=xxx

djpriority_3=9



djlogin_4=xxxxxxxxxxxxx

djpassword_4=xxx

djpriority_4=9



djlogin_5=xxx

djpassword_5=xxxxxx

djpriority_5=3



djlogin_6=xxxxxx

djpassword_6=xxxxxxxx

djpriority_6=3



djlogin_7=xxx

djpassword_7=xxxxxxxxx

djpriority_7=3



	

;; REPLAY GAIN CONTROL:

applyreplaygain=0

calculatereplaygain=0

			

;;; OTHER:		

adminport=6677

adminuser=xxxxx

adminpassword=xxxxxxxx

Any Help is appreciated ...

Jenson

[nradisch]

Jenson,

The version you are running predates support for external application in the playlist. You need to update your sc_trans.

--Neil

[cuddles71]

Thanks for the reply Neil. But what about questions 1, 2, and 3?

[nradisch]

Originally Posted by cuddles71

Ok, I'm testing drop 6, and while it's streaming properly, I've got a few errors in the log, and a few things I'm not clear on.

1. Has the calendar.xml changed format?
My old calendar.xml had entries like this:

code:


<event type="dj">

<dj archive="1">bacon</dj>

<calendar  starttime="10:59:00" duration="02:00:00" repeat="1" />

</event>

The new testui shows "undefined" for each DJ in my calendar though.

Not that I know of.

2. In the testui, I'm still not getting the VU Meter images. Just a broken image placeholder. What should I set the vuimagedirectory to?

You should probably used the absolute path to the directory with the images. AT sc_trans startup you will see either an error message about not finding the files, or an indication about the number of files loaded. Also, it could just be a browser compatibility issue. The vu image push uses an old continuous image push mechanism that may be deprecated in your browser. The vu.bin weblet command is a more reliable way to get VU information (see docs.txt)

3. I'd like to set the streamed metadata for each track from my playlist to just "Artist - Song," but even after setting what I thought was right (%R - %N), no change on the stream.

Could you be more specific about what you set and what you are seeing.

--Neil

[gurek]

Originally Posted by SC_faisal

Hi Neil. :-)

Gurek - Looking into it. Please send me PM with your Key.

f.

reply me!

[cuddles71]

According to the docs.txt, the default metadata is %R[ - ]%A[ - ]%N, which translates to Artist - Album - Song. What I'd prefer is just Artist - Song, which SHOULD be %R[ - ]%N, and which I've set in sc_trans.conf. BUT, I still end up with Artist - Album - Song.

Using the weblet gives me a prompt to save a file called vu.bin. Is that normal?

[Jenson]

Originally Posted by nradisch

Jenson,

The version you are running predates support for external application in the playlist. You need to update your sc_trans.

--Neil

I've downloaded the package again from

http://download.shoutcast.com/beta/s...6_02232010.zip

This is the sc_trans version i'm using ! Is there a newer one ?

Jenson

[Jenson]

Neil where do i find the latest Version of SC_TRANS ? The version i use at the moment is the one from the url

http://download.shoutcast.com/beta/s...6_02232010.zip

and thats the one i posted the logfiles from here ... If you say that my sc_trans is not the latest Beta maybe the zip containts not the latest sctrans for linux ???

[Webschiff]

Hallo together,

sorry for my english, I write in german.

Ich habe folgendes Problem:
In meiner Calendar.xml habe ich Playlisten eingetragen, die auch wunderbar gespielt werden...
Sobald es jedoch 2h am ist, schaltet sich die das Event ab, obwohl ich geschrieben habe bis 3h am.

Erster Versuch: Ich habe da schon einiges versucht, hat jedoch nicht hin gehauen... Hier mal die Daten:
starttime="11:00:00" duration="03:00:00" repeat="62"

Zweiter Versuch: und zum weiteren habe ich es so getestet, indem ich 2 events erstellt habe wegen 00 Uhr

starttime="11:00:00" duration="23:59:59" repeat="62"

starttime="00:00:01" duration="03:00:00" repeat="62"

jeweils mit den Entsprechend Tags. Ohne Erfolg...
Ich möchte, dass die Playlist(en) täglich von 11h morgens bis 03h nachts spielt, was mache ich da verkehrt?

Und gleich noch eine Frage hinterher:
Ich lese derzeit die DJ Daten aus dem AOL Namen in sc_serv2 aus, gibt es, abgesehen vom "Current Song" eine andere Möglichkeit, an diese Daten zu kommen, wenn sc_trans zwischengeschaltet ist (Möchte die DJ Daten haben, nicht die SC_trans Standarddaten)?

Danke schon mal im Voraus

[hackerdork]

I have not found this to work, or if its possible.

in my playlist.lst I can not use a URL nor does it look like the relay option would work if the source is a mp3 or media file rather than a shoutcast source.

#
/home/music/somfilehere.mp3
#
http://domain.name.here/path/filename.mp3
#
/home/music/anotherfilehere.mp3
#end
#
I know with beta6 we can relay, which act like a client to a shoutcast stream but can this too support a absolute url to a mp3 file , or can it only support shoutcast format ?

The idea would be to have the ability for remote media files so you can bring a podcaster to your show without having them needing to run a shoutcast server or send you the mp3 files.

thanks for the time

[cuddles71]

Ok, getting a VERY strange error now. This just started happening about 10 minutes ago:

2010-06-06 22:59:18 msg:[shoutcastmetadata] Sending metadata
2010-06-06 23:03:55 msg:[titleupdate] receiving DJ metadata "Bunnie%27s%20Beats%20%7E%20The%20Rolling%20Stones%20%2D%20Ruby%20Tuesday"
2010-06-06 23:03:55 msg:[titleupdate] invalid DJ login or password
2010-06-06 23:07:06 msg:[titleupdate] receiving DJ metadata "Bunnie%27s%20Beats%20%7E%20Birds%20Of%20Tokyo%20%2D%20Train%20Wrecks"
2010-06-06 23:07:06 msg:[titleupdate] invalid DJ login or password

Obviously, the DJ's password is correct, or she couldn't broadcast. But it's not updating the metadata, instead giving that message.

[f3llony]

Why does SC developers do anything through ass? Isnt it obvious, you could just make a godamn gtk+ app interface for godamn sc_trans? A gui version? no?
Maybe you can provide godamn information how to do it, and i will do it for you? Huh...

[cuddles71]

Update to my issue of "msg:[titleupdate] invalid DJ login or password"...

It's ONLY happening to that one DJ (Bunnie), and changing her password did nothing whatsoever to help.

[nradisch]

Could be a sc_trans version mismatch. There was a problem parsing DJ metadata and passwords that was recently fixed.

Originally Posted by cuddles71

Update to my issue of "msg:[titleupdate] invalid DJ login or password"...

It's ONLY happening to that one DJ (Bunnie), and changing her password did nothing whatsoever to help.

[cuddles71]

Version mismatch? Okay...

Aside from that, and the metadata formatting, drop 6 is working fantastically here. Actual 30% decrease in system resource usage from drop 5. Great job!

[nradisch]

Just a guess. If you're using beta 6, you should make sure your DJ is using the same.

--Neil

[odonel]

Will there be another version soon? It is obvious beta 6 is not working as it should. I have my config set the same as Jenson. My calendar file like cuddles. It seems like the calendar file recreates itself everytime sc_trans is start. It deletes all the events and revert to the default dj2 entry.

I need to have 3 DJS and 1 playlist. The playlist will play 24hrs, but stop when a DJ is broadcasting. So far, it only works with DJ2, no matter how I modify the trans.conf or calendar.xml

How do I proceed?

[elpotente]

You have to set calendarrewrite to 0... or configrewrite dont know tha exact name, but find about a config param "item"+"rewrite" and set it to zero. By default its set to one and when closing trans it rewrites calendar and config files.


Hope it helps!

[nradisch]

There's both. calendarrewrite controls the rewriting of the calendar file, and configrewrite controls the rewriting of the config file.

--Neil

[dgcurtis]

As an FYI, I just purchased a license and am getting the error "Unknown encoder type mp3". I've already pm'd SC_faisal about it.

--Doug

[dgcurtis]

I am still waiting to hear back about the license issue.

-- Doug

[ram130]

How is everyone's problems so far?

and for Webschiff above. Here's the translation.

Originally Posted by Webschiff

Hallo together,

sorry for my english, I write in german.

Ich habe folgendes Problem:
In meiner Calendar.xml habe ich Playlisten eingetragen, die auch wunderbar gespielt werden...
Sobald es jedoch 2h am ist, schaltet sich die das Event ab, obwohl ich geschrieben habe bis 3h am.

Erster Versuch: Ich habe da schon einiges versucht, hat jedoch nicht hin gehauen... Hier mal die Daten:
starttime="11:00:00" duration="03:00:00" repeat="62"

Zweiter Versuch: und zum weiteren habe ich es so getestet, indem ich 2 events erstellt habe wegen 00 Uhr

starttime="11:00:00" duration="23:59:59" repeat="62"

starttime="00:00:01" duration="03:00:00" repeat="62"

jeweils mit den Entsprechend Tags. Ohne Erfolg...
Ich möchte, dass die Playlist(en) täglich von 11h morgens bis 03h nachts spielt, was mache ich da verkehrt?

Und gleich noch eine Frage hinterher:
Ich lese derzeit die DJ Daten aus dem AOL Namen in sc_serv2 aus, gibt es, abgesehen vom "Current Song" eine andere Möglichkeit, an diese Daten zu kommen, wenn sc_trans zwischengeschaltet ist (Möchte die DJ Daten haben, nicht die SC_trans Standarddaten)?

Danke schon mal im Voraus

--

Originally Posted by Webschiff

Hallo together,

sorry for my english, I write in german.

I have the following problem:
In my calendar.xml I have registered playlists, which are also played wonderfully ...
Once there, however, is at 2h, turns off the the event, although I have written to 3h am

First try: I have already tried some, but has not carved out ... Here are the dates:
start time = "11:00:00" duration = "03:00:00" repeat = "62"

Second attempt: and further I have tested it so, as I have created two events for 00 clock

start time = "11:00:00" duration = "23:59:59" repeat = "62"

start time = "00:00:01" duration = "03:00:00" repeat = "62"

Accordingly, each with the tags. Without success ...
I want the playlist (s) daily from 11h am to 03h play at night, what I'm doing wrong?

And just a question afterwards:
I am reading now from the DJ data from the AOL name in sc_serv2, there are, apart from the "Current Song" is another way to get at this data, if sc_trans interposed (If you want the DJ data have not SC_trans standard data)?

Thank you in advance

[DirtMcGirt]

Let me get this straight:

1) Are we being forced to update to a Beta Release of YP2?

2) My radio stations to not show up in the directory like it used to. I used to just be able to put in my website and it would show up, now it shows nothing. Is that because of the new platform?

[magnum34r]

i like the old shoutcast programs better, seemed simpler

[RedSarah]

Jensen, it's not your version of sc_trans, it's your sc_serv "DNAS" version. You stated earlier in the thread you were using version 1.9.8. I think maybe that is what Neil was referring to?

Dirt, testing out the beta is simply voluntary. Is there someone forcing you, like your webmaster or something?

Magnum I disagree. The new Shoutcast Server was a breeze. Much better and easier for me. I downloaded both the zips the other day. Today I unzipped them, uploaded them to the server. Made an sc_serv config file out of the doc.txt file. Only found one error where a partial word was spelled "exist" instead of exit. Removed the "s" and that fixed the one error, the new sc_serv runs fine now.

I then installed the sc_trans(what this thread is about and I'm most excited about), configured it's sample file, tested it and of course there were no errors barring getting the error "Unknown encoder type mp3", which I had expected from reading this thread, because I haven't purchased a $5.00 mp3 license yet. The trans testing will have to wait until I have more than $3.78 USD in my PayPal account, drat. I even tried "aac" instead of mp3, but no go, which I had figured would be the same. Maybe I can purchase it sometime later this week or next. Then wait for my key to work and then test it. Can't wait!

dgcurtis, can you update us on your status? Are you still waiting?
Should we assume it's working now if you don't update us?
Please let us know.

Thanks!

[nradisch]

RedSarah,

You do not need a license for AAC encoding in sc_trans. If it didn't work then there was probably something wrong in your config file.

--Neil

[Jeeper One]

Originally Posted by SC_faisal

Hi All!
The SHOUTcast team is pleased to present you the latest Shoutcast Transcoder beta drop.

[Snip.....]

NEW STUFF:

- A new type of event as been added to the calendaring system that allows you to relay other stations. (see calendarxml.txt for more information)

- You can now create your playlists dynamically in real time. A new playlist entry construct will allow the invocation of an external program to fetch the next playlist entry (see docs.txt section 10)

- You can change the way your metadata is displayed in clients (this comes with lots of caveats though). See the new displaymetadatapattern conf file option (docs.txt)

- In order to encode your stream in mp3, you need an MP3 license key. This is a legal requirement to comply with all broadcasting laws. You can grab the code and pay the $5 license fee here: http://shop.winamp.com/servlet/Promo...omoID.48873700

How would this affect someone who uses a host like Live365 which covers the broadcasting laws?

Better yet, how does one justify this expense if all they broadcast is either all original or public domain content?

Sorry if these questions have been answered before BUT.....

Cheers

Pat

[Jeeper One]

Originally Posted by LuckyLPR

leute this is beta version you agree first-class software free of charge and stir more than 5$ on I cannot understand completely
and with everybody can fail sometimes a little bit

Then I might suggest they not charge ANYTHING for the key since SHOUTcast 2.0 is still Betaware. This will solve a lot of problems & reduce the grief right off the bat.

Cheers

[RedSarah]

Ah thanks Neil. You are correct! I did attempt a bit ago with the aac again. I found I had forgotten the "p" on the end of the config file parameter. I had "aac" instead of "aacp".
It actually played mp3 files encoding them into aacp. It sounded very strange of course lol. I then updated my play list by uploading some .m4a files(4) into a directory for testing the trans. Made a play list to those 4 files. Fired it up and received this basically at the end...

msg:[decode] Error. No decoder for /shoutcast/sc_trans_beta6/music/testsong - test title - test project.m4a, skipped
2010-07-26 17:17:05 E msg:[decode] Too many consecutive file errors, bailing out.
2010-07-26 17:17:05 I msg:[decode] Exiting decoder thread
2010-07-26 17:17:05 I msg:[AAC] Exiting encoder thread
2010-07-26 17:17:06 I msg:[rgCalc] thread exiting
2010-07-26 17:17:08 D msg:[calendarMgr] timeSlice
2010-07-26 17:17:08 I msg:[MAIN] Exiting loop
2010-07-26 17:17:08 I msg:[resampler] tIn=0 tOut=0 bIn=0 bOut=0
2010-07-26 17:17:08 I msg:[crossfader] in=0 out=0
2010-07-26 17:17:08 I msg:<***> Logger shutdown

I assume it doesn't know what or which "bitstreamformat" I am using or want to use to decode it?

I did try it as a parameter in the config file, but there was no effect.
Perhaps another configuration setting somewhere is off on my end.
If I do get the AAC to work, I think I'll simply convert all my mp3's to acc.
Thanks!

[nradisch]

RedSarah,

sc_trans cannot read m4a files. I no longer have access to the source, but I believe the legal input formats are

mp3
aacp
uncompressed wav
ogg
flac

--Neil

[RedSarah]

Hi Neil,

I did get the AAC to work great, as long as it was 22kbs or less and the quality was quite amazing at the low bitrate, but any higher than 23kbs and above I started getting artifacts, 32 and up was very weird and digitally sounding if any sound at all.

So I proceeded and purchased the license key to unlock the mp3 encoder, I figured AAC was great for low bitrates, but maybe mp3 would be needed and better at higher bitrates plus more compatible with the common players out now, but the same problem, unable to do any legible quality above 22kbs worth streaming and the AAC sounded 10 times better than the mp3 at the low 22kbs, yet the mp3 wouldn't encode anything legible higher than 24kbs exactly like the AAC encoder.

The license key took about 5 minutes to attain, insert and use. Was another breeze!

I have a real old version of sc_trans running too, it's playing mp3 files off the same playlist as the sc_trans beta 6 in mp3 at 128 just fine except it is using about 1/3 more cpu. All the files are mp3's 128 44Khz. However this real old version of sc_trans I have the opposite problem and cannot get it to encode anything at a low bitrate. Opposite of the current sc_trans beta 6 I'm using.

I also noticed the sc_trans beta 6 AAC encoder (on my system) uses like half as much cpu as the sc_trans beta 6 mp3 encoder. Both were better than the real old version of sc_trans which used 3 times the cpu compared to the sc_trans beta 6 AAC encoder and 1/3 more compared to the sc_trans beta 6 mp3 encoder. However the real old sc_trans will play mp3's at 128kbs.

What do you suppose causes the real old version to encode only high bitrates and the new beta 6 to encode only low bitrate on the same server? Moi, the operator perhaps?