How can I identify my ShoutCast mount point

[MillerPr]

I need to identify my Shoutcast mount point so that I can set up a web based Flash player - FMP minicaster http://www.draftlight.net/dnex/mp3player/minicaster/
I have a commercial Shoutcast supplier from whom I have requested this information but he doesn't seem to know what I am referring to.

[bored_womble]

Originally posted by MillerPr
I need to identify my Shoutcast mount point so that I can set up a web based Flash player - FMP minicaster http://www.draftlight.net/dnex/mp3player/minicaster/
I have a commercial Shoutcast supplier from whom I have requested this information but he doesn't seem to know what I am referring to.

not to be too pointed, but if they do not know what you are referring to, get a better commercial supplier ...

anyway ... most applications respond to '/' when referring to a mountpoint for Shoutcast.

BW

[djSpinnerCee]

The SHOUTcast DNAS mountpoint "/" is dynamic -- that is to say that it is the DNAS status page, /index.html (content type: text/html) if the user agent of the HTTP client requesting "/" contains "mozilla" -- otherwise, it is the stream.

Obviously (maybe not), this is to prevent a browser from being able to download the stream intentionally or accidentally.

Your widget must get "/" and must not have "mozilla" in its user agent string.

[MillerPr]

However...

reply 1
Commercial suppliers change staff on a regular basis.
The guy who sets up the servers leave and his replacement has to poke around the (multiple) server setup without breaking it.

changing supplier is at best several months away - having to build a business case, get best estimates, raise PO and pray that the chain of command goes with it....

reply 2
I am not familiar with Shoutcast server
Your explanation goes a bit over my head
My stream is http://87.117.215.130:9010 - so are you saying that my mount point should be http://87.117.215.130:9010/ or http://87.117.215.130:9010/index.html

I will try to download a Windows Shoutcast server and run it on my local LAN using a feed from a WinAmp client as read on another thread.
Where should I look at the Shoutcast server config to check where the mount point is defined? Is the setup defined in an XML file/other or built into the executables?
I can then pass on this info to my supplier.

Regards and thanks for your time

PM

[bored_womble]

in your application/configuration for the application try this

IP and Port as you have

Mountpoint set as /

I suspect it is trying to connect to the mountpoint and get data, thus using the above *may* work.

Mountpoints work as an extension to the IP and Port and allow multiple streams to work off the same port number

ie.

http://10.1.1.1:8000/lowbitrate.mp3
http://10.1.1.1:8000/highbitrate.mp3

would give you two streams on the same IP and Port but different mountpoints.

Now Shoutcast does not support mountpoints at all, thus you can only have one server on the IP and Port combination, however if you do

http://10.1.1.1:8000/

A Shoutcast server sends data ( I am assuming a listening client not a web browser ) so using / as the Mountpoint may allow your application to work with a Shoutcast server.

BW

ps. the supplier comment is the more the fact there are loads and loads of bedroom stream hosts who really should do some homework and cause users, like yourself, to do the work their supplier should be doing.

[Sleepbot]

in reading another topic -- search for references to 'minicaster' in the forums -- it turns out that if you append a ';' to the stream URL it works as a mount point.

for example:

127.0.0.1:8000/;

and it magically works in a Flash player. again, this is just a quick comment, but it is explained elsewhere in the forums. i successfully have the FMP Minicaster working as an embed on my MySpace page (myspace.com/sleepbotzz)

good luck!