IMPORTANT: SHOUTcast Site, Directory (YP) and API Changes

[DrO]

For those who have not been keeping up on recent changes with SHOUTcast, it was purchased (along with Winamp) by Radionomy in January 2014.

Today (17th February 2014) marks the start of publically migrating the SHOUTcast site, Directory (YP) and API which is possibly going to cause some listing issues as well as reduced feature set on the website. Though every effort is being done to ensure minimal breakage of things (though it is to be expected there will be some during this transition).


This thread will be updated with any relevant information or expected issues and so on.

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Currently migrated to Radionomy hosting:

• yp.shoutcast.com
• api.shoutcast.com
• www.shoutcast.com (this is a temporary site but will see some usability fixes for any glaring issues until a final site is done)
• wiki.winamp.com

Deprecated aspects:

• shoutcast.com embedded player (the AOL provided version has now been removed as of 23/06/2014 and we suggest using jplayer or other 3rd party site players instead of the AOL version)
• It is no longer possible to officially download sc_trans (as of 11/04/2014) or to obtain sc_trans MP3 unlock codes (as of late December 2013) and currently there are no plans to restore sc_trans due to code licensing issues and the amount of work needed to resolve those issues

Known issues:

1. Stream playback on shoutcast.com in IE 11 does not play most listed streams - this is primarily an issue with how IE handles (or rather doesn't handle) the ICY protocol. It is strongly recommended to update to a v2.2.x DNAS which can provide HTML compatible responses
2. Chrome 36 has broken jplayer support which means the shoutcast.com site player is not working correctly (hoping to have this fixed soon - last updated 22 July 2014)
3. Some YP connections are randomly failing (this is being looked into though no reason / eta is known currently [as of 19th Feb])
4. Some listings have had the 'Misc' genre incorrectly applied to them (this was from fixing an issue produced by the AOL setup and genres of affected listings will be restored in the coming days)
5. Not all devids will work - email me at dro [@] winamp [d0t] com or send me a PM and it will be looked into
6. Some v2 listings will require a new authhash being generated for affected streams (this should only affect any created since 13th February 2014)

Hints to help:

• See http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....=1#post2986376 for some suggestions on getting your DNAS working again with the migrated YP servers.
• See http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....81#post2986481 for details on why you only appear under a single genre and how to ensure you are listed in the correct genre (for what is currently supported by the temporary site)

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If there are other issues not covered here e.g. DNAS or API requests not working as expected, then please provide complete and replicable details on the issue so it can be fixed asap.

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Note: Posts saying the site does not work will be ignored (as nothing can be done about it) until a temporary replacement site is put up to replace the old AOL provided site.

[DJ-Garybaldy]

I knew there was something afoot about 2 hours ago when I couldn't find stations listed on the SC YP pages....

Thanks for the info DrO!! I guess we will have to watch this space.... going to be an interesting time for Internet radio that's for sure.

[DrO]

ironing out any bugs is going to be the main thing for the next week or so, but yes it'll be interesting to see what happens (as i don't know what's going to happen but at least the YP and API are now off the AOL hosting so some of the existing issues which people have pm'd me about since the sale can be looked into again).

and i'd expect the temporary shoutcast.com site to appear in a few hours (will update the first post if it definitely happens) but it's going to be simple just to have something working.

[DJ-Garybaldy]

Have to say the Main SC page looks a bit different already



Weird without the AOL branding ..... Run Shoutcast run you are free from the tyranny!!

[isaacl]

Any idea why listings on the current shoutcast.com site can't be sorted by listeners?
Or this only a temporary thing, so not everything's working (yet)?

[bourbontobeale]

Note on Directory Issue

DrO,

Another thing I just noticed, while our station (Bourbon to Beale Blues Radio) is found in the directory if I search for "bourbon to beale", it's not listed in when I browse the Blues genre, or any of the Blues sub-genres.

Totally fine if this just has to work itself out (as no one else is listed in the sub-genres either), just wanted to mention it in case it's part of a larger issue.

Follow-on... We do show up in "contemporary blues" now, although the song title and listener count is still static and not updating.

Progress!

Thanks again, you guys rock!

[dotme]

@DrO - I run full a lot and had the Directory Tester IPs in my RIP list. This morning, understandably, I'm seeing some NAK errors from time to time

<02/18/14@04:50:29> [yp_add] yp.shoutcast.com gave error (nak)
<02/18/14@04:50:29> [yp_add] yp.shoutcast.com gave extended error (Cannot verify server since all listener slots are full. Please wait. [481])

You wouldn't happen to have the list of new IP addresses by any chance? That would be very helpful...

[DrO]

UPDATE: the listing issues should now be resolved. apologies for the issues this has caused (it was far from intentional) and we'll be keeping an eye out for any further issues.

it is still likely that some DNAS will need to be restarted for them to see the new YP servers correctly i.e. you'll need to check the DNAS for any YP / NAK errors being reported.


i'll look back over all of the posts made and split out / reply once i've had a bit of a break.

[edit]
posts which were specific to the YP outage have now been moved to http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=375348 (to keep this thread easier to follow for my needs)

[josephbe]

yes seems to be working now thx DrO

will shoutcast have again the embedded player like before ?

[nanakweku64]

I have 2 lines and now one is working but the other line is still not working

[DJ-Garybaldy]

Doesnt seem like it's fully working with Shoutcast v1.9.8 at present.

> [dest: 37.59.25.124] starting stream (UID: 0)[L: 1]{A: SHOUTcast Directory Tester}(P: 0)
<02/18/14@15:58:22> [yp_add] yp.shoutcast.com added me successfully
<02/18/14@15:58:22> [dest: 37.59.25.124] connection closed (2 seconds) (UID: 0)[L: 0]{Bytes: 16846}(P: 0)
<02/18/14@16:05:24> [yp_tch] error connecting to yp.shoutcast.com

I guess that things are still being worked on??

[DrO]

josephbe: see the first post for the answer to your question.

nanakweku64: what's the address of the DNAS and are there any YP / NAK errors being reported in the DNAS?

garybaldy72uk: is it still happening and have you tried restarting the DNAS?

[tigerboy87]

my one is working thanks dro greaat i hope that shoutcast will develop and new things will come thanks for your work dro

[DJ-Garybaldy]

garybaldy72uk: is it still happening and have you tried restarting the DNAS?

I just switched my shoutcast server on to test it so the DNAS was a fresh start up .... I'm off air at present so i can't check any further.

[DrO]

ok, if it happens again, will need the DNAS address and the time it happened (and any error codes if at all) and i'll have to see if i can find the cause (though this is possibly an existing YP issue and just manifesting itself in a different way.