Internet radio stream

Headless Internet Radio Stream
Information
Owner	Orias
Version	1.0
Status	In Progress
Started On	2010-01-16
Cost	$0

Overview

I have listened to Shoutcast radio streams for the past couple of years. Rather than carry all my cd's or fill my phone with my mp3's, I wanted a way to access my music library from anywhere. All you need is an internet connection, a computer, and a little bit of free software. This is not a complete how-to, consider it more of a guide to show you were to look. As I come across good tutorials, I'll include links to them here. Of course, feel free to ask me any questions, I'd be happy to help!

Features

• Password protected stream, so access is limited and controlled
• Remote administration and play-list building through a web-based GUI
• CLI for administration and play-list building if desired

Requirements

• Computer with enough local storage
• Internet connection- at least 20KBps upstream bandwidth
• Windows/Linux/Mac OS (this article will be for linux)
• Icecast2
• MPD
• Ampache
• Ncmpcpp

Setup Instructions

• Setup MPD- MPD Wiki make sure to set up the shoutcast section (for Icecast) and the httpd section, to verify you have a working stream

• Setup a MPD Client Ncmpcpp

• Verify the player can see your music, add some tracks to the playlist and check to see if its playing

• Setup Icecast2- Icecast Docs

• Verify you can see the Icecast page at http://localhost:8000

• Verify you can hear your stream by going to http://localhost:8000/stream

• Setup Ampache Ampache Wiki Follow the preparing your OS for Ampache, then go through the web-browser based setup

• Sign in to Ampache, build your catalog, and start playing :)

Issues

• MPD neesd to be reset everytime you change your config (sudo /etc/init.d/mpd reset), you'll find that it solves a lot of issues if your player cannot connect

• Icecast will let you know when you mess up your config file, similar to MPD, it needs to be restarted every time you make a change (sudo /etc/init.d/icecast2 restart). I recommend going through section by section and restarting at each instance to verify every-thing's happy. If not- just check the line that the error tells you about.

• Ampache will sometimes flake out on passing the playlist to MPD, that's why we have Ncmpcpp as a fallback if needed.Sometimes it just needs to clear the playlist and start fresh.

• You will listen to too much music :p