* Move -m and -n command line options into the config file
* Restructure configuration file:
- Group into "server", "stream", "media", "metadata", "decoders", and
"encoders"
- Untangle decoder and encoder:
o Decoders match on file extensions and convert to a canonical "internal"
format
o Encoders create one of the supported stream formats, potentially using
different parameters (like bitrate)
- Consistently specify stream format
- Enable reencoding by selecting an encoder
* Architecturally separate configuration file storage from parsing
- Allows for different configuration back-ends in the future, like
YAML, SQL, REST API, ...
* Support roll-back in case of error on (re)load
* Anticipate HTTPS support
The libxalloc was reincarnated long ago in a separate utility library.
It did a good job help make ezstream have robust memory management years ago,
but now it's time to move on and get back to basics.
The replacement introduces reallocarray(), which is an overflow-checking
alternative to both malloc (NULL ptr) and realloc().
This makes ezstream log via syslog and stderr. The "real-time status
line" remains unaffected.
While here, make the output more concise and consistent.
This has been reported by Alexandre Rebert in February 2013(!).
The time to fix is terrible; luckily, the affected user base is likely to be
very small.
The individual commits have been cherry-picked into develop. From
now on, master will always reflect the released state of the code
as per the Gitflow branching model.
See http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/ for more
information.
Add new <metadata_refreshinterval/> feature and configuration option. Based on
a patch by Matthew Adams (thanks!), with minor changes and documentation
additions by me.
(cherry picked from commit 4176545211)
