From b62b34704837d5dd2f75d5e177e14525e7d72d15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: oddsock Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 17:16:57 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] changed description of multi-level fallbacks svn path=/icecast/trunk/icecast/; revision=8180 --- NEWS | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 8d8370d6..270e301b 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -14,11 +14,12 @@ Icecast 2.1 11/04/2004 -Multi-Level Fallbacks- Multi-level fallbacks allow for specifications of a series of fallback mounts - that you could use, for instance, to set up a series of progressively lower - bitrate streams that would be cascaded through. For instance, a modem user - would connect to the highest bitrate stream, and then could be cascaded - down to a progressively lower stream until they reach a value they can - handle. + that you can use to automatically move listeners in the event of a source being + disconnected. In the event of new listeners attaching to the source stream that has + been disconnected, they are routed to the fallback mount (if specified). + Icecast now has fallback-override capability as well which means that in the event + of a source stream failure, listeners are moved to the fallback mount, and then + automatically recaptured when the original source stream returns. -Burst-On-Connect-