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Icecast 2 - README
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Icecast is a streaming media server which currently supports _WebM_ and
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_Ogg_ streaming including the _Opus_, _Vorbis_ and _Theora_ codecs.
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Also Icecast can handle other streams like MP3/AAC/NSV
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in legacy mode, but this is not officially supported.
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It can be used to create an Internet radio station or a privately
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running jukebox and many things in between. It is very versatile in
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that new formats can be added relatively easily and supports open
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standards for communication and interaction.
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Icecast is distributed under the GNU GPL, version 2. A copy of this
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license is included with this software in the COPYING file.
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The name of this software is spelled __"Icecast"__ with a leading capital 'I' but with a lower case 'c'. Any other spelling is _incorrect_.
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Prerequisites
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Icecast requires the following packages:
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- [libxml2][1]
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- [libxslt][2]
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- [curl][3] (>= version 7.10 required)
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- [ogg/vorbis][4] (>= version 1.0 required)
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__NOTE__: Icecast may be compiled without curl, however this will
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disable Stream Directory server interaction (YP) and URL based
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authentication.
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A note about prerequisite packages
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Most distributions have some sort of package management repository for
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pre-built packages (eg rpm, deb etc). These setups often have a runtime
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package, which is usually installed for you by default, and enables you
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to run applications that depend on them. However if you are building
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Icecast from source then the runtime system is not enough. You will also
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need a development package named something like libxslt-devel
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Build/Install
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To build Icecast on a Unix platform, perform the following steps:
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Run
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./configure
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make
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make install # as root
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This is the typical procedure if you download the tar file. If you retrive
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the code from Git or want to rebuild the configure then run `./autogen.sh`
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instead of configure above. Most people do not need to run autogen.sh
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A sample config file will be placed in `/usr/local/etc` (on UNIX,
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also depends on path PREFIX) or in the current working directory
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(on Win32) and is called `icecast.xml`
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Documentation for Icecast is available in the doc directory, by
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viewing `doc/index.html` in a browser. It's also installed to
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`$PREFIX/share/doc/icecast/`. Online documentation can be found
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on the [Icecast Website][5].
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If you have problems with setting up Icecast, please join the
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[Icecast mailing list][6] and then email icecast@xiph.org.
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In case you have patches or want to discuss development issues,
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please join the [Icecast developer mailing list][7] and then
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email icecast-dev@xiph.org.
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Or come and see us on irc.freenode.net, channel [#icecast][8]
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(please be patient, people are not always at their computers).
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[1]: http://xmlsoft.org/downloads.html
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[2]: http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/downloads.html
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[3]: http://curl.haxx.se/download.html
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[4]: http://www.vorbis.com/files
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[5]: http://icecast.org/docs/
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[6]: http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/icecast
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[7]: http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/icecast-dev
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[8]: https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#icecast
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