#91 IDJC/GIT 7e4ff89 libshout: No connect to Shoutcast v1

[Moonbase]

Having built IDJC (7e4ff89) from Git, including the new libshout-idjc, I find that I CAN stream to:
a localhost Icecast v2.3.3 shoutcast input
a localhost liquidsoap v1.1.1 shoutcast v1 input harbor
* a remote Shoutcast v1.9.8 (Linux) server

but NOT to
my remote Icecast v2.4.1 shoutcast input
my remote Icecast v2.4.1 Icecast mount
* my remote liquidsoap v1.1.1 shoutcast input harbor

Using an older build of IDJC (11960f8; 2015-09-21 13:44:56) – and its accompanying libshout-idjc – it’s no problem to stream to the latter (remote) inputs, using the exact same credentials & settings.

Is there any possibility that there’s still something wrong with the newer libshout-idjc (especially regarding the shoutcast v2 protocol stuff, maybe making it somehow incompatible with shoutcast v1)?

If you need any more information, let me know.

[Stephen Fairchild]

You reported difficulty running autoreconf -ifs on the libshout-idjc git sources so I uploaded a release for you to test. https://sourceforge.net/projects/libshoutidjc.idjc.p/?source=navbar. Just hit the download button. I didn't bump the version number. No need to autoreconf -ifs. It should just build.

In case you are wondering, this is a recreation of libshout-idjc based off of the upstream developer's repository.

[Moonbase]

Thanks, Stephen. The one you linked to builds & installs cleanly, but shows exactly the same behaviour.

By pure chance I also tried IP addresses instead of just server names and found that the problem seems twofold:

1. A name resolution problem or the like.
2. A problem connecting to Shoutcast inputs (like a liquidsoap harbor).

Here are my findings:

Remote ICECAST:

a) Remote Icecast Master (my server) and hostname → doesn’t work

encoder_start: resampler will not be used
encoder_start: successfully started the encoder
streamer_connect: established connection to the server
streamer_main: connection failed, shout_get_error reports -4 No error
streamer_main: disconencting from server
encoder_unregister_client called
encoder_unregister_client finished
streamer_main: disconnection complete
streamer_disconnect: function called while not streaming
command failed for command: server_disconnect
encoder_plugin_terminate: waiting for encoder to finish
live_mp3_encoder_main: flushing 547 bytes
live_mp3_encoder_main: performing cleanup
live_mp3_encoder_main: finished cleanup
encoder_stop: encoder is stopped

b) Remote Icecast Master (my server) and IP address → works

Icecast Master and IP addr:

encoder_start: resampler will not be used
encoder_start: successfully started the encoder
streamer_connect: established connection to the server
streamer_main: connected to server - awaiting serial 1413726784
live_mp3_encoder_main: flushing 547 bytes
streamer_main: packet is metadata: <Unknown> - <Unknown>

streamer_disconnect: disconnection_request is set
streamer_main: disconnect_pending is set
streamer_main: issued flush to mixer, disconnecting from server when final packet of serial=1413726784 arrives
live_mp3_encoder_main: flushing 547 bytes
streamer_main: final packet with serial 1413726784
streamer_main: last packet wrote, disconnecting
streamer_main: disconencting from server
encoder_unregister_client called
encoder_unregister_client finished
streamer_main: disconnection complete
streamer_disconnect: disconnection complete
encoder_plugin_terminate: waiting for encoder to finish
live_mp3_encoder_main: performing cleanup
live_mp3_encoder_main: finished cleanup
encoder_stop: encoder is stopped

Remote SHOUTCAST:

c) Remote Shoutcast Master (my server; a liquidsoap harbor) and hostname → doesn’t work

encoder_start: resampler will not be used
encoder_start: successfully started the encoder
streamer_connect: established connection to the server
streamer_main: connection failed, shout_get_error reports -4 No error
streamer_main: disconencting from server
encoder_unregister_client called
encoder_unregister_client finished
streamer_main: disconnection complete
streamer_disconnect: function called while not streaming
command failed for command: server_disconnect
encoder_plugin_terminate: waiting for encoder to finish
live_mp3_encoder_main: flushing 547 bytes
live_mp3_encoder_main: performing cleanup
live_mp3_encoder_main: finished cleanup
encoder_stop: encoder is stopped

d) Remote Shoutcast Master (my server; a liquidsoap harbor) and IP address → doesn’t work

encoder_start: resampler will not be used
encoder_start: successfully started the encoder
streamer_connect: established connection to the server
streamer_main: disconencting from server
encoder_unregister_client called
encoder_unregister_client finished
streamer_main: disconnection complete
streamer_disconnect: function called while not streaming
command failed for command: server_disconnect
encoder_plugin_terminate: waiting for encoder to finish
live_mp3_encoder_main: flushing 547 bytes
live_mp3_encoder_main: performing cleanup
live_mp3_encoder_main: finished cleanup
encoder_stop: encoder is stopped

e) Remote Shoutcast Master (another server; SC 1.9.8/Linux) and hostname → works

encoder_start: resampler will not be used
encoder_start: successfully started the encoder
streamer_connect: established connection to the server
streamer_main: connected to server - awaiting serial 1413726789
live_mp3_encoder_main: flushing 547 bytes

…

streamer_disconnect: disconnection_request is set
streamer_main: disconnect_pending is set
streamer_main: issued flush to mixer, disconnecting from server when final packet of serial=1413726789 arrives
live_mp3_encoder_main: flushing 547 bytes
streamer_main: final packet with serial 1413726789
streamer_main: last packet wrote, disconnecting
streamer_main: disconencting from server
encoder_unregister_client called
encoder_unregister_client finished
streamer_main: disconnection complete
streamer_disconnect: disconnection complete
encoder_plugin_terminate: waiting for encoder to finish
live_mp3_encoder_main: performing cleanup
live_mp3_encoder_main: finished cleanup
encoder_stop: encoder is stopped

Except for e) which I couldn’t test locally, all of the above work locally (either on localhost or in the same LAN, using something like studio1.local). The onlly apparent difference is that I have Icecast 2.4.1 installed on my remote server and Icecast 2.3.3 locally. The configuration files are exactly the same, so I only need to change the server address within IDJC/Outputs.

If needed for debugging, I could privately provide access to you to both my server and the "real" Shoutcast server, but we should agree on a date & time since mine isn’t yet up and streaming 24/7.

[Stephen Fairchild]

Not happy with a bunch of libshout updates. Was happy using 2.4.2 until 2.4.6 made some compelling improvements.