IDJC (pipewire) not connecting to Shoutcast

[DJ Diztorted]

installed IDJC from package manager, seems to run fine. output from terminal when running from command line

[user@machine ~]$ pw-jack idjc
jack client ID: idjc_default
idjc 0.9.5
cpython 3.7.16 (default, Apr 11 2023, 13:17:45) 
[GCC 12.2.0]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib64/idjc/site-packages/idjc/irc.py", line 39, in <module>
    from irc import client
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'irc'
No IRC support
launching backend
backend launch attempt 1
libshout-idjc version 2.4.5
started 6 encoders, 6 streamers, 2 recorders
player read buffer allocated for 1024 frames
awaiting reply
got idjc backend ready

icons for a dark theme selected
restoring connections
threads initialised
jack sample rate is 48000
activated ch 1
activated ch 3
activated ch 4
entering stereo mode, ch 4
Toggle OFF recieved for signal: Listen
Restoring previous session
Toggle OFF recieved for signal: Stream
Toggle OFF recieved for signal: Listen
disregarding out of date track history text
12 JACK port connection(s) changed
jack connections saved

at this point, all seems to be running fine, until i try to connect to my shoutcast server
then get this output in terminal

encoder_start: initiating resampler(s)
encoder_start: successfully started the encoder
calling shout_open: remaining tries=10
calling shout_open: remaining tries=9
streamer_connect: established connection to the server
streamer_main: connected to server - awaiting serial 600456041
live_mp3_encoder_main: flushing 547 bytes
retry
retry
retry
retry
retry
retry
retry
retry
streamer_main: packet is metadata: <Unknown>
streamer_main: failed writing metadata to stream, shout_get_error reports: 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

any help getting this resolved appreciated

and since it'll probably be asked, output from pactl info is

[user@machine ~]$ pactl info
Server String: /run/user/1000/pulse/native
Library Protocol Version: 35
Server Protocol Version: 35
Is Local: yes
Client Index: 256
Tile Size: 65472
User Name: user
Host Name: machine
Server Name: PulseAudio (on PipeWire 0.3.72)
Server Version: 15.0.0
Default Sample Specification: float32le 2ch 48000Hz
Default Channel Map: front-left,front-right
Default Sink: alsa_output.pci-0000_0a_00.6.analog-stereo
Default Source: alsa_output.pci-0000_0a_00.6.analog-stereo.monitor
Cookie: e40a:7630

[Stephen Fairchild]

Perhaps try a different version of libshout-idjc - build from source.
Definitely try removing metadata in stream format settings - set to "suppressed".

[DJ Diztorted]

went with the simpler - ie. setting metadata to "suppressed" - first, and it all seems to be working perfectly now. thank you