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Topic: Shoutcast Wowza Relay

Hello

I just have a quick question about coverage.

I use 2 shoutcast servers, one with a 56kbps AAC+, another that is private, and serves as a relay (only ever has 1 listener).  The relaying server is a Wowza Media Server, to serve website visitors with a flash stream, as well as listeners on the iPhone.

I currently manually collect and record data from the Wowza stream (TLH, Listener Numbers, etc).

Would LoudCity be able to cover me with the Wowza stream if I submitted my TLH?  The song data can be picked up off the Shoutcast server which will be monitored by LoudCity.

Thanks,
Curtis

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Re: Shoutcast Wowza Relay

Hey Curtis

We can't cover that with the systems we have in place today. However, there may be a way. I haven't personally worked with Wowza but is there a way to automate listener count retrieval?

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Re: Shoutcast Wowza Relay

Has to be a way due to the fact that the free version of WOWZA allows up to 10 slots of listener, which the server tracks.  I doubt WOWZA would not add this feature in there.

Rob Andrews, Dead Awaken Radio, and big fan of  SHOUT! Radio Automation

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Re: Shoutcast Wowza Relay

There is a way to grab the listener count, and I actually just thought of something.

If I were able to code a server-side script that would output a "spoof" shoutcast XML statistics file, would your systems be able to track it?

EDIT: Does the LoudCity service use 7.html or the XML, because I could spoof either one of them using a webserver and a spare IP.

Last edited by radiokick (2010-03-12 18:07:55)

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Re: Shoutcast Wowza Relay

Sorry for the double post.  I subscribed to services for testing purposes, and had a question.

The Web API, can I use that (and run a cron to update it ever 60 seconds) instead of having your system monitor my Wowza server?

I can write a PHP Script to add up the total listeners tuned in, through both the servers (and maybe more if we ever grow?)

Is that acceptable?

Thanks,
Curtis.

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Re: Shoutcast Wowza Relay

API is definitely workable. Let me know if you need any info.

Thanks

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Re: Shoutcast Wowza Relay

Alright, thanks.

I noticed that only Artist, Title, Viewers, and Station ID are required, but when I don't include the other parts in the URL, it error's.

Does that mean I have to include all the tags, just leaving them blank?  IE. album=&lable=&albumyear=...

And, is there a way when using the API, not to include the Album in the metadata?  Ex, when I update using API without Album, the metadata on my LoudCity page looks like this: Boys Like Girl - Love Drunk -

Thanks for the help,
Curtis

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Re: Shoutcast Wowza Relay

Album is important if you have it. As for the rest you can send empty variables and it will be happy.

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Re: Shoutcast Wowza Relay

Alright, just an update.  I seemed to have got it working, with a cron job running a PHP Script every 2 minutes, which grabs my total listeners, as well as the now playing data.  It splits up the Now Playing (to Artist, Song, and Album), and sends it to LoudCity via the Web API.

I've got my public AAC+ Shoutcast added to the system, but am I safe in assuming that is not being monitored? Just for listening purposes?

One more question: is the way I've pointed my system covered? Are all the correct files under the correct domain? http://www.radiokick.com/ Follow the links to Tune in.

Thanks,
Curtis

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Re: Shoutcast Wowza Relay

I'm unsure about your other questions, so I'll just address this one.

radiokick wrote:

One more question: is the way I've pointed my system covered? Are all the correct files under the correct domain? http://www.radiokick.com/ Follow the links to Tune in.

Thanks,
Curtis

Looks compliant to me. smile Very nice site, by the way.