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Audio Stream
Streaming audio over internet using icecast and darkice on RaspbianStretch.
update:
$ sudo apt-get update
install icecast2 and darkice:
$ sudo apt-get install icecast2 darkice
if asked type in hostname and password
hostname: localhost password: ????
change config:
$ sudo nano /etc/darkice.cfg
to:
# this section describes general aspects of the live streaming session [general] duration = 0 # duration of encoding, in seconds. 0 means forever bufferSecs = 2 # size of internal slip buffer, in seconds reconnect = yes # reconnect to the server(s) if disconnected # this section describes the audio input that will be streamed [input] device = hw:1,0 # Alsa soundcard device for the audio input sampleRate = 48000 # sample rate in Hz. try 48000, 96000 or 192000 bitsPerSample = 16 # bits per sample. try 16 channel = 2 # channels. 1 = mono, 2 = stereo. # Only stereo mode is supported by pisound. # this section describes a streaming connection to an IceCast2 server # there may be up to 8 of these sections, named [icecast2-0] ... [icecast2-7] # these can be mixed with [icecast-x] and [shoutcast-x] sections [icecast2-0] bitrateMode = cbr # variable bit rate bitrate = 128 format = mp3 # format of the stream: mp3 quality = 0.8 # quality of the stream sent to the server server = localhost # host name of the server port = 8000 # port of the IceCast2 server, usually 8000 password = hackme # source password to the IceCast2 server mountPoint = pisound # mount point of this stream on the IceCast2 server name = pisound # name of the stream description = DarkIce on pisound # description of the stream url = http://localhost # URL related to the stream genre = my genre # genre of the stream public = no # advertise this stream? #localDumpFile = recording.mp3 # Record also to a file
run:
$ darkice