Installation of shoutcast server.

[seoguru]

Installation of shoutcast server.

What is shoutcast?

SHOUTcast is Nullsoft's Free Winamp-based distributed streaming audio system. Thousands of broadcasters around the world are waiting for you to tune in and listen. With SHOUTcast you can start your own radio station and stream music and live shows.

How do we install shoutcast?
Generally you dont want to run shoutcast as root as that can be an issue, so create a shoutcast user:


1.) Establish SSH connection as root user.
2.) adduser shoutcast
3.) passwd shoutcast

Now drop down current SSH connection and re-connect as the new shoutcast user.

Installing shoutcast

Lets grab shoutcast from nullsoft:

1) wget http://www.shoutcast.com/downloads/s...-glibc6.tar.gz

Lets extract shoutcast:
2) tar -zxvf shoutcast-1-9-2-linux-glibc6.tar.gz

Lets tidy up the directory:
3) rm -rf shoutcast-1-9-2-linux-glibc6.tar.gz
mv shoutcast-1-9-2-linux-glibc6 shoutcast
cd shoutcast

Shoutcast has now been installed!


How to configure shoutcast?

Now we need to edit the configuration file.

pico sc_serv.conf
or you can use vi which I prefer, a bit more advanced to use.
vi sc_serv.conf

Ok lets set some important configureation options. Change these settings in the file:

MaxUsers=XX - Maximum number of users
Password=XX -MUST BE SET! we will need this for the Winamp Shoutcast Console
PortBase=8080 (port that shoutcast stream will use, default is 8080)
uncomment Admin Password and set an admin password.

Now at this point you can go threw the settings and change them to what you want or you can save and start shoutcast and it will work perfectly.

to save crtl+x (if using pico) or :wq if using vi


Last step

1. Login to your /whm
2. Go to: ConfigServer Security&Firewall
3. Click on: Firewall Configuration
4. Find Row: "TCP_IN = "
4a. Add this: on the end of the row: ",8080"
4b. Go to the end cick on "Change"


How do i start shoutcast?
./sc_serv sc_serv.conf

[mikel]

it"s ok but How do i stop shoutcast?
and how login (example http://xx8.x9.204.227:xx80/admin.cgi) admin panel

[thnet]

Originally Posted by mikel

it"s ok but How do i stop shoutcast?
and how login (example http://xx8.x9.204.227:xx80/admin.cgi) admin panel

the username for shoutcast admin panel is "admin"
the password is the password you configured in the serv.conf file.

some start|stop scripts:

http://www.ecualug.org/files/shoutcast-redhat-initd.txt

http://www.partystrand.de/shout.eng

SourceForge.net: phpSC: Downloading ...

NetBrix - shoutcast + monitoring + restart + script + cron

[Junior[X]]

Is this will work on cPanel instead /whm ?

[thoreric]

Hi!

I have installed the shoutcast server on my vps, but when i try to play my playlist online, using http://my_ip:8080/Content/my_playlist.pls , i get error message: Invalid resource. I checked with my whm in System health, and the process sc_serv sc_serv.conf is running. I created a new user shoutcast, and installed the server in this user accont with putty. When I login to the admin.cgi, i can see the the server is down. Why am I having this issue?

Best regards,

Thor Eric