Icecast with node

Deps:

node v0.4.7

ffmpeg lame oggenc (vorbis-tools)

NPM: colors express

Step 1

clone the github repo and install dependencies:

Ubuntu: FFMPEG and Vorbis Tools (oggenc) sudo apt-get ffmpeg vorbis-tools

LAME: wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/lame/files/lame/3.98.4/lame-3.98.4.tar.gz/download tar zxvf lame-3.98.4.tar.gz cd lame-3.98.4 ./configure make make install

Test installations by typing these commands, each command should show an error message (no files selected)

ffmpeg  
lame  
oggenc  

Step 2

Create a music folder Place music files in music folder. !important The file extensions in the music folder must be compatible with decoding in ffmpeg

Step 3

node app.js

Step 4

Listen to the stream by navigating to the IP address of the computer ie. 255.255.255.255:3000 Will stream .ogg or .mp3 based on browser

TODO

Similar artists list, client side test on ipod test on Android, (support for audio tag, no support for codecs? AKA sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't)