Forum Home Enhancements - Shoutcast Status 2.0 (VB3.6)

Shoutcast Status 2.0 on your VB3.6 ForumHome.

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This is a Nice hack to add Shoutcast Status on your VB3.6 ForumHome.
Hope it helps !!!

Zachariah @ http://www.szone.us

SHOUTcast is a free-of-charge audio homesteading solution. It permits anyone
on the internet to broadcast audio from their PC to listeners across the
Internet or any other IP-based network (Office LANs, college campuses, etc.).

http://www.shoutcast.com

Zerro Queries Added

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Tested On:

vBulletin 3.6+
SHOUTcast Server v1.9.5

DEMO
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== Install: 2-5 min ==


Full Stats
- Needs Shoutcast server admin password

Server Name
Song History
4 media layers (winamp, quicktime, media player, real player)
DJ Name
Bitrate
Current Song
Media Type
Most Ever Connected
Hit Count
Users Connected
Avj. Connect Time
User Max
Online / Offline status
XML Data Cache


Lite Stats
- Does not need shoutcast server admin password

Server Name
4 media layers (winamp, quicktime, media player, real player)
Bitrate
Current Song
Users Connected
User Max
Online / Offline status
XML Data Cache

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Adds: 2 plugins
Adds: 8 images, 2 files
Adds: 10 templates
Adds: 45 phrases

Change Log

Shoutcast 1.9 - 598 Downloads

[Zachariah]

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Upload: files |
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- scast_home.xml

forums/scast_home.xml
* CHMOD 777

EX: /forums/ is where the root of VB is.

[s25]

I have it chmodded at 777 and it's still not working :s any ideas??

[Eggie]

Zach,

For about an hour it stopped updating the current song. So I restarted SC, reinstalled the plug-in.. everything I can think of. Now for current song playing all I get is

<tt><marquee width="98%" scrolldelay="100" scrollamount="5">+ </marquee></tt>

It shows all the other stats accept current song and last 19 played

[Zachariah]

Originally Posted by Eggie

Zach,

For about an hour it stopped updating the current song. So I restarted SC, reinstalled the plug-in.. everything I can think of. Now for current song playing all I get is

<tt><marquee width="98%" scrolldelay="100" scrollamount="5">+ </marquee></tt>

It shows all the other stats accept current song and last 19 played

Ok there are a few things that could be happening.
- Lets rule out server error first.

Goto: "shoutcast server iport"
- http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxxort/played.html
- This should display your history of songs directly from the server.

If you have the same blank results there for each song. The DJ (source) that feeds the server may not have "enable title updates" and URL, Title are checked off in the DSP. (see attached)

[Eggie]

Originally Posted by Zachariah

Ok there are a few things that could be happening.
- Lets rule out server error first.

Goto: "shoutcast server iport"
- http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxxort/played.html
- This should display your history of songs directly from the server.

If you have the same blank results there for each song. The DJ (source) that feeds the server may not have "enable title updates" and URL, Title are checked off in the DSP. (see attached)

That was all checked. I just restarted WinAMP and that seemed to fix it. I am wondering if the new AAC+ encoder is buggy.

Two things I'd love to see for a future build is it display cd cover artwork and a "buy now" affiliate link to amazon.

[aacircle]

Does anyone know how to setup On Demand Audio with Shoutcast so that this hack plays a list of MP3 files I have on the server in the /contents directory?

That is, when there is no live DJ streaming music, Shoutcast offers a feature called "On Demand" where music is still played from a list of MP3s on the server.

Thank you.

[Zachariah]

Originally Posted by aacircle

Does anyone know how to setup On Demand Audio with Shoutcast so that this hack plays a list of MP3 files I have on the server in the /contents directory?

That is, when there is no live DJ streaming music, Shoutcast offers a feature called "On Demand" where music is still played from a list of MP3s on the server.

Thank you.

That is not a big problem, I'll wip something up after I get ajax updates of current song and history.

[da_judge]

I just found out... if your shoutcast server goes down... your main index will seach for updates... so it will hang for a while... so a tip... if your shoutcast goes down disable plugin till its back up... great plugin BTW

[aacircle]

Zachariah, your support is excellent. Just love your hack and involvement in keeping everyone updated on what is happening. One of the worst things about some other hacks is there is little support.

Keep up the good job!

[Netaudio]

Merci!