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

Shoutcast Status 2.0 on your VB3.6 ForumHome.

/* ----------------- 11/15/2006 -----------------
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

[Ahsin1]

it is not workin for me, one of my site i had older version of this same mod. in new site, i have updated mod installed, now the station which i m playing, its not workin for me in new site. wats da reasion, it always shows "Currently our shoutcast server is down."

[henners]

I installed this over a year ago and it is great. But today a member asked me if we could get it to automatically refresh (every minute or so possibly?) so that it was showing the right songs at the right times?

From the vb.org archive (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/archive/i...p/t-94336.html) I can see someone asked you in March '06, and you said it was on your to-do list. Just wondered if you'd got anywhere with it at all?

[Greek76]

Is this the full version and will it actually work on 3.6.7? Thanks..

[Zachariah]

Originally Posted by evilthoutz

Hey the Mod looks great! I got my shoutcast server running and its fine. Now i dont under stand the XML part where i add the cache??? Do i enter something inside the XML file "scast_home.xml"? It his CHMOD 0777 And nothing is inside it yet. Please PM if anyone knows the answer ty!

In the zip build.

product-shoutcast_home_full.xml
install.txt
- upload
-- scast_home.xml
-- includes
---- shoutcast
------ scast.php
------ cache_templates.php
-- images
---- misc
-------- shoutcast_off.gif
-------- radio.gif
-------- im_winmp.gif
-------- im_real.gif
-------- im_qt.gif
-------- im_mirc.gif
-------- im_genre.gif

When you upload the files to your web server you want to keep the folder structure in tact.

The images by default will upload where the default style is installed. /forums/images/misc/. If you have a custom style with a different location then upload the images to the custom /images/misc/.

$stylevar[imgdir_misc] - style_location/images/misc

Originally Posted by Ahsin1

it is not workin for me, one of my site i had older version of this same mod. in new site, i have updated mod installed, now the station which i m playing, its not workin for me in new site. wats da reasion, it always shows "Currently our shoutcast server is down."

CHMOD 666 scast_home.xml (777 or 755 on some servers)
- This file should be in the root of the forums folder. ($vboptions[bburl])

/forums/scast_home.xml - The vBulletin install folder.

To put less load on the shoutcast server and to speed up page loads. The shoutcast info the script gets is cached to your local webserver in that XML file. The XML file is called up when a request to show the data. If your cache file does not update then you are not connecting to the shoutcast server.

9 out of 10 times this is because of settings (port,ip,password) or your webhost has blocked ports. Many hosts only allow queries for data on port 80 (http, rss, xml feeds). I have seen many webhosts designate a port for "other" needs of their clients.

If you are 100% sure your setting and install is correct.

Send a ticket to your webhost and see if ports are blocked (ie:8000). If so they may give you another port you can use. Reset your shoutcast server to output on that port. Lastly, if there is nothing that your host will do, you can move the shoutcast server to output on port 80 vs. 8000.

Originally Posted by henners

I installed this over a year ago and it is great. But today a member asked me if we could get it to automatically refresh (every minute or so possibly?) so that it was showing the right songs at the right times?

From the vb.org archive (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/archive/i...p/t-94336.html) I can see someone asked you in March '06, and you said it was on your to-do list. Just wondered if you'd got anywhere with it at all?

I plan to add ajax update, perhaps some database of played songs. I though of making a thread in a forum per song played to give members @ the site something to talk about and rate ect. Also adding a mini DJ online option to bring up a profile of current caster.

Originally Posted by Greek76

Is this the full version and will it actually work on 3.6.7? Thanks..

Yes. 3.6x+

[Greek76]

Think we should wait until vb 3.7 is released? lol

[Zachariah]

Originally Posted by Greek76

Think we should wait until vb 3.7 is released? lol

What does 3.7 have to do with your question of 3.6.7 ?
- on a side note unless the formehome_complete is taken out it will work. Can always move to a global hook and limit THIS_SCRIP = index.

[henners]

Originally Posted by Zachariah

I plan to add ajax update, perhaps some database of played songs. I though of making a thread in a forum per song played to give members @ the site something to talk about and rate ect. Also adding a mini DJ online option to bring up a profile of current caster.

That sounds good buddy, cheers for all your efforts with this.

[Greek76]

Originally Posted by Zachariah

What does 3.7 have to do with your question of 3.6.7 ?
- on a side note unless the formehome_complete is taken out it will work. Can always move to a global hook and limit THIS_SCRIP = index.

Im no expert which is why I asked.

[webgeek247]

please make this hack xhtml compliant

[henners]

Originally Posted by henners

I installed this over a year ago and it is great. But today a member asked me if we could get it to automatically refresh (every minute or so possibly?) so that it was showing the right songs at the right times?

From the vb.org archive (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/archive/i...p/t-94336.html) I can see someone asked you in March '06, and you said it was on your to-do list. Just wondered if you'd got anywhere with it at all?

Also, I was wondering if there was any way to get this excellent mod to display on other forum pages, such as showthread perhaps? Would such an addition be possible?