OK, so this was a real nice way to wake up and start my birthday. Yayayay! No joke, yes, today's really my BD. Anyway... I bought a lifetime license to WHMSonic which I've installed on a dedicated server running WHM/CPanel. I got that working perfectly. Now however, I've tried to connect to one of my streams using Nicecast. I set the new server I added to Nicecast as Shoutcast, I made sure the address was correctly set on the broadcast screen under info, I made sure everything under quality was set correctly, I made sure the password was in correctly, yes, I checked the radio button in the servers table to select the shoutcast server instead of the internal server, yes, the port is opened on my firewall on the server running WHMSonic. Yes, Auto-DJ works fine on the same port when configured in WHMSonic, yes, I can connect to the server with the shoutcast dsp plugin in WinAmp on Windows. I'm totally at a loss! It's 11:00! I've been working on this damn thing since 8 this morning non-stop! Frankly, I'm about ready to scream! I wrote whm sonic support, they tell me it's a problem with Nicecast, which I tend to believe by the way. I write Nicecast support, they got back with me, and told me it's an issue with WHM Sonic to contact them. I'm getting thrown round about. Why do we want to use WHM Sonic to start with, cause Centovacast is crap, in my opinion, to put it bluntly, plus, I can't entegrade regular shoutcast DNAS server into WHM/CPanel, so there went the idea of me hosting shoutcast servers if I want to down the road. Icecast 1 and 2 isn't helping either. I found a place that offered free trial servers of both, and Nicecast won't connect to them either. All I get when I try connecting with any compatible player is Icy 401, service unavailable. Yes before you ask, my source is set correctly, and yes I double checked. If I connect via local host to my own mac running Nicecast using Nicecast's own dedicated built in server, that works, but again, then we don't get all the cool things offered by WHMSonic like auto DJ etc, so that won't work. Again, Auto DJ works fine, and if I enable that in WHMSonic, I can connect from ITunes, VLC, WinAmp on windows, whatever, and the stream comes up without any issues at all. I'm starting to wonder even though WHMSonic says it's based on the Shoutcast DNAS server, if theyr'e lying. It would surprise me, seeing that they're support has been anything but helpful from the very get go. When I told them I may dispute the charge for my purchase, they literally said, go ahead, we can dispute it right back. We dare you! Those were there exact words virbadum! Needless to say, I'm pissed! I can't even find out truely what server things backbone off of. I know auto DJ let's you select if you want the stream to be AAC, AAC+ or mp3. I know the shoutcast DNAS server doesn't stream in AAC of any sort. Only in mp3. this is another reason I'm being led to wonder if there is something else maybe it's actually back boning off, even though most shoucast clients like Nicecast in this case technically, should be able to connect. This just makes no sense. Even if not Shoutcast through WHM Sonic, has anyone successfully gotten Nicecast to connect to a shoutcast server? I know this is somewhat unrelated to the Mac, but Im justifying my post in that I'm trying to get this working with Nicecast. Frankly, if I get told this is off topic, and to post elseware, I'll be beyond irate, so much so, it may risk me leaving the list for good. Anyway, thanks for your help. And yes, I know, happy BD to me. Thanks for the present of the gift of successfully having me break things, apparently. Chris. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --->
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