ICECAST2(1)

📦 version 2.5.0, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 ICECAST2 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because this is the icecast2 manual page (that's the ICECAST2(1) one, from the General Commands Manual section, iykyk) and honestly? it's giving legendary. it's short, it's sweet, and it's about to run your whole streaming empire. let's go ✨

🌈 NAME 🌈

icecast2 — an MP3/Ogg Vorbis broadcast streaming media server

like. it streams. it broadcasts. it's the moment. 👑

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

icecast2 -c config.xml

that's it. that's the whole invocation. one flag. main character energy fr fr 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so icecast2 is an audio broadcasting system that streams music in Ogg Vorbis and/or MPEG 1 Layer III format. both. either. your choice. slay.

it takes stream input from sources like ices0 and ices2, and then it broadcasts out to clients like xmms. so basically: sources feed it, clients vibe with it, and icecast2 is the iconic middle queen holding the whole thing together 🫶

💅 OPTIONS 💅

here's the tea, and it's a short one:

  • icecast2 has no command line options, except to specify the location of an XML configuration file.

that's literally the only thing you can pass it on the command line. everything else? all operational aspects of the software are controlled by this XML configuration file. every single one. no cap. so if you're out here looking for a pile of flags to tweak... bestie, they're in the XML. 🎀

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

so here's the realest part of this whole page:

The example configuration files, provided with the package documentation, are the only reliable source of information on this software.

read that again. the example config files are the only reliable source. not vibes. not guesses. the configs. 🧚

and also, it's still under very active development — documentation will be written when it is possible to do so. so like, the docs are coming, they're just not here yet. it's a work in progress era and we respect the journey 💜

🌸 AUTHOR 🌸

icecast2 was created by the icecast team <team@icecast.org> — absolute icons, no notes.

this manual page was written by Keegan Quinn <ice@thebasement.org>. thank you for your service king 🫡

🦋 cute little sign-off 🦋

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this one came from the ICECAST2(1) manual, dated July 28, 2003 — yes, 2003, it's vintage and it's still streaming 💖 — and it's part of the General Commands Manual family. go read your example configs, they're the only reliable source, periodt ✨🎀💅

📦 where this page comes from