Make directories for Ices2 mkdir /var/log/ices # in case you need logfiles. To set up of pulseaudio to enable recording from the soundcard see note for Darkice below.
Ices2 for streaming OGG Vorbis audio from a local soundcard Stream2ip is a graphical frontend to quickly start and stop streams where a basic setup for Ices2, Ices or Darkice has already been done. Further documentation is available from. While running the Icecast server can be administrated from any browser at after entering your administrator credentials defined in step 1. The server is started and stopped by the following commands: /etc/init.d/icecast2 start In the configurations files there are explanatory notes on parameters.
Of course there are many more settings you can play with. The last line needs to be changed to ENABLE=true Open the /etc/default/icecast2 file as root in an editor. Leave it as localhost (no need to give a resolved IP there) when you only want to stream in your local network. You also need to define the hostname where your stream can be reached: localhost The same will need to be done in the Ices or Darkice configuration files. That means leave it default or change it in the ices2.xml file (see below) as well.
If you changed the or you need to do so on the source or relay side as well. For security reasons you should setup passwords in the section: admin Open the file /etc/icecast2/icecast.xml as root in an editor.
