Here are some tips for streaming music to android mobile devices from a PC.
Platform which has been used fo test:
icecast2 -c icecast.xml
The icecast xml config file is the original one. don't modify anything at this stage.
Setup VLC in order to stream mp3 instead ogg format
Close VLC
Prepare a playlist (ie: scarlatti.m3u)
with Banshee or whatever.
Launch VLC in command line
Check that icecast is displaying a mount point for the new radio
Check the HTTP access to VLC interface (port8080)
Connect Winamp Android Mobile to the Icecast server
Control VLC remotely with VLC Remote
Drawback: the name of current song is not displayed. It seems that something has to be developed at VLC level in order to push the song title to icecast.
Others players for Android: RealPlayer is OK, but very beta.
The shoutcast station address is not stored for next usage.
A Nokia phone E51 with Nokia Internet radio does the job.
Other tests
Streaming directly from VLC in http mode:
Players on Ubuntu: Banshee ok, VLC ok,
Players on Android: Not very useful because few player on Android can manage to read the output: winmap: Nok, RealPlayer Nok.
Platform which has been used fo test:
- Ubuntu 11.10 oneiric + a NAS for storing music (windows can fit as well)
- Videolan VLC 1.1.12 (providing mp3 flow)
- icecast 2.3.2 (shoutcast radio)
- Winamp 1.2.12 for Android mobile(music player)
- Android-vlc-remote for Android (remote control for VLC)
icecast2 -c icecast.xml
The icecast xml config file is the original one. don't modify anything at this stage.
Setup VLC in order to stream mp3 instead ogg format
Close VLC
Prepare a playlist (ie: scarlatti.m3u)
with Banshee or whatever.
Launch VLC in command line
vlc scarlatti.m3u --sout '#standard{access=shout,mux=ogg,dst=source:hackme@192.168.0.3:8000/scarlatti}' --sout-keep --extraintf=luahttp --fullscreen --http-album-art
Check that icecast is displaying a mount point for the new radio
Check the HTTP access to VLC interface (port8080)
Connect Winamp Android Mobile to the Icecast server
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Control VLC remotely with VLC Remote
Drawback: the name of current song is not displayed. It seems that something has to be developed at VLC level in order to push the song title to icecast.
Others players for Android: RealPlayer is OK, but very beta.
The shoutcast station address is not stored for next usage.
A Nokia phone E51 with Nokia Internet radio does the job.
Other tests
Streaming directly from VLC in http mode:
vlc -vvv scarlatti.m3u --sout '#standard{access=http,mux=mpeg1,dst=192.168.0.3:8080}'
Players on Ubuntu: Banshee ok, VLC ok,
Players on Android: Not very useful because few player on Android can manage to read the output: winmap: Nok, RealPlayer Nok.
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