[Fedora Infrastructure] #1079: RFR: Fedora Icecast Streaming Server

[Clint Savage]

Okay, so here's my Request for Resources, figured I had better get it
in so that it can *possibly* happen for FUDCon F11 Boston.  Please let
me know if you fellas have any questions.

Cheers,

Clint

On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 3:17 PM, Fedora Infrastructure
<trac at fedorahosted.org> wrote:
> #1079: RFR: Fedora Icecast Streaming Server
> -----------------------------+----------------------------------------------
>  Reporter:  herlo            |       Owner:  santosp,ricky,mmcgrath
>     Type:  task             |      Status:  new
>  Priority:  major            |   Milestone:  Fedora 10
> Component:  Web Application  |     Version:  Production
>  Severity:  Normal           |    Keywords:
> -----------------------------+----------------------------------------------
>  Project Sponsor
>
>  Name: Clint Savage
>
>  Fedora Account Name: herlo
>
>  Group:
>
>  Infrastructure Sponsor: Needed
>
>  Secondary Contact info
>
>  Name:
>
>  Fedora Account Name:
>
>  Group:
>
>  Project Info
>
>  Project Name: Fedora Streaming Server
>
>  Target Audience: Fedora Contributors interested in sharing audio/video in
>  real-time.
>
>  Expiration/Delivery Date (required): January 8, 2009
>
>  Description/Summary:
>
>  The sole purpose of this request is to implement and configure an icecast
>  streaming server for FUDCons and other Fedora events where the
>  presentations can be recorded (audio and/or video) and streamed to the
>  external audience at large.
>
>  Project plan (Detailed):
>
>  Deploy icecast and configure several mount points.
>  Allow audio source client to deploy audio streaming tool (darkice or
>  ices2) and configure it to connect to the icecast server.
>  Passwords are set up for each mount, or in general.
>
>  Goals:
>
>  The main goal is to make it easier for individuals who cannot make Fedora
>  Events (FUDCon and the like) to be able to participate at least by audio
>  or video streams.  This of course, is a one way presentation, but gives a
>  good feel for what's going on in certain environments.
>
>  We anticipate the server to provide audio/video from older presentations
>  or for streaming podcasts from Fedora contributors ongoing.
>
>  Other Notes:
>
>  I currently host and maintain an icecast server on http://stream.utos.org
>  and it rarely needs any maintenance.  Although, I plan to work to set up
>  more agile authorization and a way to modify the config from the web by
>  people in the group.  This will allow them to update the mounts (streams)
>  available and set stream passwords on the fly.
>
> --
> Ticket URL: <https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ticket/1079>
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