pteich / node-icecast-relay

Proof-of-concept Icecast proxy for NodeJS with transcoding and save to file option (ES2015)

If you need a lightweight Icecast proxy without transcoding you could give my Node Icecast Proxy a try: https://github.com/pteich/node-icecast-proxy

Proof-of-concept Icecast relay server for NodeJS (ES2015/ES6 style)

Simple but working proxy that connects to an existing Icecast (or Shoutcast) stream and redistributes data to connected clients (mp3 only at the moment). The incoming audio data is piped through Lame so you can transcode it if needed. The output is optionally saved into a file.

You can connect to the output of this script (default http://localhost:8000) with any music player capable of streaming data or any web browser that can play audio/mp3 files.

This script uses ES2015/ES6 together with Babel (https://babeljs.io).

Installation

You need a installed and recent version of NodeJS and npm. To install all dependencies run: npm install

Usage

To start this proxy server run: npm run start

After that connect to http://localhost:8000 with VLC or simply any modern web browser.

Config

There is one simple config file in config/config.json that should be pretty self explaining.

TODO

• inject metadata in output stream if client supports it Icecast uses a special protocol to embed metadata into its mp3 bit strom. Any metadata changes are detectet but not injected into the output stream.

• proxy multiple icecast mounts

• add support for aac