NAME

MP3::Icecast::Simple - Simple MP3::Icecast wrapper

SYNOPSIS

        use MP3::Icecast::Simple;

        $icy = MP3::Icecast::Simple->new(
                description     => "Station",
                server          => '127.0.0.1:8000',
                password        => 'password',
                local_port      => 1234,
                bitrate         => 96
        );
        $icy->play("/path/to/files");

ABSTRACT

MP3::Icecast::Simple is a simple MP3::Icecast wrapper, that can be used to create a SHOUTcast/Icecast broadcast source easy.

SEE ALSO

MP3::Icecast module by Allen Day (MP3::Icecast)

Nullsoft SHOUTcast DNAS home http://www.shoutcast.com

METHODS

new

 Title   : new
 Usage   : $icy = MP3::Icecast::Simple->new(%arg)
 Function: Create a new MP3::Icecast::Simple instance
 Returns : MP3::Icecast::Simple object
 Args    : description  Name of the radiostation
           server       Address and port of SHOUTcast server
           password     Password to SHOUTcast server
           local_port   Local port
           bitrate      Initial bitrate

play

 Title   : play
 Usage   : $icy->play($dir, $resursive);
 Function: Play a directory of .mp3 files
 Returns : 
 Args    : dirname      Path to direactory with .mp3 files
           recursive    Flag determining whether a directory is recursively searched for files (optional)

stream

 Title   : stream (rewrited from original MP3::Icecast package with improvements)
 Usage   : $icy->stream($file, $handle);
 Function: Play a file via socket
 Returns : 1 if file was transmitted successfully,
           undef if an error occured
 Args    : file         File to stream
           handle       Socket handler

updinfo

 Title   : updinfo
 Usage   : Not a publick method
 Function: Update current song title on the SHOUTcast server
 Returns : 1 if song title updated successfully,
           undef if an error occured
 Args    : description  Name of current song

header

 Title   : header
 Usage   : Not a publick method
 Function: Create a ICY response header
 Returns : ICY response header
 Args    : none

AUTHOR

 Gregory A. Rozanoff, rozanoff@gmail.com

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2006, Gregory A. Rozanoff

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.