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.