MPD HTTP Streaming - IceCast or Built-in?

[grayman4hire]

Hello,

I've been playing with MPD and MPod (iPhone MPD Client).

What's the consensus on http streaming with MPD? Should I be using the built in version or Icecast? Advantages/Disadvantages?

Is the PogoPlug V2 (E02) powerful enough to provide a decent quality http stream?

Thanks

[WarheadsSE]

As long as it is not re-converting/coding, it should stream the file fine.

[grayman4hire]

Thanks for the reply.

Not encoding would make sense (considering my music collection is in mp3 format).

Any thoughts on icecast versus built in mpd httpd streaming? Ideally I would rather just use the built in mpd streaming if not encoding is an option.

What should my mpd.conf file look like? Currently it looks like the following which is causing my pogoplug cpu to spike to 98% and the music is jittering. Wondering if I have a different issue going on here (some sort of config issue or bug).

Thanks for any help.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '
audio_output {
type "httpd"
name "My HTTP Stream"
encoder "wave"
port "8000"
bitrate "128"
encoding "mp3"
format "44100:16:2"
}
')

[WarheadsSE]

I looked into this tonight, and the problem that I am seeing at this point is the re-encoding is causing the spikes. We need to find a way to get a fixed-point encoder into place for MPD to use.

[WarheadsSE]

Change the encoding to "flac" and use a player that understands it, if possible < 15% cpu usage on the plug with a Windows VLC client streaming http://myPlugIP:8000/mpd.flac

[grayman4hire]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('WarheadsSE', 'C')hange the encoding to "flac" and use a player that understands it, if possible < 15% cpu usage on the plug with a Windows VLC client streaming http://myPlugIP:8000/mpd.flac

[WarheadsSE]

I've begun a small side project to attempt to get Shine fixed-point MP3 encoder ... but I've hit some snags to say the least

[grayman4hire]

WOW! It worked. This is awesome! Thanks so much!

[brittlee]

Thanks! I thought that something like that might work, but I didn't want to spend a lot of time debugging it if it wasn't likely to work anyway. I'll give it a try.