By Tribes on

Hello people,
Im having some problems setting up mt station module.

Im following the install thingy at http://drupal.org/node/85842

Ive enabled the taxonomy module,
Downloaded and enabled the audio modules,
Enabled the station and station_archive modules,
Configured the station module at admin >> settings >> station,

Im fine til here!

So, heres my issues:
1. What does StreamRipper do for me?
It looks like its used by people to RIP straming music, not help to stream music.

2. The ripper.ini file at station/archive/scripts/ripper.ini is great, but, what dose it need from me?
Can someone explain to me what my: a. web stream's URL, b. full path of the import directory and c. full path to the stream ripper executable is please?

Id love to get past these stages before cracking on with the rest of of the tasks at hand.

Has anyone experienced similar install problems?
Has anyone got a solution(s)?

Any help gratefully accepted

Tribes

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Comments

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vm commented

it doesn't help you stream music.

Streamripper first connects to the stream in question, this happens over TCP (not UDP). For Shoutcast-style streams it finds the "meta data" or track separation data (defined by a meta-interval), and uses that as a marker for where the track should be separated.

The data is buffered back about 10-30 seconds. When a track has changed, it goes back through its buffer, decodes the mp3 data in that buffer then looks for a silent point of the audio. It uses that silent point as a place to separate the tracks.

Therefore I believe you would need to have a streaming server or service.

Can someone explain to me what my: a. web stream's URL, b. full path of the import directory and c. full path to the stream ripper executable is please?

This would solely depend on what address the stream was coming from, the directory of the stream and as far as the executable is concerned, depends on where you uploaded it , after downloading it from the site. I suppose reading into the streamripper docs may prove fruitful, but I would venture a guess that unless you are already streaming , then this feature wouldn't be for you.

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Tribes commented

~While reading, please excuse the newbieness~

Ok, the muds getting clearer,
from your comments (and please tell me if im wrong) I gather StreamRipper takes other streaming video or music file, buffers it on my server and repackages it through my site?

Thats great for the next time Im listening to something online I want to listen to again, but . . .
From my site, I would like to be able to play music tracks - Im still not clear on how it can help me play/stream my own music tracks to my site visitors.

As far as the second bit of your reply;
a. web stream's URL - I guess I have to create a folder within my root folder which will be used to stream my music from?

b. full path of the import directory - The import directory is the place where my music is stored prior to being streamed?

c. full path to the stream ripper executable - Finds wall bangs head - Ill get reading the SrteamRipper docs.

Thanks so far

vm’s picture

vm commented

you can stream music from your site using just the audio module. all players buffer now and the audio module comes with a flash player, that can be changed out. flash is pretty easy way to get streaming functionality without actually streaming.
There is also a playlist module to give the effect, of a radio station stream,. Essentially unless you have a specific desire to stream a medium in real time there is no need for a streaming server.

ab + c = yes.

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Tribes commented

Which has just solved all my problems!

Think I was getting a bit too deep too early.

The basic audio module is a god send -

Thanks for your help VeryMisunderstood!

Its peeps like you that keep this whole thing going

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Anonymous (not verified) commented

HI !

I've tried to run the test after archive module install but I get an error after the command line

"Could not find streamripper executable"

I've wrote this in ripper.ini 

streamripper_path = "/usr/bin/streamripper"

But it doesn't work...

Do you know what could happen ?

Thank you :)

vm’s picture

vm commented

I've never used it so I cannot comment on how to install. but its more advanced then just changing a line in your php.ini file.
if you did not compile streamripper on your server, it wont work.

streamripper installation docs and support can be found on streamrippers site. http://streamripper.sourceforge.net/

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Anonymous (not verified) commented

I know, it is installed on my server

with an apt-get install streamripper

That's why I don't understand why the command line can't find the streamripper executable, the only file is in /usr/bin/

Really strange :-/

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Anonymous (not verified) commented

So I need a stream server in order to stream my songs lively. So what is the use of Station Module?

And sth else. Which streaming server in linux is suitable for streamripper or in general for drupal?