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| author | Luca Barbato <lu_zero@gentoo.org> | 2014-03-10 21:11:35 +0100 |
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| committer | Luca Barbato <lu_zero@gentoo.org> | 2014-03-11 22:08:57 +0100 |
| commit | 8075c3d8bb1f6aade0cc7c5c40db9bc1bcd84cab (patch) | |
| tree | b092db08059ea0abb00e6fabfdc1ccba30e3e927 /doc/protocols.texi | |
| parent | 4ff99ab3d7d5576e99e6b8a411b4a44500ed88fa (diff) | |
http: Add support reading ICY metadata
Export the metadata as a icy_metadata_packet avoption.
Based on the work of wm4 and Alessandro Ghedini.
Bug-Id: https://bugs.debian.org/739936
Signed-off-by: Luca Barbato <lu_zero@gentoo.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/protocols.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/protocols.texi | 20 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/protocols.texi b/doc/protocols.texi index 1a9f5755a0..5d7a1a6d3e 100644 --- a/doc/protocols.texi +++ b/doc/protocols.texi @@ -89,6 +89,26 @@ m3u8 files. HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol). +This protocol accepts the following options: + +@table @option +@item icy +If set to 1 request ICY (SHOUTcast) metadata from the server. If the server +supports this, the metadata has to be retrieved by the application by reading +the @option{icy_metadata_headers} and @option{icy_metadata_packet} options. +The default is 0. + +@item icy_metadata_headers +If the server supports ICY metadata, this contains the ICY-specific HTTP reply +headers, separated by newline characters. + +@item icy_metadata_packet +If the server supports ICY metadata, and @option{icy} was set to 1, this +contains the last non-empty metadata packet sent by the server. It should be +polled in regular intervals by applications interested in mid-stream metadata +updates. +@end table + @section mmst MMS (Microsoft Media Server) protocol over TCP. |