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Icecast 2.3.2 Docs — Server Statistics

Please note: This doc is for an older Icecast version, you can find the latest doc here.

Overview

This section contains information about the server statistics available from Icecast. An example stats XML tree will be shown and each element will be described. The following example stats tree will be used:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<icestats>
	<client_connections>13</client_connections>
	<connections>14</connections>
	<source_connections>1</source_connections>
	<sources>1</sources>
	<source mount="/test.ogg">
		<artist></artist>
		<audio_info>ice-samplerate=32000;ice-bitrate=Quality -1;ice-channels=1</audio_info>
		<ice-bitrate>Quality -1</ice-bitrate>
		<ice-channels>1</ice-channels>
		<ice-samplerate>32000</ice-samplerate>
		<listeners>0</listeners>
		<public>0</public>
		<title></title>
		<type>Ogg Vorbis</type>
	</source>
</icestats>

General Statistics

client-connections
Client connections are basically anything that is not a source connection. These include listeners (not concurrent, but cumulative), any admin function accesses, and any static content (file serving) accesses.
source-connections
Source connections are the number of times (cumulative not currently connected) a source has connected to Icecast.
connections
The total of client + source connections.
sources
The total of currently connected sources (mountpoints).

Source-specific Statistics

artist
Artist of the current song (metadata set by source client).
title
Title of the current song (metadata set by source client).
audio-info
Information about the bitrate/samplerate/quality of the stream (set by source client). Also used for YP entries.
ice-bitrate, ice-samplerate, ice-channels
Information about the bitrate/samplerate/quality of the stream (set by source client).
listeners
The number of currently connected listeners.
public
Flag that indicates whether this mount is being listed on a YP (sey by source client).
type
Media type of the stream.