Shows Are Taking Too Long To Start
  • I uploaded 3 hours worth of mp3 files to the server and added them to a
    show that was supposed to start 4 hours ago. The server still hasn't
    gone OnAir yet and is not streaming music. The first time I added about
    10 mp3s and it took about 15 minutes and then started playing.

    Is there something I can do to speed up the process? Or something I am not doing properly?

    Thanks.
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  • After a third and final install, I seem to have made the most progress. I have set to mp3 only and reduced the bit rate down to 64 for now. Seems to be working a lot faster in playing shows at their scheduled times.

    One other question I have...Does anyone know where to go and change the airtime_128 to myradioname ?
    Post edited by Jeremy Monroe at 2015-01-04 20:45:19
  • login to your airtime application then

    click the tabs for

    System ==> Stream

    on the right-hand side where your output stream settings

    look half way down and

    expand the additional options settings and change to whatever you want


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    Ps. Why you have to go down to such a low bit rate are you using a low end system
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  • Thanks for the info Voisses. I had seen it once before but during all my reinstalls, I was lost. In regards to the bit rate, the machine is a AMD 64 system with 500GB and 4 GB of Ram but yes, it is low end. This is a test situation for a project I am doing. I have a dual processor machine that is substantially more powerful that airtime will end up.
  • Sounds like an issue with Silan. They eventually come up, right? Are your files consistent in codec/bitrate/etc or all over the place? Also, even a low-end AMD64 should handle three streams and then some. Shouldn't be much of a difference between a 256kbps MP3 and 64 either.

    On the System > Status page under Service, what's the CPU % for airtime-liquidsoap ? 
  • Ive since reinstalled for a third time..and it was definitely a charm because its working great now on the same amd64 machine. I figured the specs would be enough from what I read but being new to it, I wasn't sure. I've attached a pic so you can see the status of CPU and Mem is now.
  • Cool! How many streams is that? What comes up when you run sudo airtime-check-system ?
  • And what says TOP ?

  • Cool! How many streams is that? What comes up when you run sudo airtime-check-system ?



    AIRTIME_STATUS_URL             = http://mydomain.com:80/api/status/format/json/api_key%%a/xxxxxxxx
    AIRTIME_SERVER_RESPONDING      = OK
    KERNEL_VERSION                 = 3.2.0-4-686-pae
    MACHINE_ARCHITECTURE           = i686
    TOTAL_MEMORY_MBYTES            = 4392120
    TOTAL_SWAP_MBYTES              = 7860220
    AIRTIME_VERSION                = 2.5.1
    OS                             = Debian GNU/Linux 7.7 (wheezy) i686
    CPU                            = AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-60
    WEB_SERVER                     = Apache/2.2.22 (Debian)
    PLAYOUT_ENGINE_PROCESS_ID      = 4245
    PLAYOUT_ENGINE_RUNNING_SECONDS = 88035
    PLAYOUT_ENGINE_MEM_PERC        = 0.3%
    PLAYOUT_ENGINE_CPU_PERC        = 0.4%
    LIQUIDSOAP_PROCESS_ID          = 4342
    LIQUIDSOAP_RUNNING_SECONDS     = 88026
    LIQUIDSOAP_MEM_PERC            = 0.5%
    LIQUIDSOAP_CPU_PERC            = 7.4%
    MEDIA_MONITOR_PROCESS_ID       = 4217
    MEDIA_MONITOR_RUNNING_SECONDS  = 88035
    MEDIA_MONITOR_MEM_PERC         = 0.2%
    MEDIA_MONITOR_CPU_PERC         = 0.0%
    -- Your installation of Airtime looks OK!


    And what says TOP ?



    What is TOP?
  • Oh. I thought you meant something Airtime related.
  • Is this on a cheap VPS?

    No longer using Airtime or Libretime.
  • I beg your pardon? That's absurd. I have it on Godaddy's shared hosting plan that I pay a whopping $6.99/month!

    Just kidding. Its on a dedicated server and running fine now. Third time I installed it worked like a charm. I have little over 5megabit up and 80megabit down connection and all gigabit networking gear. Blazing fast right now. So...I am very happy.