The function allows customization of the method used to obtain statistics (number of connected listeners).
By default, statistics are taken from the broadcast server. This doesn’t require any additional setup.
You can also obtain statistics from another server. This can be useful when broadcasting is handled by one server, while listeners connect to another: such a setup is typical of distributed servers, or systems that support auto-DJ, or multiple DJs broadcasting from different locations.
To retrieve statistics without broadcasting to the server, on the Connection tab, leave the Server field empty.
To obtain statistics from another server, click Settings -> Options in the menu -> choose Broadcast -> Double click the right connection to open it, and choose the Statistics tab.
Select the “Specify the server to get the statistics from” option.
Choose a server type – Shoutcast or Icecast; this is the type of server from which statistics are obtained.
In the Server field, enter server address (without http://), e.g.: example.com:9000.
The Password is the server password, which is either the admin password or the broadcasting password, depending on the server. To retrieve global stats info from the Icecast server, set the Password field to admin:PASSWORD (where PASSWORD is the admin password for the Icecast server) and leave the mount point field empty.
Mount/Stream ID is the mount name (required by Icecast) or the stream ID for Shoutcast (if not specified, the total number of listeners at the server is returned).
If everything has been set up correctly, the statistics window shows the number of listeners. Otherwise, an error message is returned in the table instead of the number of listeners.
