I did need it - only I needed to monitor the Broadcast Cloud - not my end, however, on occasion I do need to monitor my end too. Here's a couple of really good monitor programs - free too, that I found

MediaMon:
http://www.2ngradio.com/index.php/compo ... 1-mediamon

and the little one I like best .. It sends you email, sounds alarms, can even be connected to a serial port to control you house....

Pira CZ Silence Detector
http://www.pira.cz/show.asp?art=silence

Don't suffer unexpected outages ...

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Robert Chalmers
Quantum Radio
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Wasting away in Margaritaville...

Streaming via SAM since 1986
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To monitor SHOUTcast and ICEcast streams try this URL:
http://www.streamverify.com

Will send you a SMS text and / or e-mail if your stream goes down or if silence (dead air) is detected.

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Nice service - however the mediaMon software does that for free. Appears to be much the same thing.

However - what I want is something that will monitor the SAM Broadcast Cloud stream.

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Robert Chalmers
Quantum Radio
robert@quantum-radio.net
Wasting away in Margaritaville...

Streaming via SAM since 1986
@ShanghaiTimes

So? You can tune in with any major player, and these services probably do the very same for their silence detection.
Just use the direct streaming URL you find in the control panel at spacial.com

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Benedikt Bauer - SVS (Spacial Volunteer Support)

We're offering custom PAL / PHP code and general SAM assistance at palscripts.com

My Project:
Send "Now Playing" from SAM to Twitter and/or Facebook | Sourcecode

Most of the ones I have come across need you to also input the server, server type, and port as well as the url that the stream is playing on. mediaMon will set up their program for you to do that, but don't have it built in as an option.
All others I have tried do not accept just the play stream url.

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Robert Chalmers
Quantum Radio
robert@quantum-radio.net
Wasting away in Margaritaville...

Streaming via SAM since 1986
@ShanghaiTimes

Hmm and if you tell it's an Icecast server on port 80 (HTTP)?
If it tries to access the typical stats or admin endpoints, you're lost, but if all it does is really just stream monitoring that should work.

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Benedikt Bauer - SVS (Spacial Volunteer Support)

We're offering custom PAL / PHP code and general SAM assistance at palscripts.com

My Project:
Send "Now Playing" from SAM to Twitter and/or Facebook | Sourcecode