Hey all, I just got some good connections going tonight and noticed this: if I have say, 30 listeners, every half hour or so on the 00 and 30 intervals, about 20 of those connections will drop out, and slowly over the next several minutes, it will build up to what it was, and then do the same thing over again. Is there something in my sc_serv config file I should be setting to prevent this from happening? I have a feeling some listeners are getting tired of being disconnected and I don't know how to fix it. Any ideas? Thanks!

Dan

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Here's an example. How do I fix this?

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Im not an expert, but I would check your server settings. There is usually an option to drop inactive connections after a period of time, which is intended to protect your bandwidth usage from robots. You may need to remove that restriction if it is applied.

Assuming this is the shoutcast "autodumpsourcetime", I already have it set to 30 minutes. I wonder if this is where it's coming from. Should I even be using that setting, or maybe setting it to "0" to turn it off?

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If you are using Shoutcast V1: It's not "autodumpsourcetime". => AutoDumpSourceTime specifies how long, in seconds, the source stream is allowed to be idle before the server disconnects it. 0 will let the source stream idle indefinately before disconnecting. The default is 30.
AutoDumpSourceTime=30

Mine is set to 30 seconds (Default value)

Check for: "ListenerTimer" about the value set - if you are using Shoutcast V1: =>... ListenerTimer is a value in minutes of maximum permitted time for a connected listener. If someone is connected for longer than this amount of time, in minutes, they are disconnected. When undefined, there is no limit defined. Default is undefined. ; ListenerTimer=??? (Check it out).

Mine is set to 600 minutes.

I use Shoutcast V2. "Listener Timer" you describe in v1, in v2 is "streamlistenertime_1=180". This is my setting (180 minutes = 3 hours). I've had this setting for quite some time. When the user reaches 3 hours, he'll have to reconnect to keep listening.

I've changed my autodumpsourcetime to 30. It was 0. Lesson learned. Thanks for that.

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