[cma-l] Stream Monitoring Software

[Bill Best]

Hi Nathan

The difficulty in trying to monitor server 'streaming availability'
is that at least three conditions could affect whether your stream is
heard by your listeners:

a) encoder-server link
b) server status
c) server-listener link

So, for example, your streaming server could still be up but if your
encoder status or link is affected then you'll have no listeners.

You say that your current provider provides a status page.  You could
use one of the following 'page watcher' services to email you when the
server status page changes:

http://www.watchthatpage.com/
http://www.changedetection.com/
http://www.changedetect.com/

Hope that helps and best regards

Bill Best
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On 16 June 2010 14:23, Nathan Talbot [Endeavour FM]
<nathan at endeavourfm.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi Folks
> Does anyone use any software/websites to monitor their streaming
> availability? I'm seeking something to put on a server that will send me an
> email if our streaming server goes down (something our current provider
> doesnt do, meaning I have to manually check their status page)
> Thanks
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Talbot
> Director
> Endeavour FM & Endeavour Online
>
> E-mail: nathan at endeavourfm.co.uk
> Website: www.endeavourfm.co.uk