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Problem Streaming MP3s: DSS4 Preview 2 on Win2K server
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Problem Streaming MP3s: DSS4 Preview 2 on Win2K server

I'm a relative newbie to streaming servers, so my hopes are that I'm missing something relative basic. I can't seem to get any clients to receive my broadcast, though the server end appears to be functioning just fine.

I'm trying to set up the standard radio station type thing that streams MP3s. I've set up Darwin Streaming Server 4 on a Windows 2000 server. I don't need any web-integrated feed; I just need it to be accessible to people using, say, iTunes or WinAmp.

I think everything is set up properly on the server end. I've got a playlist set up which claims to be running just fine. However, when I try to connect with iTunes (I've tried multiple versions on multiple platforms), I receive nothing. iTunes appears to connect to my server, reports that it's prebuffering the stream, and then just sits there--the estimated time readout just stays at 0:00, and no broadcast comes through. Furthermore, my access log on the server doesn't recognize that any connections have been made. The URL syntax I'm using to connect to my server from iTunes is:

	http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:8000/mymountpoint

"Mymountpoint," of course, refers to the name I've given to my playlist mount point.

From what I can tell, though, iTunes is not actually connecting to the server, since typing in a gibberish URL gives the same results--that is, it appears to connect but there's no broadcast.

This is not a firewall issue or anything, since the server in question is not behind a firewall. There are two NICs in the server: a card for the local LAN, and a card with a "real" IP address. Could DSS be sort of "binding" to the local IP address of the LAN interface? Is there a way to tell what DSS thinks its IP address is?

Am I missing something? Is there a method for connecting via iTunes that I'm unaware of?

Thanks in advance for any assistance.



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