Raspberry Pi Streaming Media Server

• Diagram:

• We will start from the image "buster_wdka_eduroam.img", based on Raspbian Buster (2020-08-20-raspios-buster-armhf-full.zip). Tested on a Raspberry Pi 4.

Eduroam WiFi connection

• First we are going to setup our user name and password for eduroam.

• Open the terminal and type:

wpa_cli terminate

• Press the key 'Enter'

• Copy the following line and paste it in the terminal:

sudo nano /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

• Press the key 'Enter'

• This will open up nano (text editor) to allow you to edit the file.

• Use the key arrows to navigate the text file until you reach the line:

identity="studentnumber"

• Replace studentnumber with your student number :)

• Replace the word password in quotes with your WdKA password.

• Press the key CTRL and without releasing it, press the key 'x'.

• Press the key 'Enter' to confirm that you want to save the file

• Reboot the computer by typing:

sudo reboot

• Press the key 'Enter'

Installing Icecast2

Icecast is an open source audio/video streaming media server that can be used to create everything from Internet radio stations to privately running music playlists.

• Open the terminal and type:

sudo apt-get install icecast2

• Select "yes" to configure Icecast2

• You will see a screen that says: Icecast2 hostname: locahost. Press the key 'Enter'

• You will see a screen that says Icecast2 source password.

• Delete the word hackme and type instead:

raspberry

• Press the key 'Enter'

• You will see a screen that says Icecast2 relay password:

• Delete the word hackme and type instead:

raspberry

• Press the key 'Enter'

• You will see a screen that says Icecast2 adminitrator password:

• Delete the word hackme and type instead:

raspberry

• Press the key 'Enter'

• Open the web browser and type:

localhost:8000

• You should see something like this:

• Exploring ifconfig

• Explore Icecast directory:
• A directory of internet radio stations and other live streams using the Icecast Streaming Server.

https://dir.xiph.org/

• Servers go home!