---
name: "icecast"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "icecast-server"
version: "1:1.3.12-21.1"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/icecast"
---

# icecast(8)

MPEG Layer III Streaming Server

## NAME

**icecast** - MPEG Layer III Streaming Server

## SYNOPSIS

```

```

**icecast**  \[**-P** *port*\] \[**-p** *passwd*\] \[**-l** *file*\] \[**-d** *dir*\] \[**-c** *cfgfile*\] \[**-b**\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **icecast** command.  It was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

**icecast** is an audio broadcasting system that streams music in the MPEG Layer III format.

The options are as follows:

- **-b**

  Force **icecast** server into the background

- **-c** *configuration\_file*

  Use specified configuration file instead of default one (*/etc/icecast/icecast.conf*)

- **-d** *directory*

  Specifies the directory in which **icecast** will search for its config files. Default path is */etc/icecast*

- **-l** *file*

  **icecast** will use the given *file* to store server logs. Default is */var/log/icecast/icecast.log*

- **-p** *password*

  Specifies the password used to authenticate stream encoders

- **-P** *port*

  Specifies the port on which the server listens for client connections (default 8000)

## FILES

- */etc/icecast/icecast.conf*

  Contains configuration data for **icecast**. The file format and configuration options are described in the html documentation  shipped with the package, located in */usr/share/doc/icecast-server*

- */etc/icecast/mounts.aut*

  contains configuration data for **icecast** mountpoints.

- */etc/icecast/groups.aut*

  contains configuration data for **icecast** groups.

- */etc/icecast/users.aut*

  contains configuration data for **icecast** users.

## AUTHORS

Icecast was originally written by Jack Moffitt \<jack@icecast.org\>, Barath Raghavan \<barath@linuxpower.org\> and Alexander Havang \<eel@musiknet.se\>.

This manual page was written by Emmanuel le Chevoir \<mms@debian.org\> for the Debian GNU/Linux system, and may be used freely by other.