The computer where the Icecast2 streaming server is active, will provide a "status page"on the web: any browser, connecting to the server address at the port where Icecast2 is running, will display the status of the server. In this web page we are able to have an overwiew of the streaming status: the streaming currently active on that server, some specific informations about the streaming itself (most useful for a listener is the "mountpoint" name).

A listener can, from this page, directly receive the stream clicking with the mouse on the mountpoint, icon or "click to listen" advice, of the desired broadcast!

The administrators of the server have also a reserved section on this page, accessible only once the right password has been submitted.

In order to contact the Icecast2 status page, with any web browser we simply request the server URL, submitted with the following sintax:

http://servername:port/

As an example, if we know that the server is running on "streambox.org", at the port 8000 (this is the default port!), our resulting URL request will be:

http://streambox.org:8000/

In the same way, if the URL of the server is an IP address, instead of a domain name, we will request the web page

http://83.137.99.39:8000/

If the server is running on the same machine where we act the request from, the resulting URL is, simply, "localhost":

http://localhost:8000/

Looking at the status page we receive important informations about the stream:

• the mountpoint name, used by the listener's media player to receive the stream, is here a direct link to the stream: clicking on it, our browser's defined media player will open the stream for effective listening
• the stream title and further informations
• the stream format type
• the time and date when the stream started
• the stream format specific quality
• the current number of listeners as well as the peak number of listeners to the stream

Administrators can, submitting the right administrator name and password, enter in a reserved section of the status page.

Here they will: have an overwiew of the configuration settings of the server; see an exaustive list of the format quality settings used by the broadcaster for the actual stream; see which listeners are currently connected, with the possibility to "kick" them, cutting off their connection; and thy also have the possibility to move all the connected listeners from a mountpoint to another, in case of multiple streams received by this server.

The administrative server configuration status page:

The administrative mountpoint settings status page:

The administrative mountpoint listeners status page: