diff --git a/doc/protocols.texi b/doc/protocols.texi index 5ce1ddc8f4..571d78ec43 100644 --- a/doc/protocols.texi +++ b/doc/protocols.texi @@ -492,6 +492,10 @@ contains the last non-empty metadata packet sent by the server. It should be polled in regular intervals by applications interested in mid-stream metadata updates. +@item metadata +Set an exported dictionary containing Icecast metadata from the bitstream, if present. +Only useful with the C API. + @item auth_type Set HTTP authentication type. No option for Digest, since this method requires @@ -519,6 +523,10 @@ Send an Expect: 100-continue header for POST. If set to 1 it will send, if set to 0 it won't, if set to -1 it will try to send if it is applicable. Default value is -1. +@item location +An exported dictionary containing the content location. Only useful with the C +API. + @item offset Set initial byte offset. @@ -535,6 +543,9 @@ be given a Bad Request response. When unset the HTTP method is not checked for now. This will be replaced by autodetection in the future. +@item reconnect +Reconnect automatically when disconnected before EOF is hit. + @item reconnect_at_eof If set then eof is treated like an error and causes reconnection, this is useful for live / endless streams. @@ -550,7 +561,13 @@ include specific status codes (e.g. '503') or the strings '4xx' / '5xx'. If set then even streamed/non seekable streams will be reconnected on errors. @item reconnect_delay_max -Sets the maximum delay in seconds after which to give up reconnecting +Set the maximum delay in seconds after which to give up reconnecting. + +@item reconnect_max_retries +Set the maximum number of times to retry a connection. Default unset. + +@item reconnect_delay_total_max +Set the maximum total delay in seconds after which to give up reconnecting. @item listen If set to 1 enables experimental HTTP server. This can be used to send data when @@ -578,6 +595,17 @@ ffmpeg -i somefile.ogg -chunked_post 0 -c copy -f ogg http://@var{server}:@var{p wget --post-file=somefile.ogg http://@var{server}:@var{port} @end example +@item resource +The resource requested by a client, when the experimental HTTP server is in use. + +@item reply_code +The HTTP code returned to the client, when the experimental HTTP server is in use. + +@item short_seek_size +Set the threshold, in bytes, for when a readahead should be prefered over a seek and +new HTTP request. This is useful, for example, to make sure the same connection +is used for reading large video packets with small audio packets in between. + @end table @subsection HTTP Cookies