- Add shuffle source to Liquidsoap config (96kbps MP3)
- Add shuffle option to all UI quality selectors (frame, popout, front page)
- Make now-playing APIs mount-aware for correct metadata display
- Implement separate recently-played lists for curated vs shuffle streams
- Speed up now-playing and recently-played refresh on stream change
- Fix clean shutdown of stats polling thread (positional timeout arg)
- Widen quality selector dropdown for shuffle label
- Fix listener_count accumulation bug: use GREATEST() instead of + to track
peak concurrent listeners per day rather than cumulative count
- Migrate all inline JavaScript from templates to ParenScript:
- admin.ctml: listener stats, geo stats, password reset -> admin.lisp
- audio-player-frame.ctml: stream player logic -> stream-player.lisp (new)
- popout-player.ctml: popout player logic -> stream-player.lisp (shared)
- frameset-wrapper.ctml: frame-busting -> frameset-utils.lisp (new)
- profile.ctml: removed redundant inline init (already in profile.lisp)
- Fix API route detection: handle URIs with or without leading slash
- Add routes to serve new ParenScript-generated JS files
- Update ASDF system definition with new ParenScript components
Tested locally for 8+ hours with no issues.
The 'sequential' mode in Liquidsoap starts playback at a random position
in the playlist, causing tracks to play out of order. Switching to 'normal'
mode ensures the playlist starts from the beginning and plays sequentially
through all tracks in order.
The playlist was stuck on the first track because mode='normal' stops
after playing once. Changed to mode='sequential' which plays through
the entire playlist in order and then loops.
Also improved reload mechanism:
- Use reload_mode='watch' for efficient file change detection
- Increased reload interval to 5 minutes (less disruptive)
- Add pop-out player window (400x300px) with auto-reconnect on stream errors
- Add queue reordering with up/down buttons in admin panel
- Add 'Load Queue from M3U' functionality
- Remove Play/Stream buttons from track management
- Fix Liquidsoap audio quality issues:
- Remove ReplayGain and compression to prevent pulsing
- Change reload_mode to 'seconds' to prevent playlist exhaustion
- Reduce crossfade to 3 seconds
- Add audio buffering settings for stability
- Add auto-reconnect logic for both front page and pop-out players
- Add 5-second crossfades between tracks
- Use ReplayGain for consistent volume (removed normalize())
- Add audio compression to prevent clipping
- Liquidsoap watches playlist file and reloads every 5 seconds
- Fallback to random playback when queue is empty
- Fix playlist to play all tracks in order
- Add AAC 96kbps stream via %fdkaac encoder in Liquidsoap
- Update Docker image to savonet/liquidsoap:v2.2.5 for AAC support
- Add stream quality selector to front page and player page
- Enable real-time switching between AAC/MP3 formats
- Set AAC as recommended default for better quality/bandwidth ratio
- Add comprehensive documentation in AAC-STREAMING.md
Stream URLs:
- http://localhost:8000/asteroid.aac (96kbps AAC - recommended)
- http://localhost:8000/asteroid.mp3 (128kbps MP3 - compatible)
- http://localhost:8000/asteroid-low.mp3 (64kbps MP3 - low bandwidth)
Benefits:
- 25% bandwidth reduction vs equivalent MP3 quality
- Better audio quality at same bitrate
- Modern streaming standard used by major platforms
- Add complete Docker Compose setup with official Liquidsoap image (savonet/liquidsoap:v2.2.5)
- Add Icecast2 streaming server configuration
- Create dual quality streams (128kbps and 64kbps MP3)
- Add comprehensive documentation in Org format
- Add simple start/stop scripts for easy management
- Update .gitignore to exclude music files and Docker artifacts
- Remove old shell scripts (moved to ~/asteroid-scripts/)
- System-agnostic solution works on any Docker-capable system
This provides a complete streaming solution that works consistently across
all platforms, including Arch Linux where Liquidsoap packages may not be available.
Glenn Thompson