Since I have moved my streaming server on linux I have the following problem: I am using MPD alongside with icecast and everytime MPD stops playing, the stream is closed. This is a problem, because when I am changing from a playlist to a stream, MPD drops the connection with icecast and clients have to refresh.
To recreate: 1) Play a song with an MPD client 2) Stop the song 3) Play a song again
The connection to the stream is dropped and a new connection is started.
How can I keep the icecast connection open?
You need to use always_on yes in your shout audio so MPD will produce silence to output and will not close it. From MPD docs:
always_on yes|no
If set to yes, then MPD attempts to keep this audio output always open. This may be useful for streaming servers when you don't want to disconnect all listeners even when playback is accidentally stopped.