Why so few unique listeners
Why so few unique listeners
I was checking one of my two Shoutcast servers today, and was horrified to see that the unique listener count was at least 30 below the total count. Does anyone know why this number gets so high? I know that some people might have a shared IP address on a corporate LAN, dormitory, school etc, or even on a home network, but I don't think that would explain the exceptionally high amount of non-unique listeners I usually see. Is there some kind of stream-ripping program that likes to create multiple connections with the server, or is it even people running multiple stream rippers, or a stream ripper and a player at the same time?
This is one reason I look forward to eventually changing everything over to Steamcast, since it allows you to set how many connections to allow per IP. I'm going to set it to one. If there's a legitimate reason someone absolutely needs two connections, they can connect on the other server.
This is one reason I look forward to eventually changing everything over to Steamcast, since it allows you to set how many connections to allow per IP. I'm going to set it to one. If there's a legitimate reason someone absolutely needs two connections, they can connect on the other server.
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