Peak listeners exceeds server limit

djclae · Post by **djclae** » Fri May 27, 2005 2:04 pm

Check it out. A peak of 7 listeners on a 5 listener server:

http://radio2.j-fan.com:8600/

If there's a technical reason this is possible, it might be a good idea to change it so that the peak listener number can't exceed the limit under any circumstances. Just an inquiry and a suggestion.

Post by **Jay** » Fri May 27, 2005 3:28 pm

well if I did that then there would be no point in beta testing. The idea is to understand the circumstances that cause such a thing to occur not to hard code it to never exceed that. If this is a bug I would never know of it if it were hidden purposefully.

Unless you actually see the listener count sustained over the max listener for a large period of time. (over a fraction of a second) then this is likely just a syncronization issue.

djclae · Post by **djclae** » Sat May 28, 2005 11:28 am

Yeah, that was basically my feeling. I don't want to mess up your beta testing. I guess I was just looking for a long-term solution too early, assuming it's a normal problem to have. So do you see this on a lot of people's servers?

Post by **Jay** » Tue May 31, 2005 4:53 pm

shoutcast also has this issue on extremely popular servers but as I said our polling is done a little differently, so to say that this is uncommon would be inaccurate. You definately shouldn't concern yourself with it.