Moving Up To Nicecast 1.8
Nicecast 1.8 has some fairly large changes under the hood. We've documented these changes throughout the manual, but this page details a few of the major changes you may need to know about.
New Stream Address
Nicecast 1.8 makes use of the new Icecast 2 for serving up audio. Icecast 2 uses a new address, so links to your stream will need to be updated. New addresses are of the form http://www.example.com:8000/listen.m3u (old addresses ended in playlist.pls). This new address should be compatible with more players than ever, including more versions of Windows Media Player.
New Web-based Administrator Page
icecast's web interface provides various administrative options. It can be accessed locally by loading http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/ in your web browser or remotely using the Server's IP. For more information, see the Hidden Features of this manual.
Verbose Logging
Logging in Nicecast 1.8 is now more verbose, showing user connections as well as data on track titles.