On Wed, 2003-09-03 at 21:58, Erlend Simonsen wrote:> Hirendra Hindocha <hiren_hindocha@comcast.net> writes:> >> > >> > >> No. icecast2 is a streaming server, so it... streams. > >> > > > > Good point. I wonder how the other servers (Real Server ,Quicktime etc) do it. > > Any inputs on any other streaming servers that lets a client > > seek/fast forward /rewind ? > > They probably do it client side by buffring the stream.No, they do it using RTSP methods, which inherantly contain the correct "time" for the frame. By requesting a specific "time", you get a the frames that correspong, thus you can seek without relying on client side buffering. Note that not all QuickTime or RealMedia files are served by proper streaming servers. You need two things for server side seeking.... a seekable source, and a seek-aware protocol. If all you want to do is get the file to the client, HTTP works just fine. And while the file, when it arrives, will be seekable, HTTP doesn't understand seeking, so downloading quicktime files off an HREF from a web page doesn't get you all the cool goodies that RealServer or the Darwin Streaming Server get you. Which is why they invented the "embed" tag. Make sense? ------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks to Linux Toys, I'm listening to Oak Cliff Bra by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians --- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.
On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 12:16:53PM +1000, Michael Smith wrote:> On Wednesday 03 September 2003 04:35, Hirendra Hindocha wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have an icecast2 server streaming some mp3 files and am using > > winamp to listen to the stream, however I couldn't figure out if > > there is a way to seek or rewind. Is there a way to seek/fast > > forward/rewind/pause using icecast2 ? > > > No. icecast2 is a streaming server, so it... streams. >Good point. I wonder how the other servers (Real Server ,Quicktime etc) do it. Any inputs on any other streaming servers that lets a client seek/fast forward /rewind ? -- Hiren ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.
Hirendra Hindocha <hiren_hindocha@comcast.net> writes:> On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 12:16:53PM +1000, Michael Smith wrote: >> On Wednesday 03 September 2003 04:35, Hirendra Hindocha wrote: >> > Hello, >> > >> > I have an icecast2 server streaming some mp3 files and am using >> > winamp to listen to the stream, however I couldn't figure out if >> > there is a way to seek or rewind. Is there a way to seek/fast >> > forward/rewind/pause using icecast2 ? >> >> >> No. icecast2 is a streaming server, so it... streams. >> > > Good point. I wonder how the other servers (Real Server ,Quicktime etc) do it. > Any inputs on any other streaming servers that lets a client > seek/fast forward /rewind ?They probably do it client side by buffring the stream. Fudge http://gurba.sytes.net/ --- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.
On Thursday 04 September 2003 03:08, Hirendra Hindocha wrote:> On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 12:16:53PM +1000, Michael Smith wrote: > > On Wednesday 03 September 2003 04:35, Hirendra Hindocha wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I have an icecast2 server streaming some mp3 files and am using > > > winamp to listen to the stream, however I couldn't figure out if > > > there is a way to seek or rewind. Is there a way to seek/fast > > > forward/rewind/pause using icecast2 ? > > > > No. icecast2 is a streaming server, so it... streams. > > Good point. I wonder how the other servers (Real Server ,Quicktime etc) do > it. Any inputs on any other streaming servers that lets a client > seek/fast forward /rewind ?They're more generalised servers. In the mode where they allow seeking, they're definately _not_ doing 'streaming' in the normal sense of the term. icecast2 could do the same, but it's of pretty limited use, and there's a fair bit of code required to do it. Mike <p>--- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.