Icecast - Aug 2004 - newbie q: mime type?

ok this has to be FAQ #1 but it's not in my FAQ file...

how do i get it so going to my server (http://pretension.com:8000/) starts 
an mp3 player streaming instead of opening up a 51M download window?

anybody got a nice site with lots of fancy stuff like playlists and 
such?  i want to look at it to get some ideas...  i'd like a log of what 
was played.  this has to be fairly basic stuff...

-jsd-

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On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, Jon Drukman wrote:
> ok this has to be FAQ #1 but it's not in my FAQ file...
>
> how do i get it so going to my server (http://pretension.com:8000/) starts
> an mp3 player streaming instead of opening up a 51M download window?
You don't. It doesn't work like that.  The browser won't launch an
app
until the given file is downloaded which, for a live stream, will never
happen.  What you have to do is to use an M3U or PLS file (M3U is more
widely supported) containing the above URL.  When clicked on, this file
will be downloaded and passed off to your MP3 player.  Example:

<A HREF="stream.m3u">click here to listen</A>

tream.m3u contains your http://pretension.com:8000/ address.  When someone
clicks on the link, stream.m3u is downloaded and then opened by their MP3
player.  the player reads the URL and starts streaming that content.

Yes, this does need to be in the FAQ as it's an extremely common question.

Geoff.

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At 12:31 PM 10/11/2001 +1000, you wrote:
>On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, Jon Drukman wrote:
>
> > ok this has to be FAQ #1 but it's not in my FAQ file...
> >
> > how do i get it so going to my server (http://pretension.com:8000/)
starts
> > an mp3 player streaming instead of opening up a 51M download window?
>
>You don't. It doesn't work like that.  The browser won't launch
an app
>until the given file is downloaded which, for a live stream, will never
>happen.  What you have to do is to use an M3U or PLS file (M3U is more
>widely supported) containing the above URL.  When clicked on, this file
>will be downloaded and passed off to your MP3 player.  Example:
>
><A HREF="stream.m3u">click here to listen</A>
This isn't true.  He can also do either of these two things :

1. Open http://pretension.com:8000/playlist.pls?mount=/icy_0&file=dummy.pls 
in his browser.
(assuming he is using mountpoint 0)

2. Open http://pretension.com:8000 in his player.

There is no need to create a pls/m3u and open it, icecast generates these 
on-the-fly with the URL used in #1.

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