At 10:55 PM 10/10/2001 -0400, Asymmetric wrote:>1. Open >pretension.com:8000/playlist.pls?mount=/icy_0&file=dummy.pls in his >browser. >(assuming he is using mountpoint 0) > >2. Open 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.thanks for the tips guys. i went with creating an m3u file because, honestly, i am never going to remember the giant url in #1. and every time i send people the #2 link (in, say, instant messenger) they click it and get a download window instead of hearing the stream. pretension.com/radio.m3u that's short enough for me to remember. -jsd- --- >8 ---- List archives: xiph.org/archives icecast project homepage: 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.
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 (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 pretension.com:8000/playlist.pls?mount=/icy_0&file=dummy.pls in his browser. (assuming he is using mountpoint 0) 2. Open 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. --- >8 ---- List archives: xiph.org/archives icecast project homepage: 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.
another related question: what mime type to use with IceCast2? And is there an equivalent to the .m3u file for Ogg Vorbis? --- >8 ---- List archives: xiph.org/archives icecast project homepage: 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.