Icecast - Aug 2004 - Problems streaming just one file, yet /default works fine.

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Hello,

We are needing to use icecast to stream a single mp3 _from_the_beginning_ of the
file.

Using Icecast and Shout, everything works fine, the problem with that is that
when you conenct to /default you start listening at whatever point shout is
currently playing at.
This is not satisfactory at all, the stream must start at the beginning of the
file each time a listener click a link to it.

The help documentation says that what I am trying to do can be done:

#   Static files (http support)

There is support in icecast for streaming files directory from the server to the
client.
<snip>
All files must end in .mp3, and they must all be in the file tree rooted at a
directory specified with the static_dir variable.
<I did that>
This directory corresponds to the virtual directory http://server:port/file/. 
<it does>
So a file named stream.mp3 in the static_dir directory can be accessed through a
http request (in a browser or mp3 player or whatever) with the url
http://server:port/file/stream.mp3.

Ok, but when actually click on <a
href="http://<myserver">http://<myserver</a>>:8000/file/,
instead of streaming the file I get sent to
<a
href="http://<myserver">http://<myserver</a>>:8000/playlist.pls?mount=/file/king_audio_6.6meg.mp3&file=dummy.pls
which does not stream, but instead the browser starts downloading it.

I have also tried making a link in a page to <a
href="http://<myserver">http://<myserver</a>>:8000//file/king_audio_6.6meg.mp3
and pasting that directly into a browser

What happens then is the browser starts downloading the file again, instead of
sending it to the media player (which it does correctly when we hit /default)

More interesting, we noticed the download says
"king_audio_6.6meg.mpga" instead of .mp3. `
Why is icecast setting the mime type to mpga?

By the way we have tried ths on Windows and Linux, Netscape Mozilla nd IE, all
with the same results.

At any rate, all that matters is that we find a way to _stream_ (not download) a
file _from the beginning_ of the file.

Any ideas what I need to change to get this working right?

Thanks.
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Jonathan Wilson
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Cedar Creek Software     http://www.cedarcreeksoftware.com
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Hi:

first off, it's probably simplest to use your webserver to serve the file.
Second, you need to use a playlist file (pls) or mpegurl (m3u) to launch
your player.  I've not messed with the static streaming in icecast 1.x but
this seems to be what it is trying to do, by generating an.pls file on the
fly.

Here's a worked example.  You have a webserver running.  You have a file
called static.mp3 which you want to serve and it's in your documentroot.
Make a text file called static.m3u which contains the URL of static.mp3 as
follows:

http://server/static.mp3

Save this as, say static.m3u and we'll say it's in your documentroot
too,
just for simplicity.  Now, put a link on your webpage pointing at
http:/server/static.m3u.  The m3u file will be downloaded and your player
will be launched.  The player will read the URL in static.m3u and open a
connection to start streaming static.mp3.

you will need to have your webserver set to send the right MIME type for
your content.  MP3 files should be audio/mpeg , M3U should be audio/mpegurl
and pls files should be audio/scpls.  Of course, for this to work, you need
to have a player associated with the content type you use.  The pls format
is a bit more complicated, but not a lot.

Hope this helps somewhat.

Geoff.

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<p>GS >Hi:
GS >
GS >first off, it's probably simplest to use your webserver to serve the
file.
GS >Second, you need to use a playlist file (pls) or mpegurl (m3u) to launch
GS >your player.  

The .m3u was the key. 
Your instructions worked, so thanks!
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