Icecast - Aug 2004 - try again

I didn't really get help last time I emailed this so i'll try again.

when using shoutcast it makes a listen.pls  file so if someone clicks the link
http://live.domain.com/listen.pls  winamp will automaticlly open and play the
stream.

right now for anyone to listen to my icecast server I tell them to open winamp
and enter in http://rcscanner.dyndns.org:8000

<p>What I would like is to have a link I can give them in a email they can
just click on that would work like the shoutcast listen.pls. because right now
clicking  http://rcscanner.dyndns.org:8000  will just open a broswer window and
do nothing else because it doesn't know what the server is and what program
to play the stream with.

I run the icecast server in windows and according to the DOCs you can't run
the webserver in windows so putting a listen.pls on the icecast webserver
won't work.

<p>I stream using mp3

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On Friday 05 March 2004 13:26, Jason L wrote:
> I didn't really get help last time I emailed this so i'll try
again.
You did. You were given a clear answer by at least one person.
>
> when using shoutcast it makes a listen.pls  file so if someone clicks the
> link http://live.domain.com/listen.pls  winamp will automaticlly open and
> play the stream.
>
> right now for anyone to listen to my icecast server I tell them to open
> winamp and enter in http://rcscanner.dyndns.org:8000
Icecast will auto-generate a playlist file if you request a URL of 
"/mountpoint.m3u". So, for example, if your mountpoint is
"/stream", you can
request http://blah.blah/stream.m3u", and this will do what you asked for.
>
>
> What I would like is to have a link I can give them in a email they can 
> just click on that would work like the shoutcast listen.pls. because right
> now clicking  http://rcscanner.dyndns.org:8000  will just open a broswer
> window and do nothing else because it doesn't know what the server is
and
> what program to play the stream with.
>
> I run the icecast server in windows and according to the DOCs you can't
run
> the webserver in windows so putting a listen.pls on the icecast webserver
> won't work.
Where do the docs say this? There is no problem that I know of with the 
fileserving functionality in the windows version.

Mike

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I got 1 answer and it made no sense.  I never got any others.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Smith" <msmith@xiph.org>
To: <icecast@xiph.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 9:37 PM
Subject: Re: [icecast] try again

<p>> On Friday 05 March 2004 13:26, Jason L
wrote:
> > I didn't really get help last time I emailed this so i'll try
again.
>
> You did. You were given a clear answer by at least one person.
>
> >
> > when using shoutcast it makes a listen.pls  file so if someone clicks
the
> > link http://live.domain.com/listen.pls  winamp will automaticlly open
and
> > play the stream.
> >
> > right now for anyone to listen to my icecast server I tell them to
open
> > winamp and enter in http://rcscanner.dyndns.org:8000
>
> Icecast will auto-generate a playlist file if you request a URL of
> "/mountpoint.m3u". So, for example, if your mountpoint is
"/stream", you
can
> request http://blah.blah/stream.m3u", and this will do what you asked
for.
>
> >
> >
> > What I would like is to have a link I can give them in a email they
can
> > just click on that would work like the shoutcast listen.pls. because
right
> > now clicking  http://rcscanner.dyndns.org:8000  will just open a
broswer
> > window and do nothing else because it doesn't know what the server
is
and
> > what program to play the stream with.
> >
> > I run the icecast server in windows and according to the DOCs you
can't
run
> > the webserver in windows so putting a listen.pls on the icecast
webserver
> > won't work.
>
> Where do the docs say this? There is no problem that I know of with the
> fileserving functionality in the windows version.
>
> Mike
>
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