hi there, hope this question hasn't been asked 100 times... cannot access my mail archives at the moment, but have a problem to solve: windows media player buffers endless but doesn't start the (mp3-)stream. server is icecast2 with ices 0.4 other player seem to be fine (mpg123, itunes, winamp, xmms ...) any idea what to do? thanks in advance, udo
On Mon, 2005-05-09 at 11:36, un@dom.de wrote:> hi there, > > hope this question hasn't been asked 100 times... cannot access my mail > archives at the moment, but have a problem to solve: > > windows media player buffers endless but doesn't start the (mp3-)stream. > server is icecast2 with ices 0.4 > > other player seem to be fine (mpg123, itunes, winamp, xmms ...) > any idea what to do? > thanks in advance,Wherever there is a problem like this check the following things Make sure the player has the codec for handling the stream, in the case of MP3 it's usually ok, but there are exceptions. Check the extension on the mountpoint. Some players use the extension to determine which codec to use, so don't use say .ogg for an mp3 stream Try with a burst size of 0, it fills up the pre-buffer more slowly as the data is sent at normal speed. I've heard mixed responses with this so it may be a player version issue. karl.
un@dom.de wrote:> windows media player buffers endless but doesn't start the (mp3-)stream. > server is icecast2 with ices 0.4I am using Icecast 2.2.0, and WMP 9.0, but I don't get the delay that you report. I am triggering WMP with this playlist: http://www.radiosix.com/listen.asx What version of WMP are you using? Leo
Leo Currie:> > > windows media player buffers endless but doesn't start the (mp3-)stream. > > http://www.radiosix.com/listen.asxhm. works fine...> What version of WMP are you using?the prob occurs on a wmp v.10 seems to me, if there's no problem with the stream itself (xmms plays it pretty well) that it has to do with mime-types interpretation. is there a best or most compatible way to reference a stream from an icecast2-server? right now i see that also the streams from the icecast.org directory listing work... what woukd be "the right" link on a website, so that ist works with most players? or is that question naiv? ... thanks, udo
hey folks, ok, i've to quote myself. guess i've found the problem. i'm using a script calling ices with parameters instead of a config file. i've omitted the "-t http" flag. (this wasn't neccessary on my old icecast-1.3 setup. funny. i haven't expected the problem there. now wmp starts up fine, dir.xipg.org shows the bitrate correctly, and i'm going to have a beer ;) thanks for tips & inspiration, u. un@dom.de:> hi there, > > hope this question hasn't been asked 100 times... cannot access my mail > archives at the moment, but have a problem to solve: > > windows media player buffers endless but doesn't start the (mp3-)stream. > server is icecast2 with ices 0.4 > > other player seem to be fine (mpg123, itunes, winamp, xmms ...) > any idea what to do? > thanks in advance, > udo > > _______________________________________________ > Icecast mailing list > Icecast@xiph.org > http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/icecast