Neo Jiun Siang - R&D
2006-Feb-07 21:47 UTC
[Icecast] guideline for plug-in to icecast2 server
hi i have switch to using oddcast under window platform and now using icecastwin32 as server in this case is there any possible way to let icecastwin32 to stream Wma? pls advise thanks you -----Original Message----- From: Geoff Shang [mailto:geoff@hitsandpieces.net] Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 1:06 PM To: Neo Jiun Siang - R&D Cc: icecast@xiph.org; njsalan@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [Icecast] guideline for plug-in to icecast2 server Neo Jiun Siang - R&D wrote:> thanks alot Geoff by the way is there any possible ways to add plug-in to > icecast2 server to stream Wma? regardless of the license problemWell, for starters, I think the "license problem" would be a major issue in trying to do this. But apart from that, Windows Media streaming uses its own proprietory protocol (mms). So someone would have to implement that before you could do anything else. As far as I know, there are no unix programs at all that can do anything with Windows Media apart from decode it, and I doubt there's anyone interested in developing any. Geoff. .
Neo Jiun Siang - R&D wrote:> i have switch to using oddcast under window platform and now using > icecastwin32 as server in this case is there any possible way to let > icecastwin32 to stream Wma? pls advise thanks youCan a developer or some other Xiph person answer this? I don't appear to be getting my point across. You'll have to Cc him because he's not subscribed here. Geoff.
Neo Jiun Siang - R&D wrote:> hi > i have switch to using oddcast under window platform and now using icecastwin32 as server in this case is there any possible way to let icecastwin32 to stream Wma? pls advise thanks you >I don't actually know if there is a license problem with implementing WMA. Whether there is or not, WMA/WMV needs special handling for the format and/or mms protocol, which we are not inclined (and certainly not paid) to do, we are a Xiph project after all. karl.