Stream Recorder...
thanks...!!!
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Linux users may have problems with Windows Media streams. For example, I can play Flash, Icecast, Shoutcast streams in Ubuntu 9.10, but I have problems with Windows Media streams.
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yeah but...
Linux users are gonna have those problems w/ .wma's in general, correct...??? why not stream 'em off a Linux server...???
[&...by Linux
user I assume you mean 'end' user...running a Linux OS on his/her home/office pc?]
[& those folks can always use VLC]
but...check this out...I just discovered an amazing thing...
AMAZING...!!!
I was surfing the web looking for the m3u streaming code...& came upon an article by
Nunzio, entitled 'How to Stream Music or Audio from Your Website. I thought the title to be a bit odd...so I checked it out...(especially since it made referrence to streaming .wma's).
so...I'm looking at Nunzio's streaming code, for both the m3u's & the .wax's...& it's
NOTHING but the doggone url/folder where the music file exists...i.e., the pointer is simply the domain & path to the music...in ASCII text in Notepad...saved as a .wax...nothing more.
so I tried it...& it WORKS...
perfectly...!!! [& really FAST, to boot.]
remember the hiccup I mentioned...(which, now that I think about it was more like 9 seconds)...??? GONE.
I
had been using the standard & typical ASX 3.0 code in the .wax file, which contained the typical mms:// pointer...& it was all crap...!!!
I just finished changing all my .wax files over to the above mentioned method...& those bad boys FLY open & play in about a quarter second.
so now...all I have to do is resolve this Linux vs. Windows server thing. I'm thinking about going for it...so I can implement my .htaccess file. GoDaddy tells me the transition will take 72 hours post request...but maybe quicker.
thanks again,
MM
btw - the m3u pointer is the
same deal...url/folder/myfreakin'song.mp3