[icecast] Client Woes

[William Goldsmith]

This certainly sounds like the 'war for control' that often happens when you
try to install Winamp & RealPlayer on the same box. It's been discussed at
great length in the www.winamp.com support forum.

You are sticking the URL into a .ram file in order to start RealPlayer,
right?

-bg

----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd Merriman" <todd at toolz.com>
To: <icecast at xiph.org>
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 9:08 AM
Subject: [icecast] Client Woes

> My problem is not with the Icecast server, but with my user's ability
> to get a decent client to play the streams.  I have 3 Icecast streams
> created using Ices, and the mountpoints have the mp3 extension.
> My users and I have observed:
>
> 1) If Quick Time is brought up by the browser, it skips and chokes on
> the stream.
> 2) If Windows Media is brought up by the browser, it will do either of
> two things:
> a) Try to download an Active-X component from Microsoft, which will
> then not play the stream, or
> b) Try to buffer 30-50 Meg, even though the player options are set to
> buffer only 5 seconds worth of audio.
> 3) There does not seem to be a way in Windoze to get the browser to
> bring up Winamp or Real Player when the stream is selected.
>
> Real Player and Winamp play the streams fine but cannot be configured
> to be brought up by the browser even though they are told to associate
with
> .mp3 media.  These players will play the stream if the URL below is
> entered directly into the player's location input field.
>
> The URL looks like this:  http://www.RainbowRadio.com:8000/club.mp3
>
> My goal is to instruct users as how Winamp may be brought up to play
> the stream automatically.  I am migrating from Real Audio to
> Icecast, but I cannot complete the migration with users having so much
> trouble with the streams.
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Todd Merriman - Rainbow Radio Sound & Light
> +1 770 889 5897
> 8030 Pooles Mill Dr., Ball Ground, GA 30107
> dj at RainbowRadio.com
> http://www.RainbowRadio.com
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>
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