[icecast] Another problem...

[Scott Manley]

Isn't winamp 3.0 supposed to do all this?
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From: "oddsock" <oddsock at oddsock.org>
To: <icecast at xiph.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 7:09 AM
Subject: Re: [icecast] Another problem...

<p>> At 11:53 PM 8/27/2002 +1000, you wrote:
> >icecast 2.x will maintain content type (mp3, vorbis, etc.) regardless
> >of extension, but ending ogg mounpoints with .ogg is recommended as
> >a workaround for some very common client bugs (_new_ clients should
> >  NOT under any circumstances rely on this)
>
> just a point (or two) worth mentioning, it's not exactly trivial for
> clients to support "sniffing the content-type" in this fashion....Keep in
> mind that media players are not browsers, and are not coded as such....To
> support what you are asking them to support, each media player would have
> to have a generic "http request" mechanism that would be able to detect a
> stream reference, connect to the appropraite server and retrieve the HTTP
> header, read the Content type, and then pass the connected socket onto the
> appropriate output plugin (mp3, vorbis, etc.)....While this is definately
> something that  *could* be done, it's not something that can easily be
done
> without serious planning (not to mention rewriting how output plugins
> currently work), let alone keeping compatable with older streaming
> mechanisms that don't provide a content type....like I said, it's not
> impossible, just "harder" than relying on the file extension.....anyway,
> just my $0.02...
>
> oddsock
>
> >Mike
> >
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