[Icecast] MP3 streaming from icecast2 -> WMP

[Mike Whitaker]

On 17 Dec 2004, at 03:42, oddsock wrote:

> At 09:07 PM 12/16/2004, you wrote:
>> Anyone conceive of any reason why I should have a stream that 
>> RealPlayer and iTunes have no problem with, but MP9 refuses to play: 
>> just sits there dumbly having loaded the .m3u that points to it, 
>> ignoring the play button?
>>
>> _____________________________
>
> hrmmm...what does the generated .m3u contain ? Did you set your 
> <hostname> parameter properly in your icecast config ? I just tested 
> mp3 steaming with WMP10, and it worked like a charm...


I am a clot.

The m3u (one I'd hand generated) contained 
http://oursite.com:8000:/live1

Interestingly, neither Real nor iTunes apparently barf on the extra 
colon.