[theora] Newbie Question: Seeking on remote .ogg files (audio)

[Basil Mohamed Gohar]

(Replying to list in addition to you)

I was able to seek in this file without any problem.  I didn't try the
MP3.  I am using Firefox 5.  Can you verify that you're having the
problem with this same file on this server?

On 11/30/2011 03:37 PM, Rich Caloggero wrote:
> *>The problem may reside, however, on the server, if it does not support
> range-request headers.  Was the MP3 on the same server as the Ogg file
> you were testing with?
>
> Hmm, I'm no apache expert and its been a few years since I set it up,
> but its pretty much running a standard apache2 server. Can you point
> me to some place where I can find out how to tell apache to send the
> headers?
>
> *>P.S.  If the file is something you can provide a link to, that would
> make it easier for others to help find the source of the problem.
>
> Here are links to two files, one .mp3 and one .ogg living on my server
> (not the same file, but should be ok for this purpose):
>
> http://narita.mit.edu/theora/file.ogg
>
> http://narita.mit.edu/theora/file.mp3
>
> Thanx very much for your response.
> -- Rich
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Basil Mohamed Gohar
> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 3:12 PM
> To: theora at xiph.org
> Subject: Re: [theora] Newbie Question: Seeking on remote .ogg files
> (audio)
>
> Rich,
>
> What version of Firefox were you using?  My understanding is that
> Firefox can seek just fine in Ogg Vorbis files, even over the network.
> The problem may reside, however, on the server, if it does not support
> range-request headers.  Was the MP3 on the same server as the Ogg file
> you were testing with?
>
> P.S.  If the file is something you can provide a link to, that would
> make it easier for others to help find the source of the problem.
>
> On 11/30/2011 03:05 PM, Rich Caloggero wrote:
>> I have vorbis audio files on a remote server.  I want to be able to
>> listen to these files on my local machine using something like
>> winamp.  If I point winamp directly at the file using its url
>> (something like http://www.example.com/file.ogg), the file plays, but
>> is not seekable. If I do the same with .mp3 files, seeking works fine.
>>
>> I thought this might be a winamp issue, but trying to seek on a remote
>> .ogg file using Firefox’s implementation of html5 audio element also
>> fails; it works fine locally.
>>
>> What is going on and how can I fix it?
>>
>> Thanx very much for any info...
>> -- Rich
>>
>>
>>
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