[vorbis-dev] WinAmp Streaming

[Gregory Maxwell]

If you do this then correctly written software will have to support your
hack forever and always because sites all over the Internet will use that
format for streaming urls.

Please don't. 

If NullSoft can't get with the program then they will just die. Winamp
doesn't come with anyone's computer, they all downloaded it.. They can
download something else.

All good OSes will include a vorbis player capable of stream reception
sooner or later anyways.

On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Aaron Porter wrote:

> Ralph,
> I would gladly fix the WinAmp problem if I could. I think the biggest
> problem is it doesn't support HTTP directly, the MP3 plugin supports it.
> Because of that WinAmp itself doesn't know what Content-Type the HTTP data
> is. We'll have to ask nullsoft nicely to add HTTP support directly to
> WinAmp.
> 
> What does everybody think about David's suggestion for using "ogghttp://"? I
> think it's a good idea and unless someone has a better suggestion I'll
> change it in my code.
> 
> Aaron
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Balazic" <david.balazic at uni-mb.si>
> To: <vorbis-dev at xiph.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 3:11 AM
> Subject: Re: [vorbis-dev] WinAmp Streaming
> 
> 
> > Ralph Giles (giles at snow.ashlu.bc.ca) wrote :
> > >
> > > On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Aaron Porter wrote:
> > >
> > > > Easy, use a different protocol in the URL. I'm using "ogg://". :-)
> > >
> > > Oh come on! WinAmp needs its broken plugin architecture fixed.
> >
> > It is easier to write a small plugin that to rewrite a program
> > which sources you don't even have.
> >
> > On the other note , if the actual protocol is HTTP,
> > the ogghttp:// should be more intuitive , no ?
> >
> > Leaves space for oggrtp: , oggftp: , etc...
> >
> > David Balazic
> 
> 
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