[vorbis] Ogg/Icecast vs. Real

[Mark Hetherington]

I don't know if I'm understanding you exactly, but you can already stream oggs 
straight off a http server..... No problems. I understand that seeking wasn't 
really thought about, since it was intended for live streams as well as 
static ones, but it shouldn't be hard to implement.

Of course that is already handled by xmms and winamp.

Starting from a particular point in the file wouldn't be at all hard once 
seeking is implemented, although I don't know how you would format the URL so 
the player knew to seek into the file.....

Mark

On Mon, 1 Jul 2002 15:48, Brent Miller wrote:
> After reading through an older thread on this list (streaming ogg
> audio), I was wondering if would be possible in the future to use
> OggVorbis and Icecast as a replacement for RealAudio and RealServer. By
> this I'm not talking about simple live http/tcp streaming, but on-demand
> rtsp/udp streaming where a user could open a player and instantly jump
> to a location in a file, or click a link in a browser similar to a .ram
> or .smil file and be taken to a particular location in a file. I'm also
> thinking that the client/server would be able to monitor bandwidth needs
> and peel the bitrate accordingly. So I guess specifically what I'm
> wondering is:
>
> Can OggVorbis handle this type of streaming?
> Is this something that the Icecast team is working on or would this
> require a whole different streaming server?
> And, could this be handled by pluggins for XMMS, Winamp, etc., or would
> this require a whole new client to play this type of stream?
>
> I've been using Real on and off for a while now on a couple different
> projects and although I like some of the features, I would love to be
> able break away from a proprietary/closed system.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Brent
>
>
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