windows media services

[madman08]

is ther any was to setup kplaylist so that it uses windows media services steam insted of php streaming.

mms://RANDOM/MusicDemand/insert_file_name_here.wma OR .mp3

thats what it would need to put into the m3u file that it sends.

[aba]

is ther any was to setup kplaylist so that it uses windows media services steam insted of php streaming.

mms://RANDOM/MusicDemand/insert_file_name_here.wma OR .mp3

thats what it would need to put into the m3u file that it sends.

It's coming..

Åge

[Guest]

That would be fantastic, perfect. Do you know when its coming, is it much work to do? Next release?

[Guest]

I can see *.asx is added in the latest build 396. Are kplaylist now workable with windows media services and the mms protocol?

[aba]

I can see *.asx is added in the latest build 396. Are kplaylist now workable with windows media services and the mms protocol?

I have no idea why I wrote it will be added. I've been looking for information about the MMS protocol which seems to a Microsoft proprietary format.

Anyways, if you change the URL's that KP generates from http:// to mms://, WMA seems to handle it. I don't know why you want mms support and what advantages it has?

Åge

[Arcesilaus]

I can guess why that is:

The built-in Windows Media Services have an automatic fallover to http stream in case mms is not available (for instance if port 554 is blocked on the firewall).

In this case, KPlaylist would just be a 'music collection crawler'. The actual streaming would be done by Windows Media Services.

The advantage is that the stream can be protected with Windows Authentication.
Another advantage is that the stream is continuous: there's no need for buffering with every single song...

[chris]

this is a asx file for you
open up note pad
enter this

<ASX version = "3.0">
<TITLE>(title of feed</TITLE>
<ABSTRACT>(abstract tile)</ABSTRACT>
<AUTHOR>-(author note)</AUTHOR>
<COPYRIGHT>-(copyright note)</COPYRIGHT>
<Entry>
<Ref href = "(the feed name)">
<Banner href="(banner pic)">
<MoreInfo href="(a web page giving infomatiom about the feed )">
<Abstract>(abstract tile)</Abstract>
</Banner>
</Entry>
</ASX>

then use that with a embed meida player.