Posted by Barry Koopersmith on 08/21/05 18:51

Spartanicus wrote:

> Barry Koopersmith <bkoopers@optonline.net> wrote:
>
>
>><a href="Scenic-3songs.m3u">(streaming with WinAmp)</a>
>
>
> There are many media players capable of handling m3u/mp3 files, leave
> that choice to the user, don't assume that they use the same player that
> you use.
>
>
>>When I
>>view and click on the link in Internet Explorer (version 6.0), it pops
>>up the WinAmp mp3 player but it does not play the mp3 file.
>
>
> What happens if you feed Winamp the url to the m3u or the mp3 file
> direct?

When WinAmp pops up after clicking the link on this webpage:

http://thefireandreason.irbl.net/audio/TFaR_audio_streaming.htm

if I then select "File-Play URL" and enter this URL:

http://www.thefireandreason.com/TFaRLive1.mp3

then it streams and immediately plays the mp3.

Doing the same by clicking the link on the html page located on my local
hard drive, it immediately plays the mp3 in WinAmp from that URL (it
passes the URL to WinAmp, I don't have to enter it manually).

Is this a problem using Internet Explorer only on my computer or do
other computers have the same problem?

Is there a better method (that will work in all web browsers and on all
computers) for streaming mp3 files on a webpage (so it starts playing
immediately instead of waiting until the entire file downloads)?

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