Posted by Barry Koopersmith on 08/22/05 06:36

cwdjrxyz@yahoo.com wrote:

> Barry Koopersmith wrote:
>
>
>>Please check out this webpage:
>>
>>http://thefireandreason.irbl.net/audio/TFaR_audio_streaming2.htm
>>
>>I made the second link a "scenicsongs123.m3u" file which contains the
>>path to a "scenicsongs123.mp3" file and the m3u file and the mp3 file
>>have the same name (with no capital letters and no dashes) (but
>>different file types) and they are in the same directory as the html
>>file and I still have the same problem.
>>
>>Since you have the same problem with my m3u and but not Greg's m3u (same
>>thing that happens on my computer), it appears the problem is not my
>>computer and not with IE but something wrong with my code. There must be
>>something wrong with either the code in the html file or the m3u file
>>(but I cannot see what).
>>
>>Can anyone figure out why the Caruso1903.m3u link plays the mp3 in IE
>>but not the Scenic-3songs.m3u (or scenicsongs123.m3u)?
>
>
> This is getting so complicated, that I decided the best thing to do was
> to put some files up at my second domain. See them at
> http://www.cwdjr.info/TFaRLive/ .
> I will take these files down within a day or two, so please download
> them if they are of any use to you. I encoded your large mp3 into mp3,
> Windows wma. and and Real .rm files that are only about 2.6 MB each and
> at a rate of 32 kbps. This is about as fast as you can go on a good 56K
> dialup connection. Many say that the sound quality is better for either
> .rm or .wma than mp3 at these very low bit rates, while mp3 often is
> best at 128 kbps as in your original, or even higher. There is an
> "about" file in the directory to which you will link that gives a
> little more information.
>
> Since I have all of the encoders and file format conversion programs
> set up and ready to go, this all required very little time. If any of
> this is of use to you, I need no credit as I did so little.

I downloaded the files. I read all the text files. Thanks for doing
this. How does this help resolve the problem of why one m3u file plays
the mp3 in IE and the other does not?

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