Posted by Greg N. on 08/22/05 13:15

Barry Koopersmith wrote:

>> http://www.cwdjr.net/mpg/Caruso1903.m3u
>> http://thefireandreason.irbl.net/audio/Scenic-3songs.m3u

> When I click on the "Scenic-3songs.m3u" link, it
> pops up WinAmp but does not play the mp3.

> When I click on the
> "Caruso1903.m3u" link, it pops up WinAmp and it plays the mp3.

You should investigate the MIME type definitions on these two servers.
I don't fully understand that, but as far as I know the content type,
and hence, the kind of plugin needed to play it, is not (not only? not
always?) determined by the file extension (m3u, mp3), but by the MIME
type definition.

There is something in every web server, called MIME type definition,
where the administrator has to define: "A file with extension MP3 is an
MP3 file", which results in appropriate headers added whenever the file
is sent out.

I suspect that's where the problem is.

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