Is there a way to let listeners hear with out winamp?
 

Well Ive been testing out my Radio, since i got it to work! wahoo! anyway I noticed a few people got an error that downloading winamp 3 solved. I tested this on my moms computer didnt work until I downloaded winamp. Is there a way i can get ShoutCast to stop shall i say "descriminating" against other music programs, so that they may work in harmony with no errors?

For the .asx (WMP).. put the following in a notepad document and then save it as <whatever>.asx

code:
<asx version="3.0">

  <title>TITLE</title>

  <entry>

    <title>TITLE</title>

    <author>AUTHOR</author>

    <ref href="http://yourIP:yourPORT/"/>

  </entry>

</asx>

Of course, change things to fit your needs.
Note: This only works in WMP 7.1 and up
Note the trialing slash after "yourPORT"

For the .ram file to open a RealPlayer stream, enter the following into a notepad document:

code:
http://yourIP:yourPORT.rm

Then save that as <whatever>.ram

Simply upload those to your website and link them and they will open in the appropriate player.

how would one go about uploading these to one's website?

Do you host the webserver or does someone else?

If you don't and know no one that does, you might as well sign up for a free GeoCities site just to hold your files.

ok so i upload that to a free host or osmethin like that? ok now how would i go about linkin that to the site actual site? I have everything revolving around Proboards and they dont allow u to upload anything because they are for forums so i usually use either tripod.co.uk or Freewebs.com to upload it.

So basically if i upload it to a diffrent host thats not connected to the site at all, how would i link it all together?

You can upload to any webserver. If the address is www.mysite.com and you uploaded mymusic.asx and/or mymusic.ram, then you would link http://www.mysite.com/mymusic.asx/ram

Very simple. I would create a sticky post in your proboards containing the links. :up:

k i will thanks

oh and one more thing how do i link it for Winamp cause i forgot where i seen it last and i couldnt find the code.

Link using this format: http://yourIP:yourPORT/listen.pls Replace "yourIP" with your IP (which you can find here) and "yourPORT" your portbase defined by your DNAS (server) config file. The default is 8000.

o ok thanks last question i have right now um for the WMP code do i put what i want in the 2 title sections and author or are those suppose to be liek current song

Put in what you want.

The DNAS doesn't stream titles to WMP.

i asked a friend to test windows media player and he got this error
The sever recieved invalid data from the client on the control connection

I tried it also and i got this error

You have encountered the following error while using Windows Media Player:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Error# C00D0032


Sorry, no more help is available for this problem at this time.




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Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2003

Please either post a link to the ASX file or copy-n-paste the ASX contents.

My ASX

http://members.lycos.co.uk/jediv/wmp.asx

is the link.. i get the same error when i click on ur file.

What version of WMP are you trying to listen with?

i have no clue... hold on let me check it should be atleast WMP8 but im not sure

in the abotu WMP it says 8.00.00.4487 i think thats the version... but if its not it asked me to update things on it and i did so it could be 9 now

um i disconnected the server for tonight

Edit figured i should leave it up so its online now

wahoo got it to work

Awesome! Can we have a link to test with? ASX and/or RAM.

Follow up question
 

If the fester is still watching this thread, how would you handle the situation where the shoutcast stream is located at http://IP/stream/value in an asx file, similar to how shoutcast.com links some of their files through the .pls

Try the same technique descibed above

Is this your stream or someone elses?