Streaming individual songs

[noop_gtp]

Hey, Is there anyway to tell winamp dsp plugin or shoutcast server to clear the buffer after every song?

The reason i'm trying to do this is because i want to be able to go to any other room in my house, get on a machine and listen to the song playing on my server rather than listen to the entire buffered stream which is what i have to do everytime i connect a client to the server.

is there a way around it?

I want to be able to either synch my client up with exactly what is playing on the streaming machine (not the server). Down to the second if possible.

thanks

anoop

[FesterHead]

Nope, sorry.

Check out the results from a SHOUTcast forum search on 'delay', or 'buffer', or 'lag', or 'latency', or 'real time', or....

The answer to all is:
The buffer allows QoS (quality of service) to the listener.
If you want real time, then SHOUTcast is not the solution.

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For home listening, I source an FM transmitter from a 256kbps DNAS.

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If this is going to be a lan only stream, you can try out the 1.7.1 version of the DNAS. It has a smaller buffer.

Whenever a client connects, it should buffer up from that point in time from the DNAS, not the very beginning of the transmission.

[noop_gtp]

Yes I am also planning to employ a fm transmitter but i figured i could conquer both radio and pc with two stones, but i guess i should just try to find a way to stream the current song or something.

thanks for the help.

btw what is DNAS?

[FesterHead]

SHOUTcast Distributed Network Audio Server (DNAS)