real player "hack" for on demand content

sumosound · 26th July 2001, 17:38

doing a little consulting work,

found a little issue with real player

realplayer8 dosen't seem to like the .pls extension

however if one changes the extension to .mp3(on the url--http://myip:8000/content/music.mp3), it works nicely...

hmmmm

media player here i come

sumosoundsystem

DuaneJeffers · 26th July 2001, 17:52

Your so called "hack" has been a problem and around for quite sometime. I could have told you that.

-DJ
Developer; On-Demand Audio

sumosound · 26th July 2001, 18:27

hence, quotation marks, "hack"

figured as much,

have a nice day

sumosoundsystem

packzap · 29th July 2001, 20:14

A good thought Sumosound. But, I wonder about the problems you've had with RealPlayer 8 not reading a .pls file. I haven't encountered any unless another app steals the file association away in Windows.

Romilar_D · 1st August 2001, 03:43

The competative environment for multimedia apps dictates that they vie for file associations and mime types to keep themselves prominent on your desktop and browser respectively. Real uses a proprietary format for streaming audio and tries to "steal" alternative non-proprietary multimedia formats reassociating file and mime types thereby disabling the competitions' apps and forcing exclusive use of Real Player. Warning: If you install Real Player on your computer and it breaks you can keep both pieces.

26th July 2001, 17:52	#2
DuaneJeffers Major Dude Join Date: May 2001 Location: Winter Park, FL Posts: 1,776	Your so called "hack" has been a problem and around for quite sometime. I could have told you that. -DJ Developer; On-Demand Audio Website Yeah, that's pretty much it. :-\

26th July 2001, 18:27	#3
sumosound Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12	uhhh thanks hence, quotation marks, "hack" figured as much, have a nice day sumosoundsystem

1st August 2001, 03:43	#5
Romilar_D Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 68	Real Player The competative environment for multimedia apps dictates that they vie for file associations and mime types to keep themselves prominent on your desktop and browser respectively. Real uses a proprietary format for streaming audio and tries to "steal" alternative non-proprietary multimedia formats reassociating file and mime types thereby disabling the competitions' apps and forcing exclusive use of Real Player. Warning: If you install Real Player on your computer and it breaks you can keep both pieces.

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26th July 2001, 17:38	#1
sumosound Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12	doing a little consulting work, found a little issue with real player realplayer8 dosen't seem to like the .pls extension however if one changes the extension to .mp3(on the url--http://myip:8000/content/music.mp3), it works nicely... hmmmm media player here i come sumosoundsystem

29th July 2001, 20:14	#4
packzap Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Tierra Del Fuego Posts: 12	A good thought Sumosound. But, I wonder about the problems you've had with RealPlayer 8 not reading a .pls file. I haven't encountered any unless another app steals the file association away in Windows.