is there any way to...

NightAire · 29th September 2003, 13:58

Unless you could somehow embed some sort of "cue track" within the stream (which would require programming way beyond my knowledge) that would start playing back buffered data at a particular time.... and then you have to have everyone's clocks synchonized... I don't think there's a way to do what you want to do.

You're talking about doing almost the exact opposite of what the internet was designed to do. The 'net was set up to make sure data got from point a to point b, no matter what path it had to take. You're wanting to make sure that data gets to points b, c, d, and e all at the same time... it wasn't wired up to worry about timing, just success in getting through.

...why not stream an audio / video combo? I know Shoutcast won't do it, but Real does, Quicktime does, Windows Media player does, and I bet there are others. Heck, then you could make the movie on demand if you wanted!

I don't believe there is any other solution.

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29th September 2003, 13:58	#1
NightAire Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Owasso, Oklahoma USA Posts: 20	Unless you could somehow embed some sort of "cue track" within the stream (which would require programming way beyond my knowledge) that would start playing back buffered data at a particular time.... and then you have to have everyone's clocks synchonized... I don't think there's a way to do what you want to do. You're talking about doing almost the exact opposite of what the internet was designed to do. The 'net was set up to make sure data got from point a to point b, no matter what path it had to take. You're wanting to make sure that data gets to points b, c, d, and e all at the same time... it wasn't wired up to worry about timing, just success in getting through. ...why not stream an audio / video combo? I know Shoutcast won't do it, but Real does, Quicktime does, Windows Media player does, and I bet there are others. Heck, then you could make the movie on demand if you wanted! I don't believe there is any other solution.