about making a .RAM file

[jwhalen]

wondering

can i have it point to a playlist file that I host that contains more than one stream?

or does it have to point only directly to the .pls of a single stream?

will realplayer know what to do with a .pls that has more than one location in it?

[djSpinnerCee]

In a RealPlayer .ram (which btw. understands SHOUTcast), you use the stream URL "/" (the same URL you use with a browser to see the SHOUTcast Status page)-- The DNAS will recognize the client RealPlayer as a media player and not a browser by the HTTP client string it will send -- that will cause the browser link (to the .ram) to launch RealPlayer, and start the stream.

You can add multiple DNAS stream URLs like "hostort/" (perhaps of different bitrates) -- the RealPlayer can skip between the "tracks" manually but not automatically -- however if "repeat all" is on, and a stream fails, the player will fallover into the next stream.

File: Simple.ram (or Simple.m3u)

code:
http://dnasIPort1/

http://dnasIPort2/

http://dnasIPort3/

http://dnasIPort4/

http://dnasIPort5/

Real-ly simple
(all lines start with http://...)

* BTW: an .m3u file, understood by every "other" media player that understands MP3s has the exact same format.

[jwhalen]

ok!

didnt really answer my Q

but I figured out a different way to do it based on what you replied with ... thank you!