1) If you have port 80 disabled on QTSS, then in your MP3 HTTP url's,
you will need to explicitly specify a port, such as :8000 (which
QTSS
by default listens on for MP3 Playlists...)
2) For QuickTime Player, you really can't use an HTTP formatted url
if you want the QuickTime Player to be able to tune into an MP3
live stream.
Instead, and this is only for QuickTime Player, enter an"icy://"
style
url into the QT Player's "Open URL..." window:
icy://qtssipaddr:8000/mp3mountpoint
Having said all this, I don't believe the QuickTime Player is really
anticipated as
being used as a streaming MP3 client, but this "icy://" mode was added
in to the
QuickTime Player as kind of a compatibility feature for testing icecast
streams,
Actually, iTunes (or some other MP3-capable streaming media player) is
really
the preferred kind of client that is expected to be used instead.
Rather than icy:// or QuickTIme Player for testing MP3 streams, let me
highly
recommend that you create a .m3u meta file that contains the http url
to your
mountpoint. Create a simple text file, that contains the following
line, name
the file "anything.m3u", and serve it via HTTP from your web server to
user
client machines.
An html page could easily refer to this in an href tag:
(example)
Listen to the <a href="anything.m3u">MUSIC</a> play
The .m3u mime-type will cause the web browsers of the client machines to
read the .m3u file (when clicked) and open it with whatever "helper
application"
media software is installed and for recognizing the .m3u file extension.
The .m3u file mime-type is readily recognized by iTunes, Real Player,
web browsers,
and other media players.
--
Billy Brown
On Friday, January 10, 2003, at 07:31 AM, Raphael Jimenez wrote:
Hi all,
I'm trying to make available MP3 playing lists on a QuickTime streaming
Server (QTSS) for people to use it through Internet with Quicktime
client.
My problem is that I've not been able to make it work with both a QTSS
server (version 4.1.2) on Mac OS X server (10.2.3) and a Quicktime 6
pro
player on Mac OS X (10.2.3), even directly attached to a switch.
I've no problem with video and rtsp protocol but I can only use Itunes
with HTTP://IP_address_QTSS/PlayingList_name and check on the QTSS the
"streaming
on Port 80" box to make it work
If I uncheck the "streaming on Port 80", it no longer works even with
Itunes.
The best result I can get with Quicktime Player is to have it waiting
(kind
of hang) for something while seeing on the "connected users" menu of
the
QTSS that the client is connected.
I don't use SSL
Has any of you already been able to make a QTSS server playing MP3
lists
available for a quicktime player ?
