Hi George,
Thank you for the clarification. I guess I was
too quick to jump into qtss when I should have
realized that there is, in fact, more than one
way to skin a cat (no pun intended)!
I will experiment with both serving the playlist
stream via qtss and serving the actual files from
a Web server to see which one works better for me.
Thanks again for your help!
Sincerely,
Jeff
On 1/25/03 7:49 PM, "George Cook" <email@hidden> wrote:
> Jeff:
>
> The .playlist file has the list of you songs. The .m3u file can link to
> one of those playlists. For instance, if you created a playlist with a
> mount point of "/blues" then the .m3u file might contain:
>
> http://208.7.44.223:8000/blues
>
> You could then create a link to the playlist in an html document. If
> the m3u file was named blues.m3u and in the same directory as the html
> document, an href link would be:
>
> <A HREF="blues.m3u">Listen to the blues stream now.</A>
>
> The .m3u file you list has references to actual .mp3 files, not
> playlists. QTSS doesn't support requests for mp3 files on demand, so
> this won't work. However, you could put the mp3 files on a web server
> and use an m3u file to string the URLs together as you have done - this
> wouldn't include QTSS at all.
>
> -George
>
>> Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 08:29:54 -0600
>> Subject: New subscriber with m3u questions
>> From: Jeff LeBel <email@hidden>
>> To: <email@hidden>
>>
>> Hello list,
>>
>> I have set up a very basic qtss on our local network. I do not plan on
>> streaming any movie content, only mp3 playlists. I now have two
>> playlists created on the server, and I can use the 'Open Stream'
>> command from an iTunes client to play the stream as expected.
>>
>> However, I have also written a .m3u file with multiple entries,
>> following format guidelines for such a document. When I click on this
>> file to open the stream, I receive the following error in iTunes:
>>
>> "The streaming server cannot accept any more connections at this time."
>>
>> I have the maximum number of connections currently set to 50, with
>> maximum through- put set at 1 Mbps, so I do not think there should be a
>> problem like this. How can I get the playlist to play correctly, using
>> a .m3u file to list multiple tracks in the playlist?! I have attached
>> a portion of my .m3u file to the bottom of this message so you may be
>> able to help me determine what is happening.
>>
>> Also, the tracks from the .m3u file do display in the iTunes browser.
>> However, I get the above error whenever I click on any of them. The
>> name that is shown in the 'Song Name' field is also the actual file
>> name, and not the name that I specified in the .m3u file. Can iTunes
>> not handle these documents correctly? I have noticed that this happens
>> with other streams that use such a format, i.e.:
>>
>> http://home.earthlink.net/~efrans/chairtronix
>>
>> Any help with tracking down my problems would be GREATLY appreciated.
>> I have been looking all over the Internet, as well as Apple's Help, Web
>> site, and Discussions forums.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jeff LeBel
>> -------Begin Copy/Paste of .m3u File---------
>>
>> #EXTM3U
>> #EXTINF:294,Depeche Mode - Black Celebration
>> http://208.7.44.223:8000/80's/01-Black Celebration.mp3
>> #EXTINF:219,Erasure - Chains of Love
>> http://208.7.44.223:8000/80's/04-Chains of Love.mp3
>> #EXTINF:301,Pet Shop Boys - It's a Sin
>> http://208.7.44.223:8000/80's/05-It's a Sin.mp3
>> #EXTINF:306,A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran
>> http://208.7.44.223:8000/80's/01-I Ran.mp3
>> #EXTINF:239,Gary Numan - Cars
>> http://208.7.44.223:8000/80's/09-Cars.mp3
>> #EXTINF:404,New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
>> http://208.7.44.223:8000/80's/11-Bizarre Love Triangle.mp3
>>
>> --------End Copy/Paste of .m3u File----------
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