Re: Streaming real audio from a server that doesn't support it....

[paul buelow <paul@webms.com>]

Anthony Mullen wrote:
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> My service provider (globalnet) are crap and don't host real audio 
>logicals
> that I need to stream from my webspace..
> 
> Question is - is there a way around this - by installing some sort of 
>server
> side program to do this?
> 

To http stream real audio from any server 

1) Make your .rm file, preferably in encoder 5.0 (most
compatible) at your chosen rate, for example 20/kbs and
save the file i.e. audiofile.rm 

2) Use a text file editor and make a new file that has
the url of the .rm file, for example the file can
inlcude one or more lines that would read
http://www.myserver.com/audiofile.rm save the file as
audiofile.ram

3) Post both files on the server and link to the .ram
file for streaming and the .rm for download. 

General preference:
56k modem users can usually stream a file at 16kbs or
20kbs reasonably. MP3 can also be streamed using a
similar method naming the 'wrapper' file audiofile.m3u 

MP3 is quite good for high quality files or 128kbs and
real audio is very nice for low quality.