Re: Using WME to stream dynamic playlist of files

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deroberts100_at_hotmail.com
Date: 01/26/05 

Date: 26 Jan 2005 14:21:05 -0800

I dont suppose you every found a solution to this one, as I'm
interested in doing something very similar
rockstar1971 wrote:
> Hello. I'm working with the Windows Media Encoder SDK to create an
online
> jukebox for myself, but I'm having problems getting it to work.
Here's what I
> want to do:
>
> I've got a large collection of mp3 files that I listen to at work
from my
> home server. I simply share them out from IIS and then open playlist
files in
> WMP to play lists of songs. This works well fairly well. However,
most of my
> mp3s are encoded at 192kbps or higher, so sometimes I have network
bandwidth
> issues.
>
> My solution is to have the mp3s encoded on-the-fly via Windows Media
Encoder
> to a WM stream at a lower bitrate. That way, regardless of the bit
rate of
> the source mp3, my listening stream will always be the same rate.
I'm using
> C# and the Windows Media Encoder COM interface to instantiate my own
instance
> of an Encoder. My idea is to create an ASP.NET web service that I can
use to
> remotely add tracks to the encoder. The encoder would be encoding the
files
> and broadcasting them directly or pushing them to a Windows Media
Services
> server.
>
> I've got most of this working except the most important part.
Dynamically
> adding songs to the encoder. You can't edit a list of Sources while
the
> encoder is running. If you stop the encoder at the end of a track,
add the
> next one and then start it again the client stream is cut off and the
client
> has to be reconnect to hear the next song.
>
> I've tried everything I can think of to get this to work. If anyone
has any
> tips or maybe another way of approaching this problem, I would really
> appreciate the help.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Scott

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