Re: How do I stream music from my website?
- From: "Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 19:04:48 GMT
On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 10:09:02 -0700, Bluesman
<Bluesman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi, I am putting together a website, and I want to make available some music
to be streamed to the Windows Media Player. I think Windows Media Encoder is
the tool I need to convert my MP3s into something that can be directly
You can simply upload the MP3 files directly to your website.
Try to keep the bitrate lower for streaming, say 48-64kbps.
Users clicking the link to the MP3 will start whatever application is
registered for MP3 playback (eg WMP, Winamp, Quicktime).
streamed, but I can't find the instructions to do it. I would appreciate it
if someone could direct me to a place that explains how to do this in a
reasonably straightforward manner. WME Help doesn't do it.
There's no concept of "streaming" from a web server, it's a common
misunderstanding. It's actually a long term download of a file via the
users browser (cache), though many players can begin to play the file
before it's completely downloaded because of the way they're designed.
Cheers - Neil
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