[Open] Streaming - How Too

[steve167]

It may have been said before, but I can't find it.

Could some one give me a quick run down on how to have streaming audio.
Basically I have a small MP3 that I would like to have as streaming. Do I have to convert it or use something to have it stream?
I have uploaded the file but it comes back as a download, or should I be putting it in a certain type of folder?

Thanks for your help.

[roniabirk]

I think what you need to do is create a text file with the extension .m3u

Name it similar to the file you want to stream, and then put the full path of the URL to the mp3 file with a return (paragraph break) after it.

Like this (file = song.m3u)
[code:1:91422a1094]http://www.mysite.com/stream/song.mp3

[/code:1:91422a1094]That is a line break, not unnecessary space.

The song.m3u file is what you want to link people to, and it should start streaming the mp3. You can see an example at http://www.jonilaurence.com/discography.php. The songs that have "listen" next to them open a new window and stream 30-second clips.

Make sense?

Good luck!

Now I have to figure out how to stream video. [/code]