On Thu, Jun 30, 2005 at 10:27:24AM +0200, Maarten de Boer wrote: > $ wget http://radiobritfolk.co.uk/billboard/PL_217.m3u > > (The number seems generated, and only valid for a while) That's right - it's different every visit, part of the mechanism for randomizing the play list order. > > I look in the m3u and see URL's like: > http://www.limbocreatives.co.uk/britfolk/billboard/BB_178_Vikings.mp3 > > However: > $ host www.limbocreatives.co.uk > Host www.limbocreatives.co.uk not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) ~$ host www.limbocreatives.co.uk www.limbocreatives.co.uk has address 193.128.49.56 Hmm... looks like you've got a local DNS problem? > and deleted it right away, because this music gets on my nerves > instantly ;-) ) Sorry, I can't vouch for the musical quality of my folky friends :-) There'll be a track on mine on there some time soon :-\ > But I, for one, _hate_ websites that unadvertitely start playing sounds. Playing sounds is the whole point of that page. I don't think background music comes up on the main radiobritfolk.co.uk page. > Anyway, I think the best solution for streaming music from a website, is > icecast. It will stream (but it will not stop anyone from grabbing that > stream). I take it that means renting server space that has icecast, which I think is a financial problem at the moment. This operation is expected to get too big to run on the back of someones ADSL connection! > the "analog hole"). If you can hear it, you can record it. Yes, I suspect the difference between broadcasting and downloading is which party is legally reponsible if the file ends up on the user's computer. -- Anahata anahata@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -+- http://www.treewind.co.uk Home: 01638 720444 Mob: 07976 263827
