Stream MP3

[JohnStep]

Anyone know of a good active X or control to stream a mp3 file over the internet? I have been looking for awhile. There seems to be a few that claim to but they just dont work BASS.

Thanks in Advance,
J Stephens

 

[DrJavaJoe]

How about Windows Media Player.

 

[JohnStep]

Thats kind of what I want to do. Stream a mp3 from a VB app through the internet so a person can listen to it using Media Player.

 

[DrJavaJoe]

If you goto the project menu ->Components.. -> and select Windows Media Player then you can add it directly to your vb app.

 

[JohnStep]

Right, But you cannot Stream it though the Internet via the Multi-Media control? I beleive it will only allow you to play media on your computer. I would like to stream it throuh a network in real time.

 

[DrJavaJoe]

Sure it will just set the url property to your site and hit play.
WindowsMediaPlayer1.URL = "

http://www.somesite.com/somesong.mp3"

 

[JohnStep]

Im Trying to Stream Live. Not from a Set Url.

 

[strongm]

Erm...are you wanting to stream it from a dynamically created web page Response? If so, have you considered using the ADODB Stream object?

Something like (and this is by no means complete code, and nor is it mine but I sadly cannot remember who/where to credit it):

Response.ContentType = sContentType

Response.AddHeader "Content-Disposition", "attachment;filename=" & NameFile

Const adTypeBinary = 1
Dim strFilePath
strFilePath = filename

Set objStream = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Stream&quot
objStream.Open
objStream.Type = adTypeBinary
objStream.LoadFromFile strFilePath

Response.BinaryWrite objStream.Read

objStream.Close
Set objStream = Nothing

 

[strongm]

oops, almost forgot:

sContentType = "audio/wav"

 

[JohnStep]

Not sure that would work StongM but nice idea. What I am trying to do is have a server set up (non-http) and have anyone using media player connect on to it and listen to a live broadcast of MP3. Streaming MP3's over a network is where i am having questions. Many out there claim to do it, ie BASS, but in actuality they dont work well at all.

 

[strongm]

WQell, if you don't like simple...you can always have a look at

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...rvsdk/htm/aboutwindowsmediasdk.asp?frame=true

 

[strongm]

Although actually you may be better off looking at

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/technologies/services.aspx,

since the Series 9 stuff has no COM components, as it is designed to work with .NET

 

[strongm]

Downloads available here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/default.asp

Select "Windows Media Services" as the download, and "All versions" as the version. You should then be able to find the Windows Media Services 4.1 stuff

(I suspect, however, that all this might be a lsight overkill for what you want to achieve...)