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Darwin Streaming Server: Linking to MP3 via DSS

January 2nd, 2007

Linking to mp3 Streams Linking to mp3 streams from your mp3 hosting account requires a text file with the extension .m3u. This file has the URL to your mp3 stream in it. For instance, if a mp3 playlist named “Blues” was playing from the Streaming Server, and the domain name of the server was stream.mydomain.net, [...]

Windows Media MIME Types – IIS and Apache

January 2nd, 2007

Microsoft Internet Information Server 3.0 If you are running Windows NT Server and IIS 3.0 and want to configure the MIME types, create a registration entry file with a .reg file name extension: 1. Open Microsoft Notepad or another text editor. 2. Type in the following text. (Do not cut and paste the text from [...]

Quicktime MIME types

January 2nd, 2007

.qt video/quicktime .qtc video/x-qtc .qti image/x-quicktime .qtif image/x-quicktime .qtl video/quicktime .smi application/smil .smil application/smil

Real MIME Types

January 2nd, 2007

.rmm audio/x-pn-realaudio .rmp audio/x-pn-realaudio .rmp audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin .ra audio/x-pn-realaudio .ra audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin .ra audio/x-realaudio .ram audio/x-pn-realaudio .rv video/vnd.rn-realvideo

Can Windows Media Services 9 stream all media formats?

January 2nd, 2007

No. Windows Media Player 9 Series can play files in a wide variety of digital media file formats, but Windows Media Services 9 Series cannot stream all of those files. In certain cases, you may need to convert digital media files into a compatible format before you can stream them. Servers running Windows Media Services [...]

Streaming Media General Discussion

Streaming Media and Progressive Download explained

January 6th, 2007

How do you choose whether to deliver a movie using progressive download, streaming, or broadcasting? It’s an important question for you, and since GravityLab’s business is delivering your content to your audience with the best possible user experience in mind, it’s an important question for us, too. All all of the major streaming media codecs, [...]

Quicktime tools for streaming video

January 5th, 2007

If you want to stream Quicktime files, you will need to encode the videos correctly so they can be played on a streaming server. GravityLab provides this encoding service for affordable prices. We make the process simple for you so that you don’t have to acquire a new skillset just to get your videos online. [...]

Streaming Media Services

RTSP protocol rollover problem and Windows Media Services 9

January 2nd, 2007

RTSP protocol is used for years for streaming Real Video and Streaming Real Audio. And starting with Windows Media Player 9 Series, Windows Media Services 9 Series and Windows Server 2003 RTSP Protocol is now the default protocol for streaming Windows Media. Windows Media Services 9 Series can use RTSP, HTTP, or MMS for streaming. [...]