From: "David P. Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Smil Syntax
It sure would be nice to have a "theory of operation" for the SMIL
server/player interaction, so that this (and the behavior I observed re:
selecting TCP vs. UDP) is more explicable.
I've been wondering whether the TCP/UDP selection is because all of the
"concurrency" implied by the SMIL <par> tags in my test causes the UDP
option in the overlapped preroll to time out, and thus TCP gets erroneously
selected.
But lacking any diagnostic tools or documentation, that's just an
unverifiable theory.
At 06:26 AM 9/9/99 -0700, RealForum wrote:
>From: "Jeremy Bieger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Smil Syntax
>
>Hello. I am trying to create a continuous playlist of audio files, but
>having a very hard time. When the end of one file is reached, the next one
>won't play without pressing the "next" or "play" button.
>I've stumbled upon the following observation: If I reference any of the
>files by the full URL (rtsp:real.propagation.net/realaudio/bu2z/1.rm in my
>case) as opposed to a relative URL (1.rm), then the files WON'T play
>continuously. That includes using a meta base URL in the head of the smil
>file. Otherwise it works great.
>
>Since the real media files won't be on the same server as the smil file, I
>need to use some sort of base URL or specify the full (rtsp://...) URL in
>the audio tag of the smil file.
>
>You can check the two versions of my smil files here:
>rtsp://real.propagation.net/realaudio/bu2z/test.smil
>rtsp://real.propagation.net/realaudio/bu2z/test-no-base-url.smil
>
>The second example will work fine, the first won't. The only difference is
>the meta base URL tags. Again, the only problem is that I NEED the first one
>to work, as the two files (smil and rm) won't be on the same server and
>therefore can't be referenced by a relative URL.
>
>This is the code in question:
>
><smil>
><head>
> <meta name="title" content="asdf"/>
> <meta name="author" content="whatever"/>
> <meta name="copyright" content="(c) 1831"/>
> <meta name="base"
>content="rtsp://real.propagation.net/realaudio/bu2z/"/>
></head>
>
><body>
> <seq>
> <audio src="1.rm" title="yes"/>
> <audio src="2.rm" title="no"/>
> <audio src="3.rm" title="maybe"/>
> </seq>
></body>
></smil>
>
>
>Anyone have some insight for me? I'm kinda at a loss. Could this be a server
>setting, a client setting, or is the smil code in some way wrong?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Jeremy
