@mdwoolley:
I've actually done what you're it sounds like you're looking to do
(create your own MP3 streaming source with track/artist metadata tags).
The way I did this was to write my own special-purpose Icecast/SHOUTcast
compatible server. It's gratifyingly simple. The link that bpa
provided
Thanks Toby, I appreciate the offer and comments. Let's see if I can
make this thing work now :-)
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mdwoolley;437903 Wrote:
> Thanks for the fast reply toby10 :-)
>
> But I'm not looking for ways in which I can use 3rd party applications
> to achieve this, I want to develop some software from scratch (partly
> for the "fun" of it!) so I'm more looking for the technical
> specifications that ap
That's great, thanks for your help. I'll review the links you posted
with interested :-)
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AFAIK there is no single technical spec produced by IEEE or IETF or
similar.
The uPNP spec might be helpful but most of that is not to do with audio
streaming but helping user find which stream to serve.
Basically audio is streamed using HTTP and a GET. There are a few
special HTTP headers that
Thanks for the fast reply toby10 :-)
But I'm not looking for ways in which I can use 3rd party applications
to achieve this, I want to develop some software from scratch (partly
for the "fun" of it!) so I'm more looking for the technical
specifications that apply.
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This explains how metadata is mebedded in MP3/AAC streams using
Shoutcast ICY protocol
http://www.smackfu.com/stuff/programming/shoutcast.html
Edna is a basic MP3 server will also help.
http://edna.sourceforge.net/
You should also look at HTTP headers as to how podcast can be ffwd/rew
if you ar
http://www.poromenos.org/tutorials/icecast
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Hi
I want to write some software which will behave kind of like an
internet radio station in that my squeezebox can "tune into" it's URL
and music will be streamed from the radio station to it and be played in
the usual way.
Can anyone point me at the formal specifications which an internet
radi
