Streaming Audio

[Tony K]

Is streaming audio capable in asp.net 2.0 / AJAX? What I mean by streaming
audio is: ability to play one or more songs back to back...or maybe even let
the user select several songs to play and it will play them back to back.

Thanks,
Tony K

 

[Scott M.]

I wouldn't call that streaming audio, I'd call that file download selection.

Can you be more specific as to what, exactly, you are trying to?

 

[Mark Fitzpatrick]

Tony,
True streaming audio is done with a streaming audio server, such as
the windows media server for windows. I think what you're looking for is a
playlist generator for an appropriate player. For example, you may be able
to create a windows media player playlist file, asx, dynamically from an
asp.net application. This would tell the windows media client on the user's
comptuer what files to grab and information about them.

 

[Steve C. Orr [MCSD, MVP, CSM, ASP Insider]]

You can implement streaming media with this free control:
http://SteveOrr.net/articles/StreamingMedia.aspx
With a little code I'm sure you can get it to play some songs back to back.

 

[Tony K]

Mark,
Windows Media Server. I have Windows Server 2003 up and running, but
will that support other OS's that visit my site? I am just reading this
now, so I haven't even looked into Windows Media Server. Is it available
for downlaod?

Thanks,
Tony

 

[Tony K]

Steve,
Thanks a lot for the info. I'll get started on this right away!

Thanks again,
Tony K

 

[Tony K]

Nevermind on the "available for download" part. I just logged onto my
server and saw it is included. If I have other questions or problems, I'll
come back or...find the newsgroup for Media Server.

Thanks again,

Tony K

 

[Scott M.]

Other OS's don't visit your site. Client browsers contact your server, not
their operating systems.

 

[Tony K]

Thanks again. Sorry... first time attempting something like this.

Tony K