Re: question about winamp

On Mon, 2002-09-09 at 10:02, Jon Disnard wrote:
> Unlike shoutcast, mod_mp3 has not consept of the user-agent header sent 
> as part of the http request to the appache. Actually, the iformation is 
> there, but mod_mp3 doesn't do anything with it.
Neither really does shoutcast. It makes a guess on what the connecting
client wants. What mod_mp3 does is look for the headers that come from a
player and then if they are found it does the right thing for streaming
(based on what the player wants).

> What we need is some smarts built into mod_mp3 to show a page like the 
> op=sellect page based on the user-agent field.
A browser frequently knows how to play the stream itself, so if you
connect with a browser the browser should be able to handle the stream.

	-Brian

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