Re: winamp playlist question it wont display but plays.

Yes, somehow that slider operation would have to feed back to the server and the mp3
handler would have to relocate its position within whatever file it was playing.
This wouldn't work for sockets.

But like sockets, when I'm streaming to xmms, I _can_ hit pause, and the server will
wait indefinitely until I resume and continue playing exactly where I left off.

Kyle

Jon disnard wrote:

> Because you cannot do that feature on a stream very easy. You cannot
> fastfarward in a stream since the data has not been sent from the server
> yet. You cannot rewind because the data is typically thrown away after
> being decoded. In theory you could write an mp3 decoder app to do the
> tivo style live pause, or a rewind feature if you cache your stream.
> Most mp3 decoders have a feature to dump the stream to a file, but non
> of them have a live-pause, or rewind feature. At least that I'm aware of. =)
>
> -Jon
>
> Frank S wrote:
>
> > Now that you mention it, that would be fun.  I think i will try it in
> > python... trying to learn that language.   One more question,  do you
> > know how to make it so that you can scan forward in a song i.e. move
> > the slider to the right.. I dont even get the slider when i have it
> > streaming.  When the mp3 is local winamp shows the slider.
>
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