Problem with streams, "corrupted file"

Hello,

I am having the same problem with Zinf 2.2.1 on
both my home machine (Win98, dial-up) and at work
(Win95, broadband) -- with streaming from Shoutcast.com

I've used Zinf 2.2 at home for some month
for playing MP3 and had no problem; recently I upgraded
to 2.2.1 at home and got 2.2.1 for my desktop at work, and tried
experimenting with streaming, i.e., with "internet radio".

According to the FAQ at zinf.org, two sites are given
for listening to streams: icecast.org and shoutcast.com

When I tried shoutcast.com at home, either clicking
on "play" or "copy link location" and then pasting into
"open URL" in Zinf, I got "buffering..skipped corrupted file"
Eventually I got some playing...but modem connection wasn't
enough to keep up (4 second of music, 5 second of buffering, ad
infinitum)

Today at work, this time using Mozilla rather than opera,
and apparently with different defaults, I was offered to open the
stream with RealPlayer. When I did, I could hear the internet
radio station fine!

But, a) I'm hoping to eventually switch to linux an don't
want to rely on how much support Real Networks will give to that
platform; and b) want to support and use open source as much as
possible, so would really like to use Zinf.

But when I told Mozilla where Zinf is and asked it to open the stream
with Zinf, I got the same: "skipping corrupted file".

I hope you can help -- don't like joining lists and joined this one
out of determination to be able to learn how to make Zinf work --
any ideas?

Thanks,

Harel Barzilai


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