Re: heads-up: splitting server.pl

Ok, great. Some of the changes I
need to make have to do with how

the URL in the .pls is parsed; since you're able to use a
(supposedly)

FQDN rather than a dotted-quad for the HTTP streaming you
described

above, I should be able to adapt that to my needs in a general
manner

(the code, when Dan wrote it, assumed the URL in the PLS file will

always be a dotted-quad followed by a port. This makes using

Live365 extremely difficult.)

Yup. Any valid http: URL should work, including basic
authentication, etc... Also, redirects need to be
supported...

There's actually two places where HTTP connections are opened
(for getting playlists as well as streaming audio.) Those should
probably be coalesced into one subroutine that can be used for either
case.

On the bright side, once this is added,
the SliMP3 will be able to

handle all known forms of MP3 streaming. Other streams will
need

transcoding or new codecs.

Terrific. One step at a time...

-dean