Hi All,
I've put together a small VB.net app that streams MP3's across the Internet to a player like Winamp. It plays a specified list, streaming one track after another. This works fine but when a user connects the stream starts from the beginning of the MP3 at the head of the queue as I'm creating a new stream for that user. I want to run a continuous stream where a user dips into it. This is kind of tricky to explain, so please bear with me...
So my question is: Is it possible to read a stream a specified rate. I.e. I have, say, 3 tracks queued and the app starts streaming through these at 128kbps so when someone connects they just dip into this stream. I suppose it's almost simulating an MP3 player, though is doesn't have to actually decode it or send it to the sound card, just keep the stream moving at a constant rate.
Any ideas would be great - thanks!
I've put together a small VB.net app that streams MP3's across the Internet to a player like Winamp. It plays a specified list, streaming one track after another. This works fine but when a user connects the stream starts from the beginning of the MP3 at the head of the queue as I'm creating a new stream for that user. I want to run a continuous stream where a user dips into it. This is kind of tricky to explain, so please bear with me...
So my question is: Is it possible to read a stream a specified rate. I.e. I have, say, 3 tracks queued and the app starts streaming through these at 128kbps so when someone connects they just dip into this stream. I suppose it's almost simulating an MP3 player, though is doesn't have to actually decode it or send it to the sound card, just keep the stream moving at a constant rate.
Any ideas would be great - thanks!
