EvanK
Technical User
- Nov 18, 2003
- 21
I'm having some trouble setting up an appropriate media streaming solution using Win2003 and the Windows Media Service. If someone here can offer any advice, I would be VERY grateful.
I have a drive containing an indeterminate number of mp3s, organized into directories by an album ID:
[tt]x:\album1\1.mp3
x:\album1\2.mp3
x:\album1\3.mp3
x:\album1\4.mp3
x:\album2\1.mp3
x:\album2\2.mp3
x:\album2\3.mp3
x:\album3\1.mp3
x:\album3\2.mp3[/tt]
You can see where that's going. Right now, we're talking around 700 albums, but that number could vary exponentially.
Basically, I need two (2) seperate ways to stream the same files via the web, using the mms: protocol and an on-demand publishing mechanism, where they specify in the url what file they want streamed. For example:
mms://music.mycompany.com/album1/4.mp3
mms://music.mycompany.com/album2/1.mp3
mms://music.mycompany.com/album3/2.mp3
The exact ways I need to stream are as follows:
1) I need password-protected access (for use within the company), allowing the user to listen to and skip around in the mp3s in their entirety. Now, I already have all this with an on-demand publishing point, except I cannot seem to password-protect it.
2) I need anonymous access (for use by our customers, visitors, etc), allowing the user to only listen to the first 30 or so seconds of the mp3s. The problem is, I don't know how to limit all the media to a time length while still keeping the on-demand functionality. Given the massive amount of music, its not feasible to make a second copy of all the files and physically truncate them.
Can anyone help me, or at least point me in the right direction?
I have a drive containing an indeterminate number of mp3s, organized into directories by an album ID:
[tt]x:\album1\1.mp3
x:\album1\2.mp3
x:\album1\3.mp3
x:\album1\4.mp3
x:\album2\1.mp3
x:\album2\2.mp3
x:\album2\3.mp3
x:\album3\1.mp3
x:\album3\2.mp3[/tt]
You can see where that's going. Right now, we're talking around 700 albums, but that number could vary exponentially.
Basically, I need two (2) seperate ways to stream the same files via the web, using the mms: protocol and an on-demand publishing mechanism, where they specify in the url what file they want streamed. For example:
mms://music.mycompany.com/album1/4.mp3
mms://music.mycompany.com/album2/1.mp3
mms://music.mycompany.com/album3/2.mp3
The exact ways I need to stream are as follows:
1) I need password-protected access (for use within the company), allowing the user to listen to and skip around in the mp3s in their entirety. Now, I already have all this with an on-demand publishing point, except I cannot seem to password-protect it.
2) I need anonymous access (for use by our customers, visitors, etc), allowing the user to only listen to the first 30 or so seconds of the mp3s. The problem is, I don't know how to limit all the media to a time length while still keeping the on-demand functionality. Given the massive amount of music, its not feasible to make a second copy of all the files and physically truncate them.
Can anyone help me, or at least point me in the right direction?
