At 16:25 01/02/2007, you wrote: >> <location> >> <type>audio/mpeg</type> (MIME type) >> <bitrate>128</bitrate> (kbps) >> <network>multicast<network> (unicast | multicast | dvb) >> <url> rtsp://bbc.co.uk <rtsp://bbc.co.uk/> ....</url> >> </location> >> >> Thoughts anyone? > >>From a simple scripters perspective I am not sure this is helpful. Is there >a mime type distinction between streams that need say, real-player to play >them and those that need something else (WMP) or would it be required to >parse the url to work that out? With the old <type> definition, that was >explicit.
Peter, MIME types cover this well. There are explicit MIME types for real media etc e.g: application/x-pn-realaudio audio/x-pn-realaudio They're used by browsers to determine which player or plug-in is appropriate to a resource. Chris _______________________ Chris Newell Lead Technologist BBC Research Kingswood Warren Tel: +44 (0)1737 839659
