kdf Wrote: 
> This depends on someone with some expertise on shorten having a
> willingness to help.  so far, the only well-known way to extract
> information about a given shorten file (info needed for slimserver to
> play the file) is to quickly uncompress it to /dev/null.  /dev/null,
> for the non-unix types, is basically a fake device for sending data off
> into nothingness.  This technique lets the server read the WAV header
> contained in the shorten file and get bitrate, duration, etc.  the
> problem is /dev/null doesn't exist for windows.  
> 

Can't you use NUL?  Thats the equiv of /dev/null for Windows.  It
exists in every directory as a hidden special file.

- Trevor


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Tiersten
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