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 -- Tiersten _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
