If they don't end in .mp3, they won't work in IE, because IE ignores Content-type in favor of a heuristic "guess" as the content-type based on the data, which is just asking for disaster...
And why you'd wrap an .mp3 into a Flash movie to get a podcast out of it is WAY beyond my comprehension, but whatever... It guarantees that I can't listen to them, however, as Flash has crashed far too often for me to ever install it again. I'll be uninstalling it as I get the time and energy. It's just not worth my time to get Flash content anymore. On Wed, December 27, 2006 5:20 pm, Skip Evans wrote: > The site plays the podcasts with a code snippet > like this: > > <object > classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" > codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0"; > width="410" height="100" id="movie" align=""> > <param name="movie" > value="audioqueue-mini.swf?urls=<?php echo $urls > ?>&titles=<?php echo $titles ?>&delim=<?php echo > $delim ?><?php echo (isset($skip)) ? "&skip=$skip" > : '' ?>"> > <embed src="audioqueue-mini.swf?urls=<?php echo > $urls ?>&titles=<?php echo $titles ?>&delim=<?php > echo $delim ?>" quality="high" width="410" > height="100" name="movie" align="" > type="application/x-shockwave-flash" > pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer";> > > </object> > > Where the $urls variable is a string of URLs. The > ones that work all end in .mp3 + some delimiter + > another URL that ends in .mp3, etc, etc. > > However, some show up with no such extension, and > in fact no extension of any kind and these don't > work. > > So I suspect that the original programmers code is > somehow building URLs that do not in fact connect > to the podcast files and that is the main problem. > > However, having not worked with podcasts before I > wasn't absolutely sure this was the problem. > > The URLs are all supposed to come from the live > feeds so I am a bit baffled why some work and some > don't. > > Skip > > Stut wrote: >> Skip Evans wrote: >> >>> I'm doing some maintenance work on a site that features podcasts >>> and >>> some of them work and some of them don't. >>> >>> I've never worked with podcasts before, and while I'm figuring out >>> how >>> they work I was wondering if anyone knew of any good tutorial sites >>> on >>> them and perhaps even programming them in PHP. >>> >>> I've done some Googling but haven't found anything really good. >> >> >> "Programming podcasts" makes no sense. A podcast is a media file >> that is >> made available for download. I assume that when you say 'programming >> them in PHP' you mean developing a site to publicise your podcast. >> >> Given that assumption your easiest route is to find a blogging >> package >> that supports podcasts. There's a list that will get you started >> here... >> >> http://www.podcastingnews.com/topics/Podcasting_Software.html >> >> If you're wanting to do something more custom you first need to >> understand that there is nothing particularly special about >> podcasts. >> They are literally just files that are published on a website. >> >> I Googled for info on publishing a podcast and came up with dozens >> of >> good tutorials and references. Try harder. >> >> If I've misunderstood what you're trying to do, please elaborate. >> >> -Stut >> > > -- > Skip Evans > Big Sky Penguin, LLC > 61 W Broadway > Butte, Montana 59701 > 406-782-2240 > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some starving artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
