A lot of my listeners have trouble opening the m3u files and I wind up having to provide the direct links to the PLS, ASX, or RAM file. Anyone else have this issue?

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drewish commented

You have any idea what program they're using to listen to the streams?

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thumb commented

Listeners using WinAmp and iPhone 3.1, primarily. WinAmp issues are intermittent, but typically solved when I give the user the direct PLS link. Most report that WinAmp launches, but the stream doesn't start to play.

The iPhone issue cropped up with 3.1. Listeners running iPhone 3.0 have know problems, Quicktime opens right up, buffers, and play. The 3.1 folks get as far as Quicktime opening, but it fails everytime so I provide a direct PLS link.

I've hard-coded a PLS link at the bottom of the Station Now on block and direct folks to it when they report issues.

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mattrock commented
Issue tags: +.htaccess, +m3u, +pls, +asx, +streaming, +icecast

I have encountered this issue as well. I can't speak to the module code, but here are the playlist files I use for the various formats to serve an mp3 stream from an icecast server...

.m3u file served with mime type audio/x-mpegurl

http://stream.vu.wsum.wisc.edu:80/wsum128.m3u
http://vu1.vu.wsum.wisc.edu:80/wsum128.m3u

.pls file served with mime type audio/x-scpls

[playlist]
numberofentries=2
File1=http://stream.vu.wsum.wisc.edu:80/wsum128
Title1=(#1) WSUM 91.7FM Madison, WI (128k mp3): University of Wisconsin-Madison Student Radio
Length1=-1
File2=http://vu1.vu.wsum.wisc.edu:80/wsum128
Title2=(#2) WSUM 91.7FM Madison, WI (128k mp3): University of Wisconsin-Madison Student Radio
Length2=-1
Version=2

.asx file served with default mime types

<asx version="3.0">
  <title>WSUM 91.7FM - The Snake On The Lake</title>
  <entry>
    <title>WSUM Student Radio</title>
    <ref href="http://stream.vu.wsum.wisc.edu:80/wsum24" />
    <Abstract>Loading: WSUM Live Stream</abstract> 
    <author>visit WSUM.ORG, support Madison Sudent Radio</author>
    <banner href="http://vu.wsum.wisc.edu/images/WMP-stream-graphic.png"></banner>
    <copyright>©2009 University of Wisconsin</copyright>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>WSUM Student Radio</title>
    <ref href="http://vu1.vu.wsum.wisc.edu:80/wsum24" />
    <Abstract>Loading: WSUM Live Stream</abstract> 
    <author>visit WSUM.ORG, support Madison Sudent Radio</author>
    <banner href="http://vu.wsum.wisc.edu/images/WMP-stream-graphic.png"></banner>
    <copyright>©2009 University of Wisconsin</copyright>
  </entry>
  </asx>

When constructing this raw, build your .htaccess file for the serving location like this:

AddType audio/x-mpegurl   m3u
AddType audio/x-scpls   pls