User Manual “Streaming Client“ - V1.31 - 8. Jan. 2007
General Streaming URL Syntax
The stream sources URLs use this general syntax:
“protocol://user:password@host:port/path”
If the protocol is omitted the file:// is assumed.
Note
: If the URL contains any unsafe, non-ASCII or
reserved characters, they must be escaped using the
“ <hex digit><hex digit>” escape sequence according to
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RFC1738. The dollar sign ($) has to be escaped as “ 24”
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unless it is used as a variable delimiter. The use of
variables in the URL is explained in the “Technical
Documentation”.
Supported protocols vs. audio formats
Depending on the protocol, some parts of the above
mentioned general URL syntax are not used. User,
password, and port parts are optional for most
protocols.
Supported protocols are HTTP, MMS, MMST, RTP, BRTP
and FILE. These can be combined with supported audio
formats as shown in the following table:
HTTP MMS MMST RTP
BRTP
FILE
M3U
playlist
ü
ü
MP3
stream
ü
*
ü
ü
MP3 file
ü
ü
WMA
stream
ü
**
ü
**
WMA file
ü
ü
*
MP3 stream over HTTP covers the Shoutcast and the
Icecast protocol.
**
The MMS stands for MMS over HTTP whereas MMST
stands for MMS over TCP.
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