[Product-Developers] Re: Streaming music

[Jon Stahl]

Dylan Jay wrote:
> Raphael Ritz wrote:
>> Martin Aspeli wrote:
>>> Hi guys,
>>>
>>> What's the best option we've got these days for - in Plone 3 - 
>>> streaming
>>> audio? I want a flash player to play uploaded mp3s, preferably with the
>>> ability to create a playlist out of the mp3 files in a folder.
>>>
>>> My gut feel was Plone4Artists audio, but it seems to be for 2.5 
>>> only, at
>>> lease in the released version?
>>>
>>
>> I'm sure Rocky wouldn't mind if people started contributing to
>>
>> http://www.plone4artists.org/products/plone4artistsaudio/releases/1.1
>>
>> I have no idea how much work is needed still.
>>
>> And yes, I also think p4a's Audio type should be what you want
>> (to get working)
>
> but am I right in saying p4a doesn't support "streaming" out of the box?
>
> I used p4a video and it downloads the whole video before playing so I 
> assume audio would work the same. If there is an easy way to get a 
> streaming solution I'd really like to know.
>
P4A.Audio does "HTTP streaming" which is pretty good for most situations. 

:jon