Emil wrote:
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> Dan Tripp <thisIsNot@MyEMailAddress.com> wrote in message news:<aFzTb.20890$1Y2.14493@newssvr25.news.prodigy .com>...
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>>Emil wrote:
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>>>This is my problem:
>>>
>>>I'm writing a script that...
>>>1. creates a customized pls/m3u playlist
>>>2. sends the pls or a m3u playlist to the webbrowser.
>>>
>>>The browser should open Winamp/Windows Media Player and load the
>>>downloaded playlist.
>>>
>>>
>>>However this doesnt seem to work. Everything winamp shows is the
>>>playlist-filename. It seems that the playlist-file that was sent to
>>>Internet Explorer does not exist when winamp tries to read it.
>>>
>>>If I take the output of the script and places it in a .m3u-file
>>>everything will
>>>work perfect, but I do not want a .m3u-file for each of my mp3s!
>>>
>>>This is the code for my script:
>>>-----------------------------------------------------------
>>><?php
>>> include ('playlist.php'); // include playlist-class
>>>
>>> $playlist = new Playlist("m3u"); // Create instance of playlist
>>> $output = $playlist->getPlaylist(); // Generate dynamic playlist
>>>
>>> header("Content-Type: audio/mpegurl");
>>> header("Content-Disposition: filename=playlist.m3u");
>>>
>>> print($output);
>>>?>
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>>
>>
>>Hiya!
>>
>>I'm wondering if there isn't something askew with the playlist class.
>>
>>I uploaded an .m3u playlist up to my server, then wrote a php file to
>>read it and echo it out with the headers. IE and Mozilla will both ask
>>if I want to open it in the default app (Moz wants the file to have
>>".m3u" at the end, which could be passed as a bogus parameter. ie.:
>>playlist.php?.m3u)
>>
>>Here's what worked for me:
>>
>>================================================ ===========================
>>test.m3u:
>>================================================ ===========================
>>#EXTM3U
>>#EXTINF:213,01 - The DTs - Travis.mp3
>>
http://www.servername.com/01_-_The_DTs_-_Travis.mp3
>>#EXTINF:201,09 - The DTs - Jam in A (The Stoned Paradigm).mp3
>>
http://www.servername.com/09_-_The_D..._Paradigm).mp3
>>
>>================================================ ===========================
>>playlist.php
>>================================================ ===========================
>><?php
>>
>>$fileName = "./test.m3u";
>>$fp = fopen($fileName,"r");
>>$contents = fread($fp,filesize($fileName));
>>
>>header("Content-Type: audio/mpegurl");
>>header("Content-Disposition: filename=playlist.m3u");
>>
>>echo $contents;
>>
>>?>
>>================================================ ===========================
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>- Dan
>>
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>
> Thanks for your help!
>
>
> I have now solved the problem:
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> Before I tried to send the headers I started a session with:
> session_start();
>
> ...when I removed this line, everything worked perfect!
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Awesome! I've done something akin to that a time or two myself. =)
Regards,
- Dan
