Streaming Audio : Real, MP3, ...

[Anon]

My current site houser is PHP equiped, alas, they don't have a RealAudio server like my last houser. Is there a way to use PHP to stream RealAudio files such that the files cannot be copied? The beauty of the server is that folks can listen all they want, but, they cannot copy the actual .ra or .rm files to their hard disks.

The Real Networks site was no help. They want us to buy their $8000 server.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Gary

[Anon]

I am building a site for music, so this qusesion is on my mind. I know that we can stream an MP3 file using Icecast, see www.icecast.org. My linux server has Apache and icecast installed. The icecast service will stream nicely, directly from a WinAmp client. I am looking in these forums for a way to tell the server to start a stream via HTTP.

I actually want people to download the MP3 files. This is good trick, I made work via PHP3. Write me for that trick if needed.

[Anon]

Hello...
I'm gonna make a server of mp3 and i want help, please send-me an e-mail with the icecast+php HOwto....
thanks
Leonardo (Brazil)

Alan Gruskoff wrote:

I am building a site for music, so this qusesion is on my mind. I know that we can stream an MP3 file using Icecast, see www.icecast.org. My linux server has Apache and icecast installed. The icecast service will stream nicely, directly from a WinAmp client. I am looking in these forums for a way to tell the server to start a stream via HTTP.

I actually want people to download the MP3 files. This is good trick, I made work via PHP3. Write me for that trick if needed.