script idea

aaroncavanaugh2

Hi,

I have an idea for a script. I have a m3u playlist online. I want to assign the playlist to a timeline so that a file is served from somewhere on that timeline whenever a user clics on the playlist link + sync the timeline with the server time.

I'm a newbie, (not a programmer) but this sounds like a good idea to me.

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

Roger_Ramjet

time will return the current system (server) time.

aaroncavanaugh2

Hi,

So I thought about this a bit more. I found out that PLS files have a time attribute in them.

SO for example:
An administrator (web author) uploads a file at 12:56 and clicks sync.

A user logs on at 5:56 and downloads the playlist.

5:56 - 12 :56 = 6 hrs.

SO a playlist PLS time line all the length attributes = 6 hrs SO the playlist will begin playing from the beginning (first song).

Say the PLS file was two hours and 5 minutes long. If a user then clicked at 5:56 the playlist would start playing 15 minutes in to the playlist (somewhere in the third song).

make sense?

SO we would output playlist data as defined by sync.

We could store sync data in a text file.

I was thinking there would be four files. A sync.txt, sync.php, login.php, and currentsong.php

There would have to some code in login.php that says
if get server time OK
else get time via users computer

SO it would look for sync.txt file
does math
outputs current song to currentsong.php
plays files with variables.

I was brainstorming last night and this is what I came up with.

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

aaroncavanaugh2

SO a playlist PLS time line all the length attributes = 6 hrs SO the playlist will begin playing from the beginning (first song).

was supposed to read = 2hrs

Thanxs again. God Bless.

Aaron.

aaroncavanaugh2

Hi,

The purpose of this script would be to simulate streaming.

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron