[Laszlo-user] Trouble getting streaming MP3's to work (videoview/mediastream)

[Rich Christiansen]

Hey, all!

For some reason, I can use a videoview to view a streaming FLV just 
fine.  However, I can't seem to get it to work with an MP3.  I've tried 
using a simple videoview, a videoview with an embedded mediastream, 
using a file on localhost, using files on a remote server, etc.  Nothing 
I do seems to help.  From my tests, the files are loading fine, I just 
can't get them to play.

I've uploaded an MP3 to a public-facing server for a simple test.  
Please give this test harness a shot:

<canvas width="100%" height="100%" debug="true">
    <simplelayout axis="y"/>
        
    <videoview name="video" autoplay="true">
        <!-- <mediastream name="stream" 
url="http://localhost:8080/lps-4.0.2/track4.mp3"> -->
        <mediastream name="stream" 
url="http://featurific.com/files/tmp/shiver.mp3">
            <handler name='onprogress'>
                Debug.write("PROGRESS! " + progress)
                if(progress==1)
                {
                    Debug.write("Come on, play!")
                    play()
                }
            </handler>

            <handler name='onrequest'>
                Debug.write("REQUEST!")
            </handler>

            <handler name='onurl'>
                Debug.write("URL!")
            </handler>

            <handler name='onload'>
                Debug.write("LOAD!")
            </handler>
        </mediastream>
    </videoview>

    <!-- <videoview url="http://featurific.com/files/tmp/shiver.mp3" 
autoplay="true"/> -->

    <!-- <videoview url="http://site.airgundepot.com/video/agd.flv" 
autoplay="true" width="800" height="600"/> -->

    <!-- <videoview url="http://site.airgundepot.com/video/agd.flv" 
autoplay="true">
        <animator name="movex" attribute="x" to="300" duration="5000" 
start="true"/>
        <animator name="movey" attribute="y" to="300" duration="7000" 
start="true"/>
    </videoview> -->

</canvas>

As a side-note, I've been able to find examples of using a videoview 
with a .flv file.  However, I can't find any code examples on the net of 
someone using a videoview with an MP3 file to provide just audio alone.  
So strange for a feature that seems so powerful!  (The original laszlo 
killer-app (Pandora) relied profoundly on this feature, right?  
Surprising...)

Anyway, thanks in advance for your help! :)
-Rich

P.S. THis is my first post to the email group.  Which is better for 
questions like this - the email group or the forums on the website?  I'd 
imagine turnaround time is shorter here, and the discussion is still 
indexed somewhere as Google-fodder, right?
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