mp3 stream in chrome

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Hi,

I’m almost certain this is in the wrong forum, but not sure where exactly to go.

I have a blog where I host my podcast, but I’ve noticed that the mp3s won’t stream in chrome, yet they’ll play in firefox and IE. Is there something I can do on the server side/back end to fix this?

example:

http://www.jeromevalencia.com/podcast/Genesis9.mp3

thanks!

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Here’s what the help center says:

[I]Bluehost does not provide an actual RealAudio server. We provide a reasonable “streaming” method for providing RealAudio and RealVideo content.

Copy your encoded RealAudio or RealVideo files (.rm or .ra) to your web site via FTP. (Make sure to use BINARY/RAW mode.)

In order for a Real Audio file to properly “stream” from your server, you will need two files - one with a .ra or .rm extension (this is the actual Real Audio file which contains all the data) and a second file with a .ram extension. This file is referred to as a ‘metafile’, which simply means that it points to another file).

The first file (the one with the .ram extension) is simply a pointer to the second file (the one with the .ra or .rm extension, which is the actual Real Audio file). This first file (the metafile) is the one that will be called from your web page and it is what allows the Real Audio Clips to “stream”.

You will need to create the file with the .ram extension (the metafile) yourself. To do this, create the .ram file with the URL pointing to the .ra file: The .ram file should contain: http://www.yourdomain.com/sound/myrafile.ra

Now calling the .ram file in a web browser would cause the Real Audio file to “stream”.

http://www.yourdomain.com/sound/myrafile.ram

Reference the .ram file (metafile) in a hyperlink. You may use either relative or complete paths to your .ram file. If you use complete paths, you must include both the hostname and the complete path.

Now when a visitor to your website clicks on the link, the file will begin to play for them almost immediately.[/I]

It just seems really weird to me and I’m still not totally sure…

Basically this is how my process works:

  1. Upload the mp3 file to my server.
  2. Make a wordpress post linking to the mp3 file
  3. Feedburner automatically updates the change
  4. Itunes, which is connected to feedburner, automatically updates

The most important thing is that subscribers can go directly to the website to listen AND have itunes update. I’m concerned that if I use a .ra file, the feedburner won’t pick it up or something. Seems pretty weird not to be able to stream mp3s right?

thanks

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Heya,

I’m not sure what your problem might be. It could perhaps be the connection speed of your host or perhaps something else to do with the server.

I downloaded the MP3 and tested this locally (Apache2 on Windows7) and I then uploaded it to my web server at http://afterlight.com.au/tmp/sitepoint-post-781845/Genesis9.mp3 in both occasions it seems to work fine.

I know this probably isn’t much help, but hopefully it will help a little in pinpointing the problem.