Help Embedding .asx in Quicktime

November 29, 2010 6:38 AM

I have a .asx online radio stream that I'd like to embed on a Wordpress page for people to listen to. I've been able to get it streaming with an embedded Windows Media Player, but I'm hoping to have a Mac alternative. Ideas?

I've tried to embed Quicktime but I'm not sure if the code I'm using (which I'm getting through Wordpress plugin Quicktime Embed) is correct.

Can I even embed .asx in Quicktime? If not, is there a way to convert the .asx file to something Quicktime compatible?

posted by tomcochrane to Computers & Internet (7 answers total)

Using Shoutcast and a $5 license, you can broadcast in mp3, which should work on pretty much everything.
posted by Oktober at 7:04 AM on November 29, 2010

Post the contents of the .asx playlist (should just be a text file). You may be able to create from it an M3U or PLS file that would be compatible across many players.
posted by Inspector.Gadget at 7:21 AM on November 29, 2010

Response by poster: Here are the contents of the .asx file:

[Reference]
Ref1=http://hab-svc2178.hydracdn.com/BAYOFISLAN?MSWMExt=.asf
Ref2=http://67.228.238.42:80/BAYOFISLAN?MSWMExt=.asf
posted by tomcochrane at 7:22 AM on November 29, 2010

Hmm...since that's WMA-in-ASF I think you're out of luck unless Quicktime plugins like Flip4Mac or similar add the ability to parse all the playlist stuff and not just decode the audio. Does the station have any other streaming formats available?
posted by Inspector.Gadget at 9:06 AM on November 29, 2010

Response by poster: No, that's all that we have. It's a super-small station that we've set up through SpacialAudio.
posted by tomcochrane at 12:13 PM on November 30, 2010

If that's the case, both SimpleCast and SAM should let you encode as MP3. Problem Solved!
posted by Oktober at 1:18 PM on November 30, 2010

Response by poster: Thanks! We've switched over to SAM and Shoutcast!
posted by tomcochrane at 9:44 AM on December 15, 2010