Correct. Although the MP3 support is mainly for playing local files.
As you say, for high quality streams, 128kbps is required, and that's
pretty tough on most 3G networks. Even 64kbps is pushing it on some.
There are some players that support HTTP/ICY MP3 and ogg streams such as
Pocket Tunes for Palm and CoreCodec BetaPlayer (soon to be renamed) for
Windows CE and Smartphones. CoreCodec BetaPlayer is about to be the most
powerful players in this class. Watch this one: a new release soon.
Currently both of these players must be downloaded to the phone by the
user, as these players currently only support HTTP/ICY streams, which is
not the standards-based format for 3G devices. RTSP/RTP and AAC/aacPlus is
the format that is used on most mobile devices "out-of-the-box" to
achieve
high quality at low bit rates. Then there is the issue of mobile networks
allowing open RTSP/RTP streams, as not all do. HTTP/ICY streams are almost
always guaranteed to work, but the players usually need to be user
installed, which is not necessarily for the masses.
-greg.
At 20:13 2005-06-07, Riddler wrote:>Hi,
>
> In HK some 3G phones(PDA built-in) do support mp3, although mp3 is not
> good enough for 3G network.
>
>Regards,
>Riddler
>
>
>---- Original Message ----
>From: "Randolph Hill" <rdh@samuisystems.com>
>To: <icecast@xiph.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 12:36 AM
>Subject: [Icecast] 3GPP and 3Gpp2 Support
>
>>Are there any plans to provide support to stream to cellphones ?
>>If my understanding is correct, this requires 3Gpp, RTP/RTSP support.
>>
>>I see that apple has a stream server for this.
>>
>>
>>
>>Randy
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