stream from dlna server

[nesc]

Hi All,

Is it possible to play music files from http server like dlna server withou downloading the file to our side, example:

...
<res duration="0:03:21.000" size="5112074" protocolInfo="http-get:*:audio/mpeg:DLNA.ORG_PN=MP3;...>http://192.168.1.7:3001/dlna/some.mp3</res>
...

we got the url and the total size of the file, how can we read this, we need to use the sf::Music::openFromStream right, but what about the input stream object how to do this? is there any class that already does this or we have to implement it from the sf::InputStream? if we have to implement it can you suggest on how to do it or point me to some example code.

Note i do not want to download the file into the file system of the client, if possible i want to read it without saving it in the system file. Is this possible?

Thanks

[Laurent]

You'll have to imlement it yourself. However I don't know if you'll be able to use the sf::Http class, it's probably too limited for this use case.

[nesc]

do you have any idea on how to do it?

[eXpl0it3r]

Challenge a) is to get the stream. I doubt it will work with sf::Http, but you could use sockets - shouldn't be too hard, just read the content bit by bit and provide stream interface, i.e. implement the sf::InputStream interface.
Challenge b) will be decoding the MP3, because SFML doesn't support MP3 because of licensing issues.