Song title encoding in audio stream

Question

Can anyone point me in the right direction for documentation regarding how the song title text is encoded in streaming audio? (for instance streaming mp3 - both other formats/protocols would also be useful). Thanks

Answer 1

You should also look at Real Time Streaming Protocol, which can request metadata in Session Description Protocol format that includes the media title and other pertinent information.

AFAIK, Windows Media Streaming and the Apple Quicktime streaming server use this.

Answer 2

I think you should be able to use ID3v2 for streaming audio.

ID3 is the standard way to embed meta data in mp3

This is how shoutcast does it