Question
Can FMS play just part of a long MP3 file without downloading the whole thing?
The radio station where I work is considering switching from
serving our online audio as RealMedia files via a RealMedia server
to serving MP3 audio files via the Flash Media Server. We have many
(as in thousands) of hour-long audio files where we want the
end-user to only listen to a short section of the file, for
instance from 50:25 into the file to 55:45 into the file. With
Real, it's trivial to do this...just attach a
?start=50:25&end=55:45 query string to the URL of the RealAudio
file, and the Real server starts playing at the correct point.
Is this also doable with the Flash Media server using MP3 audio files (not flv files)? Is there a way to stream just a designated portion of an audio MP3, without the user having to download everything from the beginning of the file? This is a real deal breaker for us.
Is this also doable with the Flash Media server using MP3 audio files (not flv files)? Is there a way to stream just a designated portion of an audio MP3, without the user having to download everything from the beginning of the file? This is a real deal breaker for us.
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