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sh0wtym3
01-16-2009, 03:18 PM
I'm using a simple embed element to stream music after a link is clicked:

<embed src="http://www.mysite.com/music/mysong.mp3" autostart="true" loop="false" width="300" height="42" controller="true"></embed>

For large MP3 files, it works fine.

For large WAV files, it doesn't play immediately. :(

It WAITS until the ENTIRE WAV file is loaded before it starts playing, which can be a long wait if it's a big WAV file.

MP3 files on the other hand begin playing immediately, even if it's a big file and not finished loading yet.

How can I make it stream the WAV files the same way?

I hope this makes sense.

Eye for Video
01-16-2009, 05:46 PM
The progressive downloading fuction is something your hosting server would have to implement on their end. Not sure if it's even available for .wav files. Best bet is to convert them to mp3. The wave file is not big because it's really high quality, it's big because compression of .wav files is no where near as efficent as using mp3 compression. Same quality with a much smaller file size.
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