# Duration streaming mp3

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duration-streaming-mp3/40382>\
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**Created:** [January 17, 2004, 11:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duration-streaming-mp3/40382 "2004-01-17T23:43:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![pastawoua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@pastawoua](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pastawoua)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 11:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/duration-streaming-mp3/40382/1 "2004-01-17T23:43:04Z")

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hi :D, just a little question about mp3 streaming… i’m loading a sound in streaming in flash and i would like to do a duration bar but cant do some kind of ratio like duration/position cause the sound isnt fully load when starting to play the mp3 and the duration is updating on evry enterframe… is somebody have an idea plz ? can i just do some kinf of ratio like totalbytes/bytesplayed or somehting like that ? thx