# Streaming Music - fundamentals and efficiency

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**Created:** [October 22, 2003, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/streaming-music-fundamentals-and-efficiency/92877 "2003-10-22T21:01:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![SteadyScene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@SteadyScene](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SteadyScene)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/streaming-music-fundamentals-and-efficiency/92877/1 "2003-10-22T21:01:13Z")

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After searching this forum for topics related to “streaming audio” or “streaming music” I have been able to gather bits and pieces of information but have not solidified a clear understanding of what is involved when adding music to a Flash MX enhanced web project.

Ranging from Loading swf’s, streaming mp3’s, looping, it all seems to be here. However, I have a few questions:

Streaming mp3 - does this truly stream the audio so that dial up users do not have to wait for 3mb mp3’s to load?

I have created a streaming mp3 player that I learned from bits and peices on this site. A simple load, play, stop movie that calls an external mp3 file on the server. On my site I have a flash button for each mp3 song that launches a resized window using javascript.

I am finding that this method is a bit annoying.

What I would really like to do is have a list of song titles on the left and have the player somewhere on the same page. When the site loads, a full song starts. Then I would like to click each of the song titles and have them automatically play at my leisure. The problem is I do not understand that fundamentals of how to do this efficiently.

I have seen this done on a professional website but will only post the link on request to avoid spam.

Any help is appreciated.