PHP Streaming MP3

Solution 1:

Here's what did the trick.

$dir = dirname($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'])."/protected_content";
$filename = $_GET['file'];
$file = $dir."/".$filename;

$extension = "mp3";
$mime_type = "audio/mpeg, audio/x-mpeg, audio/x-mpeg-3, audio/mpeg3";

if(file_exists($file)){
    header('Content-type: {$mime_type}');
    header('Content-length: ' . filesize($file));
    header('Content-Disposition: filename="' . $filename);
    header('X-Pad: avoid browser bug');
    header('Cache-Control: no-cache');
    readfile($file);
}else{
    header("HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found");
}

Solution 2:

You can try HTTP chunking. Set the "Transfer-Encoding" header to "chunked", then output the size of each chunk before sending it. End each chunk size and chunk with a CRLF.

For anything more complex, I recommend using a streaming server, such as Icecast.

Solution 3:

Two things stand out:

1. You've got a Content-Length set. If you server is set to automatically gzip your output, this can mess with things. Try turning off Content-Length and see if that fixes it.
2. You've got about a thousand Content-Types set. Since it's Mp3 that you're serving, just use audio/mpeg. You can effectively get rid of the whole last header() command. It's easy to get carried away with HTTP headers.

Try it out and let us know how it goes!