Playing MP3 from a http source (fake streaming) is quite easy in AS3. It's all done by the flash.media.Sound class.
var mySound:Sound = new Sound; mySound.load(new URLRequest(myFileURL)); mySound.play();
One possible pitfall (It took me a few minutes to figure this out): The stop()-method and position-property are not part of Sound, but rather SoundChannel.
var mySoundChannel:SoundChannel; mySoundChannel = mySound.play();
Stopping the playback:
private function stopPlayback:void(){
mySoundChannel.stop();
try{
mySound.close();
} catch(error:IOError) { ... }
}
The volume can be set by assigning a SoundTransform object:
soundtransform = new SoundTransform(0.75, 0); mySoundChannel.soundTransform = soundtransform;
Note: The Sound class can't load a second file after one has been played. To play another file instantiate a new Sound object.