[Icecast] Seeking in a static served file

[Michael Smith]

On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 15:17:18 +0100, Johann Soukup <jsoukup at netlantic.de> wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> Is it possible to configure the Icecast server to seek in
> a static served file ?
> To use e.g. the slider of Winamp to forward and rewind
> inside a static served MP3 file from the Icecast server.

Some players can do seeking via http if the server supports the Range
header. Icecast (2.2 at least - I'm not sure whether 2.1 had it)
supports Range headers, so it should work fine.

Mike