Streaming mp3 audio with AVPlayer

Question

I\'m hearing some conflicting reports about this. What I\'m trying to do is stream an mp3 file from a URL. I\'ve done hours of research, but I cannot find any good guides on

Answer 1

Aaron's post about using an m3u file instead of an mp3 worked for me. I also found that AVPlayer was picky about the m3u syntax. For example, when I tried the following, I was unable to get a valid duration (it was always indefinite), and relative paths didn't work:

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:71
https://test-domain.com/90c9a240-51b3-11e9-bb69-c1300ce2348f.mp3

However, after updating the m3u file to the following, both issues were resolved:

#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-VERSION:3
#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:70
#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:1
#EXT-X-PLAYLIST-TYPE:VOD
#EXTINF:70.000,
8577d650-51b3-11e9-8e69-4f2b085e94aa.mp3
#EXT-X-ENDLIST