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I want to build a mp3 download shop with this component. Before paying, the customer may want to listen to the music to decide if he want to buy.

If play the whole mp3 file, then maybe somebody can get the file in browser's cache files.

So I hope we can set the length for sample playing, like starting 30 seconds, or define the range like 0:0:20 to 0:1:40, etc.

Is it possible?

Thanks.
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    Tuesday, July 06 2010, 07:25 PM - #Permalink
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    I need an answer on this one also for a client. I need to specify the start & duration. How do I do this? :(
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    Thursday, July 08 2010, 07:25 AM - #Permalink
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    It still would be easy to obtain the whole file, even if you listed the player to only play a small duration within the original file. Last time I checked companies like amazon used a separate 30 second clip that has a fade out.

    There are other ways of doing this as well, but require a very specialized server setup.
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    Thursday, July 08 2010, 03:47 PM - #Permalink
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    the short answer is NO, you cannot specify to play only a part of a song.

    to allow this behavior, the best way would to have an EXTRA field to upload a "sample" mp3, so you would have acutally 2 mp3 per song: the full one and the demo. on the site you'd play the demo, but the users could download the full one I guess.

    in any case, this is not included on MC, so you'd need customization for this.

    Germi
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    Thursday, July 08 2010, 11:23 PM - #Permalink
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    What about protection so people can't download full songs?

    There seems to be no protection on the songs folder, which makes it very easy to hot link or get the mp3 files manually. Some artists are very concerned about their songs being available for free...
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    Monday, July 12 2010, 04:01 PM - #Permalink
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    on MC 2.0 there's no file protection.

    this will come as a BETA on 2.1
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    greengeek
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    Tuesday, July 13 2010, 10:05 PM - #Permalink
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    Any rough estimate on when 2.1 may be released, or possibly even a public beta for current mc customers?
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    Wednesday, July 14 2010, 11:13 AM - #Permalink
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    probably not until september (we'll be out on august)
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