# Flash audio players?

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**Created:** [June 16, 2006, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flash-audio-players/360897 "2006-06-16T06:38:19Z")\
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Are there any Macromedia Flash applets/programs that can play back audio files along with a realtime waveform display? Or how about one that allows rewinding/fast-forwarding with the high-pitched sound that you’d hear if you rewound a tape in a tape player?

If you want to know why: I’m trying to make a website that will have a bunch of sound files (recorded lectures), and I want to let people both download them and stream them as easily as possible. Currently, I’m using HTML links to .mp3 files and .m3u playlists, but I’m looking for a more elegant approach. The main issue right now is that these are 1-hour lectures and it’s difficult to navigate through them using the scrollbar/slider controls that most media players have. Even the slighest click will jump you back a few minutes, which is way too much if you just want to repeat the last word or sentence.

Any advice would be welcome.

Thanks!