# How to get mp3s to stream rather than download?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 20, 2003, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-mp3s-to-stream-rather-than-download/214299 "2003-11-20T13:43:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-mp3s-to-stream-rather-than-download/214299/1 "2003-11-20T13:43:16Z")

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I’ve got a website with mp3s, but when I click on them they attempt to download rather than open in WMP. I would ideally have the file open and play in whatever the listener’s default media player is. What am I doing wrong?