How does the TuneIn mobile application resume a live stream, when the connection breaks?

Posted by navnav on Super User See other posts from Super User or by navnav
Published on 2012-08-28T14:42:08Z Indexed on 2012/08/28 15:41 UTC
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So I have this TuneIn application on my phone, which allows me to listen to many radio stations. It also allows me to rewind and pause the live stream, which I know is doable with today's technology.

What gets me puzzled, though, is how when the internet connection breaks, the live stream will stop, but, when the connection comes back, the app can just pick up from where it broke.

Why it gets me puzzled is because there is no way for the app to cache the live stream when the net connection has gone, yet it can start the live stream back up, from where it broke.

Is there is possible to start a live stream, at a specific point of the audio stream? Or are they using some other method?

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