title: Stop audio buffering in the <audio> tag
body: <p>I am currently working in using the HTML5 audio player to provide a audio stream (24/7 radio stream) via the (mobile) browser. Loading in the stream and playing it works fine. </p>
  
  <p>The major problem is that the HTML5 <code>&lt;audio&gt;</code> tag will keep downloading (buffering) content even when its not active. This could be a major issue for mobile users since most of them pay for data use. So far I have not been able to find a decent solutions that works cross browser to prevent this.</p>
  
  <p>I tried so far:<br></p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Unload the source when pause is pressed. &lt; This does not work cross browser<br></li>
  <li>Remove the audio player element and load a new one. This works but
  lets be honest, this is a very hacky way of performing an extremely
  simple task.</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>I was simply wondering if there is something I'm overlooking in this whole issue since I am convinced I'm not the only one with this issue.</p>