diff --git a/just_audio/lib/just_audio.dart b/just_audio/lib/just_audio.dart
index 3a16f23..68cdb50 100644
--- a/just_audio/lib/just_audio.dart
+++ b/just_audio/lib/just_audio.dart
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
 import 'package:just_audio_platform_interface/just_audio_platform_interface.dart';
-import 'package:path/path.dart' as p;
-import 'package:path_provider/path_provider.dart';
 import 'package:rxdart/rxdart.dart';
 import 'package:uuid/uuid.dart';
 
@@ -604,7 +602,7 @@ class AudioPlayer {
   Future<Duration> _load(AudioPlayerPlatform platform, AudioSource source,
       {_InitialSeekValues initialSeekValues}) async {
     try {
-      if (!kIsWeb && source._requiresHeaders) {
+      if (!kIsWeb && source._requiresProxy) {
         if (_proxy == null) {
           _proxy = _ProxyHttpServer();
           await _proxy.start();
@@ -1291,25 +1289,43 @@ class SequenceState {
 class _ProxyHttpServer {
   HttpServer _server;
 
-  /// Maps request keys to [_ProxyRequest]s.
-  final Map<String, _ProxyRequest> _uriMap = {};
+  /// Maps request keys to [_ProxyHandler]s.
+  final Map<String, _ProxyHandler> _handlerMap = {};
 
   /// The port this server is bound to on localhost. This is set only after
   /// [start] has completed.
   int get port => _server.port;
 
-  /// Associate headers with a URL. This may be called only after [start] has
-  /// completed.
-  Uri addUrl(Uri url, Map<String, String> headers) {
-    final path = _requestKey(url);
-    _uriMap[path] = _ProxyRequest(url, headers);
-    return url.replace(
+  /// Register a [UriAudioSource] to be served through this proxy. This may be
+  /// called only after [start] has completed.
+  Uri addUriAudioSource(UriAudioSource source) {
+    final uri = source.uri;
+    final headers = source.headers?.cast<String, String>();
+    final path = _requestKey(uri);
+    if (uri.scheme == 'asset') {
+      _handlerMap[path] = _proxyHandlerForAsset(uri);
+    } else {
+      _handlerMap[path] = _proxyHandlerForUri(uri, headers);
+    }
+    return uri.replace(
       scheme: 'http',
       host: InternetAddress.loopbackIPv4.address,
       port: port,
     );
   }
 
+  /// Register a [StreamAudioSource] to be served through this proxy. This may
+  /// be called only after [start] has completed.
+  Uri addStreamAudioSource(StreamAudioSource source) {
+    final uri = _sourceUri(source);
+    final path = _requestKey(uri);
+    _handlerMap[path] = _proxyHandlerForSource(source);
+    return uri;
+  }
+
+  Uri _sourceUri(StreamAudioSource source) => Uri.http(
+      '${InternetAddress.loopbackIPv4.address}:$port', '/id/${source._id}');
+
   /// A unique key for each request that can be processed by this proxy,
   /// made up of the URL path and query string. It is not possible to
   /// simultaneously track requests that have the same URL path and query
@@ -1321,75 +1337,9 @@ class _ProxyHttpServer {
     _server = await HttpServer.bind(InternetAddress.loopbackIPv4, 0);
     _server.listen((request) async {
       if (request.method == 'GET') {
-        final path = _requestKey(request.uri);
-        final proxyRequest = _uriMap[path];
-        final originRequest = await HttpClient().getUrl(proxyRequest.uri);
-
-        // Rewrite request headers
-        final host = originRequest.headers.value('host');
-        originRequest.headers.clear();
-        request.headers.forEach((name, value) {
-          originRequest.headers.set(name, value);
-        });
-        for (var name in proxyRequest.headers.keys) {
-          originRequest.headers.set(name, proxyRequest.headers[name]);
-        }
-        originRequest.headers.set('host', host);
-
-        // Try to make normal request
-        try {
-          final originResponse = await originRequest.close();
-
-          request.response.headers.clear();
-          originResponse.headers.forEach((name, value) {
-            request.response.headers.set(name, value);
-          });
-          request.response.statusCode = originResponse.statusCode;
-
-          // Pipe response
-          await originResponse.pipe(request.response);
-          await request.response.close();
-        } on HttpException {
-          // We likely are dealing with a streaming protocol
-          if (proxyRequest.uri.scheme == 'http') {
-            // Try parsing HTTP 0.9 response
-            //request.response.headers.clear();
-            final socket = await Socket.connect(
-                proxyRequest.uri.host, proxyRequest.uri.port);
-            final clientSocket =
-                await request.response.detachSocket(writeHeaders: false);
-            Completer done = Completer();
-            socket.listen(
-              clientSocket.add,
-              onDone: () async {
-                await clientSocket.flush();
-                socket.close();
-                clientSocket.close();
-                done.complete();
-              },
-            );
-            // Rewrite headers
-            final headers = <String, String>{};
-            request.headers.forEach((name, value) {
-              if (name.toLowerCase() != 'host') {
-                headers[name] = value.join(",");
-              }
-            });
-            for (var name in proxyRequest.headers.keys) {
-              headers[name] = proxyRequest.headers[name];
-            }
-            socket.write("GET ${proxyRequest.uri.path} HTTP/1.1\n");
-            if (host != null) {
-              socket.write("Host: $host\n");
-            }
-            for (var name in headers.keys) {
-              socket.write("$name: ${headers[name]}\n");
-            }
-            socket.write("\n");
-            await socket.flush();
-            await done.future;
-          }
-        }
+        final uriPath = _requestKey(request.uri);
+        final handler = _handlerMap[uriPath];
+        handler(request);
       }
     });
   }
@@ -1398,12 +1348,39 @@ class _ProxyHttpServer {
   Future stop() => _server.close();
 }
 
-/// A request for a URL and headers made by a [_ProxyHttpServer].
-class _ProxyRequest {
-  final Uri uri;
-  final Map<String, String> headers;
+/// Encapsulates the start and end of an HTTP range request, along with the
+/// total byte length of the available data in the resource.
+class _HttpRange {
+  /// The starting byte position of the range request.
+  final int start;
 
-  _ProxyRequest(this.uri, this.headers);
+  /// The last byte position of the range request, or `null` if requesting
+  /// until the end of the media.
+  final int end;
+
+  /// The total number of bytes in the entire media.
+  final int fullLength;
+
+  _HttpRange(this.start, this.end, this.fullLength);
+
+  /// The end byte position (exclusive), defaulting to [fullLength].
+  int get endEx => end == null ? fullLength : end + 1;
+
+  /// The number of bytes requested.
+  int get length => endEx == null ? null : endEx - start;
+
+  /// The content-range header value to use in HTTP responses.
+  String get contentRangeHeader =>
+      'bytes $start-${end?.toString() ?? ""}/$fullLength';
+
+  /// Creates an [_HttpRange] from [header] and [fullLength].
+  static _HttpRange parse(List<String> header, int fullLength) {
+    if (header == null || header.isEmpty) return null;
+    final match = RegExp(r'^bytes=(\d+)(-(\d+)?)?').firstMatch(header.first);
+    if (match == null) return null;
+    int intGroup(int i) => match[i] != null ? int.parse(match[i]) : null;
+    return _HttpRange(intGroup(1), intGroup(3), fullLength);
+  }
 }
 
 /// Specifies a source of audio to be played. Audio sources are composable
@@ -1453,7 +1430,7 @@ abstract class AudioSource {
 
   AudioSourceMessage _toMessage();
 
-  bool get _requiresHeaders;
+  bool get _requiresProxy;
 
   List<IndexedAudioSource> get sequence;
 
@@ -1501,11 +1478,8 @@ abstract class UriAudioSource extends IndexedAudioSource {
   @override
   Future<void> _setup(AudioPlayer player) async {
     await super._setup(player);
-    if (uri.scheme == 'asset') {
-      _overrideUri = Uri.file(
-          (await _loadAsset(uri.path.replaceFirst(RegExp(r'^/'), ''))).path);
-    } else if (headers != null) {
-      _overrideUri = player._proxy.addUrl(uri, headers.cast<String, String>());
+    if (uri.scheme == 'asset' || headers != null) {
+      _overrideUri = player._proxy.addUriAudioSource(this);
     }
   }
 
@@ -1517,25 +1491,8 @@ abstract class UriAudioSource extends IndexedAudioSource {
     super._dispose();
   }
 
-  Future<File> _loadAsset(String assetPath) async {
-    final file = await _getCacheFile(assetPath);
-    this._cacheFile = file;
-    if (!file.existsSync()) {
-      await file.create(recursive: true);
-      await file.writeAsBytes(
-          (await rootBundle.load(assetPath)).buffer.asUint8List());
-    }
-    return file;
-  }
-
-  /// Get file for caching asset media with proper extension
-  Future<File> _getCacheFile(final String assetPath) async => File(p.join(
-      (await getTemporaryDirectory()).path,
-      'just_audio_asset_cache',
-      '${_player._id}_$_id${p.extension(assetPath)}'));
-
   @override
-  bool get _requiresHeaders => headers != null;
+  bool get _requiresProxy => headers != null || uri.scheme == 'asset';
 }
 
 /// An [AudioSource] representing a regular media file such as an MP3 or M4A
@@ -1804,8 +1761,7 @@ class ConcatenatingAudioSource extends AudioSource {
   }
 
   @override
-  bool get _requiresHeaders =>
-      children.any((source) => source._requiresHeaders);
+  bool get _requiresProxy => children.any((source) => source._requiresProxy);
 
   @override
   AudioSourceMessage _toMessage() => ConcatenatingAudioSourceMessage(
@@ -1840,7 +1796,7 @@ class ClippingAudioSource extends IndexedAudioSource {
   }
 
   @override
-  bool get _requiresHeaders => child._requiresHeaders;
+  bool get _requiresProxy => child._requiresProxy;
 
   @override
   AudioSourceMessage _toMessage() => ClippingAudioSourceMessage(
@@ -1876,13 +1832,195 @@ class LoopingAudioSource extends AudioSource {
   List<int> get shuffleIndices => List.generate(count, (i) => i);
 
   @override
-  bool get _requiresHeaders => child._requiresHeaders;
+  bool get _requiresProxy => child._requiresProxy;
 
   @override
   AudioSourceMessage _toMessage() => LoopingAudioSourceMessage(
       id: _id, child: child._toMessage(), count: count);
 }
 
+/// An [AudioSource] that provides audio dynamically. Subclasses must override
+/// [read] and [lengthInBytes] to provide the encoded audio data.
+abstract class StreamAudioSource extends IndexedAudioSource {
+  Uri _uri;
+  StreamAudioSource(tag) : super(tag);
+
+  @override
+  Future<void> _setup(AudioPlayer player) async {
+    await super._setup(player);
+    _uri = player._proxy.addStreamAudioSource(this);
+  }
+
+  /// Used by the player to read a byte range of encoded audio data in small
+  /// chunks, from byte position [start] inclusive (or from the beginning of the
+  /// audio data if not specified) to [end] exclusive (or the end of the audio
+  /// data if not specified).
+  Stream<List<int>> read([int start, int end]);
+
+  /// Used by the player to determine the total number of bytes of data in this
+  /// audio source.
+  int get lengthInBytes;
+
+  @override
+  bool get _requiresProxy => true;
+
+  @override
+  AudioSourceMessage _toMessage() => ProgressiveAudioSourceMessage(
+      id: _id, uri: _uri.toString(), headers: null);
+}
+
+/// An asset cache that holds loaded assets in memory for 10 seconds.
+class _AssetCache {
+  static final _assets = <String, Future<ByteData>>{};
+  static final _timers = <String, Timer>{};
+
+  static Future<ByteData> load(String path) async {
+    var asset = _assets[path];
+    if (asset == null) {
+      _assets[path] = asset = rootBundle.load(path);
+    } else {
+      _timers[path].cancel();
+    }
+    _timers[path] = Timer(Duration(seconds: 10), () {
+      _assets.remove(path);
+      _timers.remove(path);
+    });
+    return asset;
+  }
+}
+
+/// The type of functions that can handle HTTP requests sent to the proxy.
+typedef void _ProxyHandler(HttpRequest request);
+
+/// A proxy handler for serving assets.
+_ProxyHandler _proxyHandlerForAsset(Uri assetUri) {
+  Future<void> handler(HttpRequest request) async {
+    final assetPath = assetUri.path.replaceFirst(RegExp(r'^/'), '');
+    // This would be better if Flutter provided a stream-based API to load
+    // assets.
+    final byteData = await _AssetCache.load(assetPath);
+
+    final range = _HttpRange.parse(
+        request.headers[HttpHeaders.rangeHeader], byteData.lengthInBytes);
+
+    request.response.headers.clear();
+    request.response.headers.set(HttpHeaders.acceptRangesHeader, 'bytes');
+    request.response.statusCode = range == null ? 200 : 206;
+    final length = range?.length ?? byteData.lengthInBytes;
+    request.response.contentLength = length;
+    if (range != null) {
+      request.response.headers
+          .set(HttpHeaders.contentRangeHeader, range.contentRangeHeader);
+    }
+
+    // Write response
+    final bytes = byteData.buffer.asUint8List(range?.start ?? 0, length);
+    request.response.add(bytes);
+    await request.response.flush();
+    await request.response.close();
+  }
+
+  return handler;
+}
+
+/// A proxy handler for serving audio from a [StreamAudioSource].
+_ProxyHandler _proxyHandlerForSource(StreamAudioSource source) {
+  Future<void> handler(HttpRequest request) async {
+    final range = _HttpRange.parse(
+        request.headers[HttpHeaders.rangeHeader], source.lengthInBytes);
+
+    request.response.headers.clear();
+    request.response.headers.set(HttpHeaders.acceptRangesHeader, 'bytes');
+    request.response.statusCode = range == null ? 200 : 206;
+    final length = range?.length;
+    if (length != null) {
+      request.response.contentLength = length;
+      request.response.headers
+          .set(HttpHeaders.contentRangeHeader, range.contentRangeHeader);
+    }
+
+    // Pipe response
+    await source.read(range?.start ?? 0, range?.endEx).pipe(request.response);
+    await request.response.close();
+  }
+
+  return handler;
+}
+
+/// A proxy handler for serving audio from a URI with optional headers.
+_ProxyHandler _proxyHandlerForUri(Uri uri, Map headers) {
+  Future<void> handler(HttpRequest request) async {
+    final originRequest = await HttpClient().getUrl(uri);
+
+    // Rewrite request headers
+    final host = originRequest.headers.value('host');
+    originRequest.headers.clear();
+    request.headers.forEach((name, value) {
+      originRequest.headers.set(name, value);
+    });
+    for (var name in headers.keys) {
+      originRequest.headers.set(name, headers[name]);
+    }
+    originRequest.headers.set('host', host);
+
+    // Try to make normal request
+    try {
+      final originResponse = await originRequest.close();
+
+      request.response.headers.clear();
+      originResponse.headers.forEach((name, value) {
+        request.response.headers.set(name, value);
+      });
+      request.response.statusCode = originResponse.statusCode;
+
+      // Pipe response
+      await originResponse.pipe(request.response);
+      await request.response.close();
+    } on HttpException {
+      // We likely are dealing with a streaming protocol
+      if (uri.scheme == 'http') {
+        // Try parsing HTTP 0.9 response
+        //request.response.headers.clear();
+        final socket = await Socket.connect(uri.host, uri.port);
+        final clientSocket =
+            await request.response.detachSocket(writeHeaders: false);
+        Completer done = Completer();
+        socket.listen(
+          clientSocket.add,
+          onDone: () async {
+            await clientSocket.flush();
+            socket.close();
+            clientSocket.close();
+            done.complete();
+          },
+        );
+        // Rewrite headers
+        final headers = <String, String>{};
+        request.headers.forEach((name, value) {
+          if (name.toLowerCase() != 'host') {
+            headers[name] = value.join(",");
+          }
+        });
+        for (var name in headers.keys) {
+          headers[name] = headers[name];
+        }
+        socket.write("GET ${uri.path} HTTP/1.1\n");
+        if (host != null) {
+          socket.write("Host: $host\n");
+        }
+        for (var name in headers.keys) {
+          socket.write("$name: ${headers[name]}\n");
+        }
+        socket.write("\n");
+        await socket.flush();
+        await done.future;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return handler;
+}
+
 /// Defines the algorithm for shuffling the order of a
 /// [ConcatenatingAudioSource]. See [DefaultShuffleOrder] for a default
 /// implementation.
@@ -1965,8 +2103,11 @@ class DefaultShuffleOrder extends ShuffleOrder {
   }
 }
 
+/// An enumeration of modes that can be passed to [AudioPlayer.setLoopMode].
 enum LoopMode { off, one, all }
 
+/// The stand-in platform implementation to use when the player is in the idle
+/// state and the native platform is deallocated.
 class _IdleAudioPlayer extends AudioPlayerPlatform {
   final _eventSubject = BehaviorSubject<PlaybackEventMessage>();
   Duration _position;