             @listeners++
 
             if rangeRequest
-                # Get the requested start and end
-                # Force into integers
-                requestStart    = rangeVals[1] - 0
-                requestEnd      = rangeVals[2] - 0 or undefined
-
                 rangeStart  = if (requestStart  <= fend) then requestStart else 0
                 rangeEnd    = if (requestEnd    <= fend) then requestEnd   else fend
-                
+
                 length = (rangeEnd - rangeStart) + 1
 
             # What is the actual length of content being sent back?

            rangeVals    = req.headers.range.match(/bytes ?= ?(\d+)-(\d+)?/)
            rangeRequest = true


        @loadPreroll stream_key, req, (predata = null) =>
            # compute our final size

                return true


            # now set up our file read as a stream
            console.debug "creating read stream. #{@listeners} active downloads."
            readStreamOpts = bufferSize: 256*1024


            # If this is a range request, only deliver that range of bytes
            if rangeRequest
                console.debug "Sending byte range #{rangeStart}-#{rangeEnd}"
                readStreamOpts['start'] = rangeStart
                readStreamOpts['end']   = rangeEnd

            if !rangeRequest || rangeStart == 0
                # if we have an id3 or preroll, write them
                # We only want to do this if we're not doing a range request
                # (i.e. requesting the whole file), OR if the rangeStart is 0
                # (i.e. listener is at the beginning of the stream).
                # Otherwise, every time someone seeks or lose connection or
                # otherwise need to request another chunk of data, they'll
                # get the preroll again.
                res.write predata if predata

            res.write id3 if id3


            console.debug "read stream opts are", readStreamOpts
            rstream = fs.createReadStream filename, readStreamOpts
