#1 Is would be nice and has been suggested see this post
#2 Would also be nice, but I haven't seen this done with a audio streaming service, only video.
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Sindre has mentioned looking into switching to jwplayer, which would have an option for this. Alternatively, you can look at hacking it in, without too much work, just swap out the flash player in WEB-INF/jsp/webPlayer.jsp and you can configure it according to your needs easily.