Sound Control 4

[llldnylll]

Newbie here...

I made a control panel with a Play, Stop, FForward and Reverse button. I want to add 3 different tracks to choose from. How do I add the Action Scripts for it to work? If some one can point me in the right direction I would appreciate it.

 

[billwatson]

i have a download that will demonstrate one method

http://billwatson.no-ip.info/public/tektips/dloads.html

look at sound.

if you cant work it out from the fla just email me for a fuller explanation.

 

[oldnewbie]

All you ever wanted to know about sound, but were afraid to ask!

http://www.kennybellew.com

Regards,

 

[llldnylll]

...Thanks,


I am stuck once again... How do i make the mp3 small enough to play quick but sound good.

My mp3, at 16kbit sounds good but file is too big and at 8kbit small file but sounds horrible.

Is there a program that can help?

 

[billwatson]

as long as you are streaming the mp3 in from an external source then the size dont matter,

 

[llldnylll]

Why when i select "Stream" the music doesn't play, but when i select "Event" everthing works fine.
What am i doing wrong?

 

[billwatson]

you have imported the file into flash and are playing it on a frame. your file will be huge.

there is no need to do this. if you leave the mp3 in the same folder as the swf then the code i first posted will work fine.

 

[billwatson]

lol

didnt post any code

mysound = new sound();
mysound.loadSound("my.mp3",true);
mysound.start();

all to go in first frame of movie

 

[llldnylll]

Thanks again... You da man!

What would the code be if i wanted to have 2 mp3's.

 

[billwatson]

to build up a playlist of 2 or more you might be best to use a listbox or a combobox and add the titles there.

you can then get at the user selection through the change handler and getSelectedItem and load the appropriate mp3.

drag a listbox or combobox onto the stage and give it an instance name (eg mylist). add the song titles as labels and the mp3 names as data.

add this to the maintime line

mylist.setChangeHandler("SelectItem"

function SelectItem(){
mysound.stop();
mysound = new Sound();
var music = mylist.getSelectedItem().data;
mySound.loadSound(music + ".mp3", true);
mySound.start();
}

 

[llldnylll]

Im kinda confused on setting up a combobox.

Can you check out what i have so far and let me know if what im trying to do is doable or not??

I have the first song fine but the second one wont play...

http://enviousgraphics.com/Player.htm

 

[oldnewbie]

Can't see much in a .swf! A .fla would be better!

Regards,

 

[llldnylll]

heres my .fla

http://enviousgraphics.com/Player.zip

 

[oldnewbie]

Yeah! It can work! Some re-scripting of your buttons would be needed... But it's too late tonight. Maybe in the morning, if the instructor doesn't take care of it!

http://blake.prohosting.com/~tektips/flash/Player.swf

Regards,

 

[billwatson]

here you go..let me know when you have it and ill take it off the server

http://billwatson.no-ip.info/public/player1.zip

 

[llldnylll]

Billwatson, Oldnewbie THANKS!

That worked!

 

[llldnylll]

Hey Billwatson,

Sorry to bug you again but im Stuck once again!

My preloader is not working correctly can you see what im doing wrong?

This is what is going on...

http://www.enviousgraphics.com/player.htm

This is the file...

http://www.enviousgraphics.com/player.zip

 

[oldnewbie]

When you initally posted this problem, although you had included the mp3s in the project, seemed to me you wanted to dynamically load those mp3s and stream them, which to me was a better solution, since your .swf is now over 1MB, and for slow connected users, this is going to take quite some time to download.
As for your preloader, the way it's coded, it won't ever work. A preloader is basically a loop that checks to see if some condition is met. In your preloader there's no loop. So minimally you would at least have to add a second frame to your preloader, so that it loops until the condition is met...

gotoAndPlay(1);

But since Bill used the attachSound action, rather than the loadSound one, and although the preloader might still be working, it will not display properly until all mp3s have downloaded on the first frame. One workaround is to create a new preloader only movie, which only prupose in life, is to preload your present file, without it's own preloader.

Furthermore, if you ever load this player, in another main movie, my guess is that the sounds wouldn't play anyways, because the sound objects' definitions are not properly coded and set.

Regards,

 

[billwatson]

where did you put the preloader code......i cant find it

 

[oldnewbie]

Preloader scene Bill! 1 frame! Can't miss it!

Regards,