ActionScript 3.0 :: "Invalid Sound" Madness With An External Preloader
Jan 28, 2010
I've just made a preloader, which is a separate file that loads the main movie. When I try to compile the preloader, I get: ArgumentError: Error #2068: Invalid sound. All the code for the streaming sounds is contained in the main movie, and when I compile the main movie directly it finds all the sounds and plays them with no problem. It's only when I try to compile the preloader that I get the problem. Here's the relevant stuff from the main movie:
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Aug 8, 2008
I've attached a sound to menu buttons using AS. The sound worked perfectly until I created a external preloader file to load the swf into a container_mc. Now no button sound? If I load the swf without the preloader file the sound works?
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Jan 15, 2004
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Nov 3, 2003
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Aug 13, 2009
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Mar 27, 2005
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Aug 14, 2010
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Sep 18, 2010
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and on a movie clip with the name all pages in frame 6 i load some swf files with this way: swf_path="mysongs.swf" loadListener.onLoadProgress = function(target_mc:MovieClip,
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Jul 19, 2011
I have been trying to create from scratch and/or use SpinningPreloaderComponent to create a preloader for a SWF that loads an external flv in frame 2.What seems to be happening is that The preloader exists for about 5 seconds and then jumps to frame 2 and continues to load without the progress meter. Although I've tried to use bytes total or default settings, nothing seems to work correctly.So I'm wondering if this problem is created because the preloader can't measure the flv size? Also wondering if it is possible to start playing the flv at say load of 20% as a buffer rather than 100%. I have also set the flv as progressive when trying to insert it directly via Dreamweaver CS5 but all I get is a blank screen.
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Nov 23, 2010
I have a project where I want to use different pre-loaders from time to time so I wanted to know if there was a way I could have my project use an external swf for the pre-loader ?
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Jun 4, 2010
I'm new to the forum and I am a student at TAFE in Sydney. We have a project which I've managed to get together OK, 5 page Flash site (SWF's) one main template page with bk'gnd, banner and menu bar and 4 other swf's that load into the main one with their own content and they all load images and external dynamic text with css. The site is working perfectly, WOW wat a headspin, lol.
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the code of preloader for external swf. and also tell one we load our file in external swf tell what path we have to give to attached new file in the external file.
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I have a preloader for an external swf with the following code.
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but when I play the main movie & click on my button for this external swf to load, it loads the main movie again. I need the preloader to load the new external swf. I understand it is because of the _root appearing at 3 places. But I dont know what to replace that with.
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Aug 19, 2005
very simple preloader for external images or swfs?I need the loadMovie and preloader to be activated when the movie enters a certain frame.
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