Flash - Creating Persistent MP3 Player Using SharedObject
Oct 8, 2010
I'm trying to create a persistent MP3 player using SharedObject. Initially I tried using frames and while it worked, frames suck so I continued looking into it. I came to find out about Flash's SharedObject. It seems easy enough but I can't nail down the logic correctly. I've attached a sample .fla for anyone interested to look at. I need the song progress to be stored and retrieved when necessary to keep the same song playing whenever links are clicked within the HTML page.
Here's a link to the .FLA - [URL]
I'm trying to create a persistent MP3 player using SharedObject. Initially I tried using frames and while it worked, frames suck so I continued looking into it.I came to find out about Flash's SharedObject. It seems easy enough but I can't nail down the logic correctly. I've attached a sample .fla for anyone interested to look at. I need the song progress to be stored and retrieved when necessary to keep the same song playing whenever links are clicked within the HTML page.
I'm trying to create a persistent MP3 player using SharedObject. Initially I tried using frames and while it worked, frames suck so I continued looking into it.
I came to find out about Flash's SharedObject. It seems easy enough but I can't nail down the logic correctly. I've attached a sample .fla for anyone interested to look at. I need the song progress to be stored and retrieved when necessary to keep the same song playing whenever links are clicked within the HTML page.
i am currently working on a facebook game and i have a problem concerning the integration of a life counter which regenerates over time for a facebook game. The game is a simple Flash/AS3 shooter in which users are competing for the highest score. For monetary reasons every game costs one life and users should only be able to start a new game, if said life counter is >=1. To clear things up, i submitted a link to Popcap's facebook game "Zuma Blitz": ZUMA Blitz I can think of a few ways to do this, but i don't know which is the best/easiest approach. Would it be best to:
i am currently working on a facebook game and i have a problem concerning the integration of a life counter which regenerates over time for a facebook game.The game is a simple Flash/AS3 shooter in which users are competing for the highest score.For monetary reasons every game costs one life and users should only be able to start a new game, if said life counter is >=1.To clear things up, i submitted a picture of the life counter of Popcap's facebook game "Zuma Blitz":
I can think of a few ways to do this, but i don't know which is the best/easiest approach.Would it be best to:Make it in AS3 with server communication via php?Or do it in JavaScript and communicate the count back to AS3?Another maybe related question is, how do i tell my database that the data from the life counter should be stored when the game is closed (for example by closing the browser).Can i do this from Flash or do i have to apply a html/JavaScript method?
Creating a pacman-style game using Flash (AS3). There are 3 players competing to eat the most dots. Right now when one player eats a dot, on that player's screen the dot goes away (but only for a second) and appears again in the screen. The other player playing, doesn't see that the dot went away and reappeared.Using hitTestObject, when a player touches a dot, the dot should no longer be seen on the stage. I'm using shared object to create this multi-player game environment. I'm new in using SharedObject and also AS3.
public function PlayerSelect() { nc = new NetConnection();[code]....
I have attempted to create a save file using sharedObject but it doesn't work. I don't get any errors it just doesn't seem to save when I press the save button. In the main frame I have:
In the save button movie clip I have: Code: on(release) { user_so.data.tclock = _root.clock_txt.text; user_so.data.gregism = _root.gregism_txt.text; user_so.flush() }
What packages and/or classes do I want to look into when I'm trying to make a Flash program that will run on multiple desktop and mobile platforms and I want to use persistent data?
Edit:I am working on a program that will allow people to study certain texts following a daily study program. The text is different every day, and I want every person to be studying the same thing. I intend to export this to Projectors for Mac/Windows and I would like to allow people to use it on mobile devices as well. Preferably, the program should not require internet connectivity.
The idea behind is a multiplayer browser game which interacts with a PHP server. Right now it works like this: Every second the browser is doing an ajax call to the php script which checks everything and returns the response. All in all it runs fine, but the problem is that the browser gets overloaded (because of thousands of ajax requests) after a while and it becomes impossible to play anymore. Also the delay of 1+ second is pretty much. My idea is to have a simple flash pixel which will have a 2-way communication with the server. For example:
I've installed developer version of Flash Media Server 4.5 and trying to get remote object, but no matter how I call my object all i get is this error .I've rad configuration guide and it told me that I should set StorageDir for shared objects, enable RPC (<RPC enabled="true">) and allow shared object (<Allow>users</Allow> in <RPC> - <SharedObject> tags)
Which product do I need in order to create a customized flash player (and that is all I need to do)? I have a VP6 Alpha Channel.flv movie (transparent background). I would like to create a custom flash player for my website to display and control this movie.The player needs the following properties:
1. Play the movie transparently (using "wmode"?) 2. Play, pause, volume and exit buttons on the control bar 3. Autohide control bar 4. Logo / text on the control bar 5. Ability to unload itself after the movie ends
Which is the right product for me? Any links on how to create this player would be useful.
What im trying to do: well basically I want to create an audio player in flash. I would like for it to have buttons for next and previous track, pause, stop, play, and display song info.Basically the one here at the bottom of the page:[URL]So what I got down at this point:
-Creating stop and play buttons that load/unload external swf files that contain the song.-Show track info.-Creating next/previous track buttons so I can rotate between more than one song.-Pause button.
I need to create a dynamic movie player in the flash website, i tried Import Video... (File > Import >) , then i put a relative URL of xml file (e.g. xspf.xml) under the "Already deployed on web server..." option. but the video doesn't show nothing at all.
This is my code in xspf.xml:
[Code]....
is there any other better or easier way to create an flv player within flash website which support multiple video file as a playlist?
i am trying to create a swf file where you can arange clips ( containing vidieointo a certain order then when you hit play button it plays all the individual palced files one by one after each other
i saw a tutorial series that uses the same player for online: flash windows .exe mac: .app well the player looks the same once launched is this just a matter of creating the player in flash and then exporting to each of the 3? (flash, exe, app) ??
I using FlashMX to read in a value from an ASP page into a dynamic text box. This works fine.
I then use a motion tween animation to tween into another image, and there I put another instance of the dynamic text box, with the same name, but the value doesn't populate the text box. It's as if it reads the variable into the text box, but if I do anything to the text box, it loses the variable and can't get it back.
Further, if I switch back to the first frame, the value won't populate either, I have to refresh the browser page to repopulate the variable (read the ASP page again.)
Is there a way to maintain this variable throughout the movie, so that I can re-use it?
I then use a motion tween animation to tween into another image, and there I put another instance of the dynamic text box, with the same name, but the value doesn't populate the text box. It's as if it reads the variable into the text box, but if I do anything to the text box, it loses the variable and can't get it back.Further, if I switch back to the first frame, the value won't populate either, I have to refresh the browser page to repopulate the variable (read the ASP page again.)
i'm overwriting the original SO each time i save to it here are my proto functions:
Code: interfaceClass.prototype.saveLSO=function(){ //saves color set vars to local shared object (cookie) on disk this.myN="gamecookie"; //name of cookie file trace("saveLSO");[code]....
i know i should do some kind of test, but the way to do it eludes me.
When we do XML.load on flash application, then we do netstat on the server-side it opens a persistent connection. Im finding out the reason why its doing that, it should be close right away when the xml loading has finished. problem is the connection remains open.
I have a question regarding the following tutorial and an older (inactive?) forum thread based around it:
Adding Thumbnails Tutorial XML and Flash Photo gallery with thumbnails in a grid (2006 - 2009)
I have multiple pages, several with thumbnail galleries, and several without. On the pages with the galleries, everything appears to render correctly. However, when I go from a gallery page to a page without a gallery, the thumbnails don't disappear. Instead, they remain on top of that page's content.
How do I get rid of the thumbnail gallery on non-gallery pages?
Im trying to create one similar, but isn't all the way fancy, it just plays the music, I just want it to have a playlist, volume, stop, next track, previous track, and a picture for each song.
i dont really have a clue how do this. So far i created a 1600x1000 skin completely similar to the link above, now i just need to know the right coding for the buttons, and how can keep adding music every 2 weeks. and tommorow (which is in a couple hours), i will have a chance to work with cs4 in a studio.
I need to develop a site with a navigation SWF file that changes the content of an HTML page, WITHOUT reloading itself and thus losing its current state. What I think I need to do to have smooth transitions, is keep the same swf file loaded, while having it change the page content below it.
I have some complex html content to include in the pages that is not supported by the tags available in Flash's dynamic text boxes. I have considered the idea of iframes, but I don't know how to load iframes using flash, or how to use them without refreshing the page.
I've been trying to find useful information on the web about using components in flash. I want to create a simple mp3 player, and I wanted to use the components because I thought that would be easier. I want to create something like this: [URL].
i really need something to begin a Video Player development. Can you show me any arcticle or tutorial explaining how I should proceed? As a matter of fact I simply need a manner to change the source file whenever o click on a different button.
Ive built a pretty nice video payer for swf movie files.So be fore I go any further with it I wanted to extend it to run flv files too. So far this has been a major pain.Im thinking ill buy one of the flash 8 action script books.Everything ive read so far tells me to use the flv components? But I dont want to! I want to adapt my action script from my already working swf player to an flv player?Does anyone have any good tutorials or tips to creating an flv player without components? ive managed to load play and pause an flv and also controll the audio but i want a video progress bar and rewind and fast forward button...
