I’d be VERY appreciative if someone had a moment to take a look at my actionscript in the attached .fla file and let me know (1) if the code is bloated or pretty streamlined as is, and (2) why the “songinfo” variable (song title and artist) won’t always show up. Sometimes, only the “seconds remaining” value will appear. Since that number is based on caculations I’m doing to other variables, I know that I’m getting the variables correctly but I have to sometimes reload the web page multiple times in order for the song artist and title to display.
Here’s a link to a test page I’ve set up that’ll show you what I’ve done:
http://interactive.kfmbnewmedia.com/star_now_playing/index_test.php.
What I’ve done is to create a Flash-based display for a radio station that shows what song is currently playing on the radio. I’m using actionscript to read in a series of variables from a PHP file (sont title/artist, length of song, and time the song started playing).
Now, rather than having the Flash file check the PHP file every 30 seconds and overload the servers, I’m using actionscript to calculate a countdown timer value for me and to only recheck the PHP file when that counter is < 0 (i.e. the song is over).
Again, any help is appreciated.
