Hey Actionscripters

programming flash
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I searched the forums for my problem, but the ones I found don’t really seem to help.

I’m doing the classic mp3 player…which I’ve mastered.

Here’s the weird part.

I take the existing player I have. Change the buttons to match the new .swf’s - change the titles - then change the reference in the loadselection script.

All I did was “plug and play” the new information.

Now, on my local machine the player works perfectly.

Now before you start screaming local path! That doesn’t apply.

I’ve tried it adding the base url in there and also just putting the player and files in the same directory.

At best when uploaded to the server…one of the files will play…the other one just sits there.

Now when I tested it on the local computer, a couple of times I got the classic “Error opening URL …”

The file exists, I’ve re-created the file under like 4 different names, and uploaded it to different servers, and the same thing happens.

To revamp-

Player works fine on local machine using local references.

Whenever it is pointed to the URLs, one file will play, the other won’t…or both won’t play.

Now these files are large around 2.5mb. I’ve waited like an hour for it to load at one point. Nothing.

It’s 45 minutes worth of audio, so that explains the size.

Any help or any ideas is welcomed; as it gave me the classic programmer’s late night fright umm last night.

I’m hoping its not a “duh” moment thing.

Thank you!

-PRS :cool:

2

And the kicker for me is…

it’s the exact same player that is currently working on another website… no scripting has been changed besides names.

3

That’s funny … what code are you using ?

4

these are the track button actions:
on (release) {
selection = “DisIllusionmentAM101203.swf”;
gotoAndPlay(“loadSelection”);
tellTarget (“fwd”) {
gotoAndStop(“off”);
mp3title=“AM Service DisIllusionment”;
}
}

this is the load script

loadMovie(“http://www.seminolebc.org/audio/” add selection, “screen”);

5

ok and when i use the “new” player and link to an old file…that the old one is playing…on a different server…it plays beautifully…

is there some kind of limit on the size of a movie that flash can load in ? its streaming, so I don’t know whats going on…triple checked my code, can’t find anything…

6

Well, it seems that nothing is wrong with the player, so I suggest you recompile the sound swfs that aren’t working.

7

im thinking its file size

ill play around and let you all know…this is really weird

8

Voet,

I’ve got a different player up and running now(XML based streaming). I had to give up on the other one, frustration mounted too high.

I think it has to do with loading the movie in…file size or something.

Here’s the weird part still though. I’ve got the audio on one server, player on the other and it runs fine. But if I point the player to run off the server…it doesn’t work.

I’ve never heard of a picky server in regards to flash lol.

9

Here’s the weird part still though. I’ve got the audio on one server, player on the other and it runs fine. But if I point the player to run off the server…it doesn’t work.

So you place audio on server 1 and player on server 2 and it works, but if you place audio on server 2 too it doesn’t work. Right ?

10

right

[U]Works:[/U]
www.player.com

[U]Doesn’t Work:[/U]

On the same server deal, I’ve tried new directories, checking permissions of all things to do…

Also checked the loadselection script; changed it to load within the same directory…changed it to load from another directory on the server…all doesn’t work…

But you put the audio on one server and the player on another it works fine.

11

Lol :stuck_out_tongue: Makes no sense … I don’t know the answer to that, maybe someone else does ?

12

if they do, they get an e-cookie.

i’m thinking it is something to do with file size on that server…i’m guessing now

13

Hmm… Im not sure… but I’ll tell you something I’ve found over the years. Maybe it will apply, or maybe you already know this.

This is true of AS, C++ and even VB…

Ghostscripts! Basically, sometimes the compiler does not like your code even if its perfect. Solution: Start with a new file and type the code again. (Type, not cut and paste).

This has happenede to me a few times and there is no rhyme or reason for it. I will tell you that it is almost always on re-coding a file.

As far as server being picky or not… Flash, as you know, is client side (at least what you’re trying to do, and not with Remoting, etc.). So as long as the server is “serving up” the html, you should be fine. Streaming data from a server… well, I would say to do a consistency check on your drive and make sure you dont have i/o errors. Does are merely suggestions that may or may not have anything to do with your problem.

Keep us posted!
:wink:

14

Yeah I’ve run across that a few times…it’s a great idea though, because one I hadn’t really thought of…

I’ll re-code from scratch tonight.

Yeah, I was wondering if the server had a limit to streaming or if there was a session error happening. I’ve had directories get corrupted before because of a whacked file transfer.

Thanks! I will give status tonight.

btw, the xml player is pretty awesome- if i have time to code the playlist tonight, i may end up using that. the server with the audio on it is more reliable anyways.

if either of you can think of anything else let me know-or anyone