hi, all you kind flash wizards! i need some help. searching the threads did not provide me with answer.
i’m a newbie, struggling to make my first flash site for a band. i have to include music samples from a cd. first i tried simply streaming - but sound quality was horrible! the songs kept hickuping and cutting, plus the sound in general was metallic and hollow. next i found a tutorial describing how to preload sounds. all right, so i decide to practice with that. after trying aaaaalll night, i finally managed to make the preloader work. wheee! well, at least when stimulating download the thingie seems to load my sound files - but how to start the sounds then? i’ve tried putting different codes to my start-button, according to all advice i’ve found, but clearly i’m doing something wrong. i know only the very beginnings of action sripting.
i’ve attached my tutorial-test.fla… it’s just for understanding the procedure, i’ll add design finesses later. the buttons to start the music are in frame 3. could someone please take a look and point out my error…? i don’t understand why it won’t work…
obviously, i’ll need buttons to stop the sounds also. since i didn’t mange to start them, i didn’t proceed that far yet.
lastly, if i may: what i’m aiming at is to eventually have a movie, that preloads and plays 3 to five band’s sample songs, each one of them lasting 1 minute. i’ve already created an animation with musicians actually playing their instruments. i will try to synchronize swf’s in different levels so that when a song is loaded and play-button pressed, the animation will move from still image into a band-playing animation loop. when the music stops, the band freezes also. with this aim, am i on the right track…? is this a good method? if not, what should i try next?
i’d really appreciate if someone could help me forward!!! any advice, hints and comments are more than welcome.
thanksthanksthanks,
mar
