After searching this forum for topics related to “streaming audio” or “streaming music” I have been able to gather bits and pieces of information but have not solidified a clear understanding of what is involved when adding music to a Flash MX enhanced web project.
Ranging from Loading swf’s, streaming mp3’s, looping, it all seems to be here. However, I have a few questions:
Streaming mp3 - does this truly stream the audio so that dial up users do not have to wait for 3mb mp3’s to load?
I have created a streaming mp3 player that I learned from bits and peices on this site. A simple load, play, stop movie that calls an external mp3 file on the server. On my site I have a flash button for each mp3 song that launches a resized window using javascript.
I am finding that this method is a bit annoying.
What I would really like to do is have a list of song titles on the left and have the player somewhere on the same page. When the site loads, a full song starts. Then I would like to click each of the song titles and have them automatically play at my leisure. The problem is I do not understand that fundamentals of how to do this efficiently.
I have seen this done on a professional website but will only post the link on request to avoid spam.
Any help is appreciated.
