I am brand new to AS3 and I am trying to move all of the data from an html file, into a swf.
The old html file contained this coding:
<EMBED src="https://www.pandora.com:443/radio/tuner_9_2_0_0_pandora.swf" WIDTH="640" HEIGHT="528" FlashVars="_tunervar_shost=www.pandora.com">
So far from what I have learned I can use the loader, to substitute for the src. So in my swf, I have
var myLoader:Loader = new Loader();
addChild(myLoader);
var url:URLRequest = new URLRequest("https://www.pandora.com:443/radio/tuner_9_2_0_0_pandora.swf");
myLoader.load(url);
What I can't figure out though, is how to change the FlashVars from html into AS3. I have done a bit of research and from what it sounds like, I have to use something called root. I am completely lost on how to use this, and I am not even sure if this is the correct way to script it. Can someone help explain this to me?
One other problem I am having, is for some reason, the swf I am loading is blurry. Is there any way to fix this?
Try appending them to the asset that you're loading:
var url:URLRequest = new URLRequest("https://www.pandora.com:443/radio/tuner_9_2_0_0_pandora.swf?_tunervar_shost=www.pandora.com");
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I need help with AS3 make downloading MP3 files in the background mode. Man goes to my site and it will automatically load MP3 file on his computer and plays it. I read these examples here http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/net/URLLoader.html but do not know how to do it? Prompt what code and how to use it properly?
You can directly load a Sound object with an URLRequest instead of using a separate Loader or URLLoader. A code could look like this:
// this code should reside in a function somewhere
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://your.site.com/your.mp3");
var sound:Sound = new Sound(request;
sound.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeHandler);
// this function should be at top level anyway
private function completeHandler(event:Event):void
{
var loadedMP3:Sound = Sound(event.target);
if (loadedMP3) loadedMP3.play();
}
Extra error handling is up to you.
var sound:Sound = new Sound(new URLRequest("Phone.wav"))
sound.play(0, 20);
Why does sound not play? There are no errors.
Flash doesn't support loading external WAV files with the Sound class, only MP3s. I don't know why it isn't giving any errors but I haven't used the Sound class much myself so it might be normal.
There are three solutions for this. First of all, WAVs are supported if you import them into the library as Sound objects. This is probably the best choice if you're using the Flash IDE.
If you're not using the IDE, you may be able to embed the file instead using Flex's [Embed] tag, if you're compiling it using the Flex SDK.
Otherwise, can either convert your sound to an MP3 file and load it as usual:
var sound:Sound = new Sound(new URLRequest("Phone.mp3"));
sound.play(0, 20);
Or, if you prefer to use a WAV, you can use the as3wavsound library. Here's a tutorial outlining how to use it.
Hope that helps!
You need to use a SoundChannel try this.
var soundChann:SoundChannel;
var sound:Sound = new Sound(new URLRequest("Phone.wav"))
soundChann = sound.play();
I am doing a presentation on which I need to use a lot of video clips. I load all these videos dynamically using Loader. I use a code snippet like this:
var req:URLRequest = new URLRequest("video.swf");
var a:Loader = new Loader();
a.load(req);
stage.addChild(a);
a
Now the issue is: When I get to say the 7th one, it starts lagging. I do not know why, but I think it is because everything is loaded to memory. Is there a way I can erase a video from memory after displaying it? Or is there another solution to this?
If you just load a new video each time and add it to the stage, you will have a rather big hierarchy of movies sitting on top of each other; all kept on stage and in memory.
If you keep a reference to the previously loaded movie, you can just remove it from the stage when the 'next' movie is loaded. Haven't tested this properly, but just to give you an idea of what the code might look like:
var oldLoader:Loader = null;
var a:Loader = new Loader();
a.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loader_complete);
a.load(<your url>);
function loader_complete(e:Event):void {
var newLoader:Loader = e.currentTarget.loader as Loader;
stage.addChild(newLoader);
if(oldLoader != null) {
stage.removeChild(oldLoader);
oldLoader = null;
}
oldLoader = newLoader;
}
I think I found the solution. If you use removeChild, it only stops displaying, but the whole thing is still in memory (cache). So the more you load the videos, the more you fill up the cache. What we need is something that completely clears the cache before loading another video.
I used unloadAndStop() and it seem to have completely done the trick, unless someone has something against it.
Thanks again
My goal is to make a wide map using only one square image.
Using actionscript 3 the solution is to simply make new Bitmap from the Loader:
var loader:Loader = new Loader();
loader.load(new URLRequest("xyz.png"));
this.addChild(loader);
var duplicationBitmap:Bitmap = new Bitmap(Bitmap(loader.content).bitmapData);
Unluckily, Haxe API doesn't allow to do that. I can't get bitmapData from loader content…
Anyone has a clue? Thanks.
The API is the very same, so I guess the problem is how you are trying to cast; try using:
var duplicationBitmap= new Bitmap(cast(loader.content, Bitmap).bitmapData);
What you mean the API doesn't allow it? By looking at these:
http://haxe.org/api/flash9/display/loader
http://haxe.org/api/flash9/display/bitmap
It seems you should be able to port that code?
Are you getting any compiler error?
J
That's really weird, Bitmap is coming from the playerglobal.swc and shouldn't be related to any Haxe specific "API". Aren't you just attempting to access loader.content whilst the content is not yet loaded (i.e. the example above).
I am trying to stop the audio of the video swf and I can't get it to stop. Here is my code for loading the file:
var myLoader:Loader= new Loader();
myLoader.x=420;
myLoader.y=200;
// boolean variable set for use below in our function
var screenCheck:Boolean = false;
//These three linces keep stafe elements the same size, so they don't distort
var swfStage:Stage = this.stage;
video_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,contentvideo);
function contentvideo (event:MouseEvent):void{
myLoader.load(new URLRequest("prevideo.swf"));
addChild(myLoader);
movie_btn.stop();
movie_btn.visible=false;
}
Now I have other functions that load different URLRequest and when they are loading, the audio keeps playing. Do I have to add a line of code to them? I also have an MP3 player and tried SoundMixer.stopAll(). I still need the mp3 player to keep playing.
I'm not familiar with what you're doing but just looking at the code and given the problem you're experiencing I wonder if that
addChild(myLoader);
has anything to do with it. It seems like the kind of thing that could easily create multiple child objects which is why you continue to experience the sound play back. Is there a removeChild[0] option or something?
A shot in the dark I know but I thought I'd offer the possibility anyway.