Flash :: Loading And Playing External Radio Station

Help A Radio Station?
hey guys, just wondering if anyone out there could help me with a few things, im a semi basic flash user, getting my way around o.k but im stuck on a few things

we run a radio station in New Zealand and we are rebranding
so i thought it would be awesome to redesign our site

Getting there o.k but theres a few things i really need help on

1. how do you stop the browser from caching the flash files
so when i make updates to the website the flash files (swf) re -update...ive tried no cache with the meta tags but no luck and i dont really wanna make peeps delete the temp internet files just for updates any help would be cool !!!

2. is it possible to make a email form? i have a php script which uses the sendmail function , just a basic name:email:message send button style that sends it to a pop3 account

any help on the subjects above would be awesome
you would be helping out a alt radiostation and me

thanks

please reply soon

FMS Radio Station
Hi, i am a developer like most of you, and i work with a great team in San Diego
for a radio station, that streams over the internet... we had great trouble deciding our platform
and recently we decided to stick around with FMS
and developed a flash media server application to have our live radio station, (www.x1fmradio.com)
and not only that, we also developed all of our in house tools like dj applications to choose music
and to stream live content from remote locations, (looking forward to check out FMS 3 to stream live content to FLASH LITE for mobile support)
and many many other applications that we have to develop as they merge into our pipeline (which is increasing by the hour)
returning to main topic, we have our music, like any other terrestrial station, and have live djs that come in at any moment
we DO HAVE FULLY Stereo support from within our LIVE STUDIOS, also 128KBPS MP3 music, (we do pay royalty's :P)
X1fm is planning on a fully commercial scale, we manage users and interactivity and plans are to have a fully interactive visual and audio experience for the end user
the thing we love more about FMS is that we have such a great performance and scalability that only FMS could provide us
we tried various solutions, and none was as effective as FMS
well, ill stop explaining what we do, we think its better if you can just experience it yourself and tell us what you think
please feel free to navigate the site (which is currently in BETA) and listen to the music
we almost have updates every day on everything (thanks to FMS for that)
anyways if you think we can help you out
please keep those post coming, or if you would like to know more about x1fm

we will try and help any one out

Radio Station(fm----->web)
does anyones knows how to make a site a radio station through the web?
i would like to import a specific radio station from the FMs to the web?
is it possible?

if anyones knows plz note me

thanx a lot and sorry for my english!

Trying To Stream A Radio Station.
Trying to stream a radio station through a flash player.

Currently you have to use winamp or something to play it.

I downloaded a couple of test streaming players from here, and they work if I run the SWF directly. But if I upload it to a server and open it via embed on an HTML, it doesn't play.

Any ideas? Anything you would like to know?

Streaming A Radio Station?
stop();

Button.prototype.useHandCursor = false;

path="xml/playlist.xml";

// parsing the XML
playXML = new XML();
playXML.ignoreWhite = true;
//playXML.load(this.path+"?dummy="+random(9999));
playXML.load(this.path);

playXML.onLoad = function (success) {
_global.itemNr = playXML.firstChild.childNodes.length;
var myItem = playXML.firstChild.firstChild;
_global.playlist = new Array();

for (var i = 1; i <= _global.itemNr; i++) {
_global.playlist[i] = myItem.attributes;
myItem = myItem.nextSibling;
}
_parent.main.play();
}

and IN my XML file I have the quicktime stream from my server:

<playlist>
<item artist="Fourthstream Radio" title="Fourthstream Radio" fileType="sdp" path="http://65.125.107.237/fourthstream.sdp"></item>

</playlist>

Yet nothing plays... what am I doing wrong?

How Can I Add Radio Station To My Player
hi everyone

i wanna add some radio staion to a site
it will be by permission ofcourse
but i just need to know how can i connect the
station to my flash player

thanks amit

Streaming A Radio Station
I have developed a small interface to a radio station... the only problem is where to start it making it work...

All i need the interface to do it to connect to the radio station... and automatically start streaming it, with no pause or stop buttons.. in fact no buttons at all.....

It needs a status bar that shows if its buffering or playing and stuff...

Just stream a URL and show its status... got any help?

I Want A Radio Station To Play On A Web Site
Does anyone know if it's possible to get a particular radio station to play on a web site I'm making? I just don't know how to go about this/if it can be done. Any help would be appreciated!

Radio Station Number Build-up
Hi all, hope someone can help me, it's urgent. I require a number count from 00.0 to 96.3, it's for a radio station site, and is going to be part of the introduction, and to be honest I have started using a key frame for each number, and its getting very tiresome indeed. I know there is a way of achieving this, please can anyone help in layman’s terms

Thank you all in advance.

Trevor Saint

Internet Radio Station Stream
I want to use someone's interface to stream my Internet Radio station. I want to package it and have my listeners download the player and it adds an Icon to their desktop. They would double-click on it and it opens the flash player and plays my radio station. At this time the stream is in a .pls format and it opens Winamp or Real player to play the station. Can I create something like this? How hard would this be to do. I know about flash but i'm not that versed in it.

Any help or pointer would be greatly appreciated.

Streaming Radio Station Through Flash?
Hey all

We have a steraming server here at work and we are able to stream a local radio station through an http tag in an asp page.

Now, i was wondering if we are able to do the same but more stylish by passing it through flash, and possibly even create a small desktop app later on with a selection of a few streams.

any suggestions?

thanx

Streaming A Radio Station Through Flash
I'm working on a project for my high school's radio station, and one of the idea's that came up early in development was streaming the broadcast over the web so people could hear it online.

I have no idea how to do this, I've finished everything else for the project except for this. Has anyone ever done something similar or can point me in the right direction?

Thanks,
Rob

MX: Need To Create Radio Station Song Ticker That Checks For New Songs Every X Secs.
I'm trying to create a flash ticker that displays the current song and artist info for a radio station. The radio station's server is automatically outputting a new text file to me (a separate web server that I'm working on) everytime a new song starts. I'm then using a PHP file to "echo" out that info.

I've been successfully able to display that song info through a flash file by using "loadVariablesNum" and then looping back to the 1st frame. With this method, the song info is appearing to "automatically" update when new song data arrives.

The problem I'm having is that when a song ends and commercials start airing, the flash ticker still shows the name of the last song. I'm trying to find a solution that will revert to generic text once commercials start (or DJs start talking).

In addition to song title and artist, I'm also getting song length in hh:mm:ss format. I figure with that info and the current server time (which I could get from the PHP file *or* the Flash file), I'll be able to know when each song is over. If another song doesn't start immediately afterwards, I can then display a generic text message until the next song starts up.

I like the way the News Flasher component works but am not sure how to get it to continuously check for new song data. It seems to cache the info unless I manually refreash the web page. I also realize that checking every 5 or 10 seconds for new song data is going to be server intensive and not practical. That's why I'm thinking that the solution would be to have a Flash timer that counts down from the current song length to "0". When it hits zero, it can then start checking for new song data.

Not knowing actionscript very well, does anybody have a solution for this?

Loading / Playing External SWF's
First time poster here, so hello to all!

I am fairly new to Flash and AS. I am looking to do something which I am sure is quite easy, but I can't figure out how. I have searched for the answer, but so far I have not found the correct answer.

I have two SWF files. Both are the same dimensions (550x320). Let's call them swf1 and swf2. I am looking for a way to start loading both files at the same time. But I want to start playing swf1 as soon as it is finished loading. Then I want to start playing swf2 as soon as swf1 finishes playing.

I need to be able to start loading swf2 as soon as possible because it is large and I want to minimize the lag time between the end of swf1 and the start of swf2. So I need to have swf2 loading while swf1 is loading and playing.

If it helps, I am using CS3 on a Mac.

Thanks in advance for any help!

Loading / Playing External SWF's
First time poster here, so hello to all!

I am fairly new to Flash and AS. So please forgive my ignorance. I am looking to do something which I am sure is quite easy, but I can't figure out how. I have searched for the answer, but so far I have not found the answer. I am sure it has been asked and answered a lot before, but I just can't find the correct way to do this.

I have two SWF files. Both are the same dimensions (550x320). Let's call them swf1 and swf2. I am looking for a way to start loading both files at the same time. But I want to start playing swf1 as soon as it is finished loading. Then I want to start playing swf2 as soon as swf1 finishes playing.

I need to be able to start loading swf2 as soon as possible because it is large and I want to minimize the lag time between the end of swf1 and the start of swf2. So I need to have swf2 loading while swf1 is loading and playing.

If it helps, I am using CS3 on a Mac.

Thanks in advance for any help!

Loading / Playing External SWF's
First time poster here, so hello to all!

I am fairly new to Flash and AS. I am looking to do something which I am sure is quite easy, but I can't figure out how. I have searched for the answer, but so far I have not found the answer.

I have two SWF files. Both are the same dimensions (550x320). Let's call them swf1 and swf2. I am looking for a way to start loading both files at the same time. But I want to start playing swf1 as soon as it is finished loading. Then I want to start playing swf2 as soon as swf1 finishes playing.

I need to be able to start loading swf2 as soon as possible because it is large and I want to minimize the lag time between the end of swf1 and the start of swf2. So I need to have swf2 loading while swf1 is loading and playing.

If it helps, I am using CS3 on a Mac.

Thanks in advance for any help!

Loading External SWF After Another Is Done Playing...
I'm sure this has been answered before, but I searched and couldn't find what I was looking for.

I'm loading swfs externally into a main SWF. After one is done playing, I would like the next to play . Any help is appreciated!! Sounds easy :)

Thanks!

Loading External Swfs While The First Is Playing
hey guys, my project is a little confusing to say, but ill give it my best shot.

I am working on a virtual tour of a house. what i have is one swf file for the single shots, which is good. i have a preloader for it and everything. and then i have another swf for a 360 degree panoramic, which works fine as well. now, sometime in the future, i will be doing houses that will require more than one spin, so for those, i will have to basically copy and paste the second swf only change the picture. Therefore in the end, i will have 3 separate swfs. Now, i have it set up so that when u click the button "spin 1", it will load that spin via the loadmovienum method. works great. i have the preloader in there and everything. now, there is a slight problem. my main movie is 300 kb and the spins will be about 150-200 kb each. so, i was wondering if there was a way to somehow load the Spin movies while the first movie is playing? kind of like in the background. any sort of help at all would be appreciated

Loading External Swf Before Playing Movie
Hi, I hope that someone can help me.
I have an external swf file containing a music loop, plus sound on and off buttons, which I need to load into my main movie. This I can do, but I need it to completly load while the preloader is playing and then start when the main movie starts.

To put it simply i need to preload, then play it later.

Please any help would be great.

Orb

Loading And Playing An External Swf In Flash 5
Hi all,

Thanks for the interest in my post.

Just wondering if anyone can tell me how I can ask a Flash 5 movie to discreetly load and play an external mp3 (so the mp3 is just in the site folder and not in the actual swf) - i.e. no preloaders and without halting any of the main movie itself.

Also, does anyone know how I can create the same effect as used on the splash of www.velvetrevolver.com where the face is drawn with text. Is it just actionscripting or would I have to make the animation frame by frame?

I would be greatful if anyone can help me at all with this please. By the way, these questions are relating to Flash 5 and I am not amazingly hot on Flash so please go easy on me please!

Thank you very much and I hope to hear from you.

Take care,

Mark

Trouble Loading Then Playing External .swf
Hi. can anyone here help me on this Flash (MX) conundrum...

I'm loading an external .swf movie into an empty movie clip (on the main timeline).
I want to unload the clip first, load the external (which is just a streaming mp3 file on a timeline) and play it straightaway, but it won't work on the same handler (ie on release)

I can get it to play with a standalone play button, but something's going wrong when it tries to play directly after loading...

_root.clip.unloadMovie();
loadMovie("movie.swf", _root.clip);

_root.clip.play();

thanks if you can help guys.

Loading Multiple External .swf And Playing Them
Hello,

I'm trying to find some info on how to do the following, and all I can come up with is either just preloading multiple .swf files, or preloading the .swf files and playing them with buttons.

What I'm trying to do:
I have like 15 .swf files that range from 98k to 140k
I would like to use a single .swf file and load these 15 movieclips in and then play them in sequence without having to click buttons to get the next movie to play.

How would I do this with action script?

Please help I've been searching for ever now and just can't come up with anything. I'm not a programmer so this is making this even more frustrating.

Playing External SWF Whilst Loading It
hey,

I am trying loading a SWF which is an animation in the background. this animation might be rather large (6MgB) so i dont want the user to wait a long time.
I tried playing it on init rather than complete and even though i hear the sound i do not see the image before the complete event is called.

any tips?
thanks

Loading And Playing Buffered External FLV's
Hello everyone, what I'm trying to put together is some code that will load in multiple flvs, buffer the vids and have them play one after the other in a loop. I have so far code that loads in an array of flvs but doesn't loop. Also the buffering stops the play back for a moment towards the end of the first video, not sure why but changing Flush into Full doesn't help. Anyone know how to add a buffer that plays after a % of the movie it buffered or will buffer movie one and then buffer movie two while the first movie is still playing? As for looping goes I need a listener waiting for the last video in the array to be completed, but not sure how to pull that off. I could use any help I can get, thanx all.

Details:
my actionscript video instance name is "videoclip"
mandala_beef_curry.flv and mandala_butter_chicken.flv are my assets

Code:
var connection_nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection ();
connection_nc.connect (null);
//
// and a new NetStream object
//
var stream_ns:NetStream = new NetStream (connection_nc);
//
// which we attach to a video object
//
videoclip.attachVideo (stream_ns);
//
// setting a buffer to start the movie
//
var vidNum:Number = 0;
var myArray:Array = new Array("mandala_beef_curry.flv", "mandala_butter_chicken.flv");
stream_ns.play (myArray[vidNum]);
//
stream_ns.onStatus = function (infoObject:Object)
{
for (var prop in infoObject)
{
if (infoObject[prop] == "NetStream.Buffer.Flush")
{
vidNum++;
stream_ns.play (myArray[vidNum]);
}
}
};

Loading/Playing External .mp3s
Hoping you guys can help. I finished my site, but I actually have my music samples loaded into the movie itself, so of course it's takes a minute to download the site. I think I've tried every tut you could think of and nothing works. I have to admit that they are sometimes a bit overwhelming with the AS. Is it easier to make the samples .swf files and load them that way or leave them as .mp3s and play them externally. Thanks in advance.

Loading An External Swf Without Playing It After Dowloaded?
is there code I can use which will load an external swf without loading it and playing it after download? currently i have this in a swf:

loadMovieNum("Step1.swf", 2);

it works great for downloading the swf in the background, but I don't want it played immediately, but rather initiated by the user. so essentially it would be held in cue, ready to go? tell me this is possible!

Playing Clip Just After Loading External .swf
Hi, everyone.

If it’s not too much trouble, could you please explain me in detail how to make Flash MX 2004 to do the following?
1. play the movie clip till the specific frame (well.. I know how to do that), then
2. load external .swf (that’s no problemo also), then
3. play the rest of the clip only after the complete loading of external .swf file (here comes trouble…)

Thanks a lot.

P.S. Many thanks to the whole Ultrashock crew. The things u do here- WOW!!!- It’s really great. I admire you guys.

Help Loading And Playing Random External Sounds
Hey guys.... first off, I want to thank everyone whose help I've used from these boards (mostly indirectly!)...

My site is up and running, but I have a problem. The sound loop I am using in the background gets tiresome after a while, and so far I've been changing it manually (by making a new .swf everytime and re-uploading).

I want to save myself the headache of having to come back to do this all the time so this is what I need to do:
I want to write a command to RANDOMLY load 1 of 6 sounds everytime the last scene of my movie is loaded. I will use *.swf's for the sound files instead of mp3's in order to dave the user loading time.
Here is what I have gathered in searching through these forums:
-I have to upload the sound files as *swf movies in the same directory as my big movie.
-I have to make some sort of "random number picking actionscript" commands that choose a numbers that will be associated with 1 of the sound swf's
-I have to use loadmovienum to load that .swf into layer 1 (so that it doesn't replace my running big movie clip.
-I have to play the loop.

My problem is that although I understand the concept, I have no experience with actionscripting, and everytime I try to do this, I end up with some sort of syntax error.
When I have come close to getting the process right, the clip loads (I see my modem lights go off to load the sound .swf), but it won't play, and when it does play (when I restart the nig movie), it onlny plays 1 frame of the sound.

Can someone please post actionscripting for me that will load 1 random *.swf out of 6 (which are on the same server as the big movie), so that every time someone visits my site, they get a different sound clip??? I assume that I will need a new layer for the scripting, Which frame do I need to put it in so that it loads independently of the other events in my movie?

I have searched these forums, but the processes described don't seem to work for my movie...

HELP PLEEAAAAASE!!!!!

Loading External Movie & Playing Randomly
Hi,
I need help with my project. I have a bunch of movies that I want to randomly play on the main movie. So basically each time the user comes to the website, a random movie is loaded from a folder. Please help!
Cheers!

Loading And Playing External Quicktime Movie
I have searched the forums and google but I can't seem to find what I am looking for.

I have a folder contain 6 quicktime movies (*.mov). From a series of buttons in flash I want to load and play these movies on the fly. I do not want to import because this folder is dynamic and I want the website admin to be able change the content.

This works:

PHP Code:

myMoviescreen.loadMovie("moose.mov");

However, I can't get the movie to play? Is it even possible to load an external *.mov and have that play in F-MX? Essentially, in the code above, 'myMoviescreen' is an MC that I want to use as a "movie screen" to play the quicktime movies.

If anyone can point me in the right direction I would be very appreciative.

Thanks,
Cheez

Loading External Swf And Playing A Certain Frame On That Loaded Swf
hi guys, i have a button thats has this action script to load external swfs

on (release) {
loadMovieNum("introduction.swf", 1);
}

how do i make this actionscipt to load that external swf and start playing animation on frame 30.

many thanks guys!!

Mx Loading, Pausing/playing External Mp3 Problem
flash mx file.

loading mp3 on the fly via this code:
mySound = new Sound();
mySound.loadSound("1.mp3",true);

that works fine. loads 1.mp3 and streams when it has enough info

then here is my problem, im trying to make two buttons, one to pause the playing of mySound and one to start mySound up again.. i get the sound to stop playing fine via this code:
_root.current_title.mySound.stop();

that path is correct, and that stops my sound fine. the problem is restarting using start instead of stop there (which is what i would think should work doesnt work):
_root.current_title.mySound.start();

how do i rekick that into playing again once stopping it? what am i missing there? does "start" command not work on a stopped sound? is it not possible to load, pause, then resume using this way of doing it?

thanks

Loading Sounds Into Flash 5 And Playing From An External Source
Dear ActionScripters,

Can anyone halp me with this problem of how to load a sound into Flash 5?

I would like if its possible to click on a button in the main movie and from this Flash to load and play from and external source an mp3 file. I would like not to have it in the main movie so that file size of the .swf can be keot as small as possible.

Any help on this will be gratfully recived

notatoy signing off

out

Playing Internet Radio Streaming In Flash?
does anyone know if it is possible to stream an existing internet radio station through flash? how i can do it? please help me... thanx

[F8] Playing Swf/video Based On Radio Button Selection
I have created a form in Flash 8 that has 4 radio buttons and a submit button. I would like to play videos (swfs) based on which radio button the user selects.

The radio button labels are “spring”, “summer”, “fall” and “winter”.

I would like to be able to write actionscript that does the following:

If the “spring” radio button is selected, when the “submit” button is clicked, load the “prelude_spring” movie.

If the “summer” radio button is selected, when the “submit” button is clicked, load the “prelude_summer” movie.

If the “fall” radio button is selected, when the “submit” button is clicked, load the “prelude_fall” movie.

If the “winter” radio button is selected, when the “submit” button is clicked, load the “prelude_winter” movie.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Playing Swf/video Based On Radio Button Selection
I have created a form in Flash 8 that has 4 radio buttons and a submit button. I would like to play videos (swfs) based on which radio button the user selects.

The radio button labels are â€œspringâ€, â€œsummerâ€, â€œfallâ€ and â€œwinterâ€.

I would like to be able to write actionscript that does the following:

If the â€œspringâ€ radio button is selected, when the â€œsubmitâ€ button is clicked, load the â€œprelude_springâ€ movie.

If the â€œsummerâ€ radio button is selected, when the â€œsubmitâ€ button is clicked, load the â€œprelude_summerâ€ movie.

If the â€œfallâ€ radio button is selected, when the â€œsubmitâ€ button is clicked, load the â€œprelude_fallâ€ movie.

If the â€œwinterâ€ radio button is selected, when the â€œsubmitâ€ button is clicked, load the â€œprelude_winterâ€ movie.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Playing A Certain Frame, After A External Swf File Has Started Playing?
Hi,
This is my first post here.

I need to know how to have a certain frame in my movie start playing, after a external movie I have has started playing.

The problem is basically sync., and I want a certain frame to play only after the external movie begins to play.

I'm using...

loadMovie("http://www.alainshep.com/alain.swf", 66);
if (playing) {
gotoAndPlay("begin");
} else {
gotoAndPlay("start");
}

The external movie plays after it loads, but I just don't know how to set it up for the frame I want to play after it has started playing.

Please Please someone help me..

Streaming External Radio
How do I allow flash to stream a .pls or .m3u from a 3rd party site through my flash page to the user?

Loading Images On Radio Buttons
If i want to change the look of radio button component , so for that how to load images on radio button externally without disturbing its functionality?

Ideas Above My Station?
I'm a complete newbie to this and i'm on a very steep learning curve.

I've been fighting against 'designers block' for a week now but have had a 'brainwave' or 'brain fart' depending on where you're coming from.

The idea is this:

create a backround graphic and have about 4 or 5 menu buttons, each time a button is selected i'd like a brief animation to play and the background graphic to be updated, after all 4/5 menu buttons have been selected the background picture has had a complete transformation.

But....

i need the updates to happen once and once only and in a particular order, so they're depedant on mouse clicks rather than the actual buttons (in laymans terms - can you click the same button 4 times for 4 upgrades rather than 4 different buttons) ?

when all the updates have occured and the background graphic is complete i need the buttons to just work as normal with no influence on the background.

i know this is clear as mud but the idea is spinninig out of control in my head and i have nothing down on the PC.

I'm off to create the buttons and i'll pop back in regularly to see if anyone has any idea how to solve my problem.

many thanks for reading

Jon.

Multimedia Station
Hi guys
I'm involved in a new project, for developing a device (small PC with big LCD attached) that can broadcast news, weather, rss, videos, all in the same screen, like bloomberg lol

I've started another thread, and would love if someone can help me to go in the right direction

http://forums.devshed.com/project-help-wanted-40/multimedia-broadcasting-station-588955.html

Also...

Could I develop this easily using Director or similar software?
Maybe another technology?

Thanks a lot for any help you can give me about this

Train Station Signs
Does anyone know where I could find some examples or .fla files on how to create an animation like that of train station "sign" that show the arrival and departure times with square number cards? (Does that make sense?) I want to create an animation where it looks like the words are each changing letter by letter in a falling sequence, but not like the Matrix.
Thanks.

Sony Anycast Station
Does anyone know is there anyway of the Sony Anycast Station can stream to the flash server
im not sure if it can

Edited: 04/22/2008 at 12:50:21 PM by the other realm

Swf File Does Not Work On Another Station...
I am totally new to flash. this is my first flash assignment to integrate a flash app into a web page. All works well on my machine. But when i copied it over to another machine...suddenly my swf is executing older version of swf file. I completely deleted older swf file and copied new swf at the lacation. I never had this issue before...but with swf I generated today....

if someone can shed some light...i will appreciate it.

thanks.