Flash :: Help Making A Intearctive Track Cdrom

Help Making A Intearctive Track Cdrom
Hi. I´m trying to do a interactive track for my band´s music cd. If i load the tracks (the music tracks) from flash (previous convert them to wav or mpeg) the quality is very low. So, how can i put an action to a button to open D: so the user see the tracks and click to play? I dont want the flash movie that autorun closes -in that window i put images, info, and the button to link to audio tracks- just to open another window. I think openurl only works for web. does it?

Making MP3 Player Play Next Track Automatically
Heres my site so you can see what I mean...
http://www.afterthesmoke.com

On the first page, my player begins to play like a radio show. i have different sections which are all individual tracks. the player works and plays each track when i manually press next or previous...but it doesn't automatically play through all the tracks. instead it pauses after the first track and i have to manually press next.

here is what i used...can you find the problem please:

stop();
playlist = new XML();
playlist.ignoreWhite=true;
playlist.onload = function (success) {
if(success) {
_global.songname = [];
_global.songfile = [];
for (var i=0; i<playlist.firstChild.childNodes.length; i++) {
_global.songname[i] = playlist.firstChild.childNodes[i].attributes.name;
_global.songfile[i] = playlist.firstChild.childNodes[i].attributes.file;
trace(songname[i]+" "+songfile[i]);
}
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("sound_mc",1);
_root.sound_mc.sound_obj = new Sound();
_root.sound_mc.songStarter(songfile[0],songname[0]);
} else {display_txt.text="Error loading XML"}
}
MovieClip.prototype.songStarter = function (file, name) {
this.sound_obj.loadSound(file,true)
this.onEnterFrame = function () {
if(this.sound_obj.position>0) {
delete this.onEnterFrame;
this._parent.display_txt.text=name;
} else {
this._parent.display_txt.text="loading..."
}
}
}
playlist.load("playlist.xml");
this.sound_obj.onSoundComplete = function (){
(song_nr==songfile.length-1)? _global.song_nr=0 : _global.song_nr++;
_root.sound_mc.songStarter(songfile[song_nr],songname[song_nr]);
}
btn_play.onRelease = function () {
this._parent.sound_mc.songStarter(songfile[song_nr],songname[song_nr]);
}
btn_stop.onRelease = function() {
this._parent.sound_mc.sound_obj.stop();
}
btn_next.onRelease = function () {
(song_nr==songfile.length-1)? _global.song_nr=0 : _global.song_nr++;
_root.sound_mc.songStarter(songfile[song_nr],songname[song_nr]);
}
btn_prev.onRelease = function () {
(song_nr==0)? _global.song_nr=songfile.length-1 : _global.song_nr--;
_root.sound_mc.songStarter(songfile[song_nr],songname[song_nr]);
}
playlist.load("playlist.xml");

Making A Background Music Track Fade Out To Another Sound When An Object Is Clicked
Hello everyone,
Im fairly new to flash and have been creating a website over the past few days with it. I was trying to get and effect where there is a background music track playing and when an object is clicked on this background track fades out to another audio file and then when this file is finished it fades back into the original background track. Any ideas on how to do this? Your help is much appreciated.
Kind regards,
Brian

Track 1, Track 2 Track 3 - Sound Options
how to create it, any tutorial possible?

as on that (Rhamej) site:
http://www.2210media.com/

Thanks a lot...

Next Track/Previous Track
I've got a bunch of songs that I'm playing in a movie. All of the songs get created with the Sound Object first. I created an array to keep track of the songs. I want to use the array to trigger a next track and previous track button to go to the next or previous song in the array:

Code:
airplane = new Sound();
airplane.attachSound("airplane");
allthaticando = new Sound();
allthaticando.attachSound("allthaticando");
benearme = new Sound();
benearme.attachSound("benearme");
songs = new Array();
songs[0] = airplane;
songs[1] = allthaticando;
songs[2] = benearme;
nextSong = function () {
for (i=0; i<songs.length-1; i++) {
stopAllSounds();
i++;
}
};
prevSong = function () {
stopAllSounds();
songs[i]--;
songs[i].stop();
};
nextTrack.onRelease = function() {
nextSong();
};
prevTrack.onRelease = function() {
prevSong();
};
Any ideas?

A Game Of X's And O's: Making A Counter To Keep Track Of "X" Wins And "O" Wins
I have made a simple program of X's and O's. I am quite new to actionscript, thus I was hoping you could help me make a straight forward counter, no fancy stuff, to show total X wins, and O wins, while playing?

The X's and O's game is just a punch of buttons, that when you click on them they turn to X, and then to O, and so on. I was hoping I could just make 2 dynamic text boxes one for X, and one for O, and have something like an increment operator (++), but I really don't know how to code the "ifs" and what not.

Thank you all in advance, any bit of help is appreciated!

Kelly M.

I am using Flash MX 7 Pro.

And The FLA is attached 2 posts down!! entitled xo.fla

Cdrom < - > Web < - > Cdrom
Hello,

I am creating a CDrom using Flash - this runs fullscreen. I wanted to be able to link to the web, but when you get URL the site just runs in the background.
Do you know of any way that I am going to be able to achieve this, or even a workaround to get this effect?

Any help will be mucho appreciated.

CDROM
Does anyone know how to set up a form in flash for a CDROM
While the form only has to be filled in Once on the CD
then when it gets submit it fills in the form for the user on the web.

Thanks,
Riddle

Cdrom For Mac & PC
Just started using Flash MX. Have client that wants
CD for both mac & PC. I am developing on
windows. Will the CD I create work on both
platforms? What do I need to be aware of?

Cdrom Help
Is there anyway of launching a .html file automatically from a cd in fullscreen or without scrollbars,status bars etc..?

i know i can launch the file automatically using autorun.inf file but i need the file to load either as fullscreen or without the status bars etc..

thanks.

FlashMX And CDRom's
Hello forum members! I have a bit of a problem that I am sure is very easy to figure out. By the way I have looked through this site and found a couple of solutions...but do not know which way to go. First, I have several swf movies thaat I will be calling on from the main projector movie. What is the code to make this happen? Is it the load movie command? I am at a loss. also, if I do an FSCommand (Full Frame) at frame one of my projector will the movies that I am linking to come up at full frame? Thanks!

Preloader For Cdrom...
I've just finished a flash movie thats going on a CDROM. Its got some video in it so the final file is 130mb.

I need to have the CD autorunning, the only problem being, the file takes ages to load (as you'd expect).

The whole thing needs to run on any machine (the user doesn't need to have flash 6 installed).

Is it possible to have a projector file that pre-loads the 130mb .swf file? (ie.. the projector file will be small)

Would the user need flash 6 installed, or would the projector that preloads it take care of that?

Thanks in advance,

Phil

Preloader For A Cdrom...
Hi,

I've just finished a flash piece to go on CDROM. Its got some video in it, so the final file is 135mb.

Its going on a CDROM that will autorun. Is it possible to have a projector file that preloads then plays the 135mb .swf?

If i do it this way, will the user need flash 6 installed to be able to see the .swf file or will the projector run it?

Thanks in advance,

Phil

Cdrom Showcase
Right guys i have been working on a cdrom multimedia showcase of my current job. I would like to take this cdrom into work and impress some big wigs. My job is not ecommerce related

What i would like to know is, when i export the flash file as a projector does the projector have averyting needed to run the movie. Some of the code within the movie is flash 6 So if the comp's in work only have flash 5 will this cause a problem?

cheers

CDROM Problems
HI All,
I have copied my flash projects onto a cdrom.
And I have a autorun projector, so it will run when the cd is inserted.
(All my flashes worked fine on harddisk and on web server.)

I got 2 problems after i copied it to a cd:
1. All my flashes have a percentage loading bar. But some of them can't finish loading in one machine, but are fine on some other machines...they cannot even show the loading bar....

2. how can i ensure the autorun projector popup at the center of the screen?

Please help!

Multimedia Cdrom....
any tips on developing multimedia cdroms
with flash 5?

...like optimization, methodology, memory
issues etc...?

Autorun CDROM
Hi,
I still on the basic and i just want to know :

1.When a flash projector is autorun from a CD,can links on the movie refer to files found on the cdrom?

2.If there are 2 cdrom drives can the movie detect from which drive the links on the movie refers to?

3.Is it possible that when a user clicks on a button on the movie it copies some files to a Hdisk

I used to prepare cd rom menus using autoplay media studio.I've learn that Macromedia Director is more powerful than others.If it is within the scope of this forum can someone advise me if question 3 above can be achived with director?

please help.

Thanks
Akhtar.

CDROM W/Video
Okay I have been fighting with this for a while and would long any suggestions.

Here goes:
I want to produce a flash piece that will run very similar to this one
http://www.macromedia.com/software/mx/presentation/
but instead of streaming from the web it will be on a cdrom. My main problem so far has been dealing with file size and pulling all that information from a cd. Any suggestions how to handle this one? Ideas for preloaders, external swf, etc.? I am open to suggestions.

Thanks!

CDROM Vs WEb Stream?
I have a flash movie that after a button press loads external swf files. The external swf has a load loop which displays the % loaded. This works fine online but this is intended for a cdrom.

CDROM: Once the use clicks the button the swf begins to load but it seems to use all of the system resources and never displays the lood loop until 100% is loaded; it simply leaves the user with a blank screen until it is all loaded. The user would have no indication that anything is happening. Any solutions?

*Although this is not an option I also tested this by having the main flash movie access the same swf posted online instead from the cd and that worked as well. It can't seem to stream from the cd.

Thanks!

http://www.myspecialunit.com/nopreload.swf

CDROM Vs WEB Loading
I have a flash movie that after a button press loads external swf files. The external swf has a load loop which displays the % loaded. This works fine online but this is intended for a cdrom.

CDROM: Once the use clicks the button the swf begins to load but it seems to use all of the system resources and never displays the lood loop until 100% is loaded; it simply leaves the user with a blank screen until it is all loaded. The user would have no indication that anything is happening. Any solutions?

*Although this is not an option I also tested this by having the main flash movie access the same swf posted online instead from the cd and that worked as well. It can't seem to stream from the cd.

Thanks!

go to: www.myspecialunit.com/nopreload.swf

Swf To Cdrom Problem
I apologize if this was covered...I did a search and couldn't find a perfect match for my problem.
I have published a swf and a projector file for a pc cdrom. I used easy cd creator to burn it and it runs fine on my comp. It does not work on the comp I use at work. When the cdrom is inserted at work, a pop-up appears saying that the disc in the drive is not readable. The disk works fine in my comp at home.
What am I doing wrong?

Thanks to the board for providing the tutorials which have made learning this stuff not as impossible as it looked!

Swf From Cdrom To Harddisk-how Pls?
Hi
need to get swf file on cdrom to harddisk.
Hard disk has autorun facility and other swf files populating it. Only one swf file needed to get onto users harddisk in C:/Program Files/Common Files location.

Got any ideas people?
thx
shaf

CDROM For Site
I created a site on CD ROM.//

I have the auto load etc... this is my problem..

I had to have the main index page load because of settings
(my movie is 800 by 600) and if you expand the window on 1000 by 800 it distorts but if I put in an html file it is fine..

So the way I did this was

A created a flash projector for exe that is 1 pix by 1 pix with a get URL command for index.html. This loads my main movie. It all works fine but it has the flash 6 control box for play, exit etc.. I don't want that there. What can I do?

Then

Editable Cdrom
Hi

I want to create a cdrom for a client that allows them to add/delete images from a folder, and then just reburn the cdrom. Dont want them to touch the flash - just add remove jpg's to the folder.

There are 5 categories off the main page, each will be a thumbnail/click here to view larger version.

what is the best way to approach this project, any examples?

Add To Favorites In CDROM - LSO
hi all,

I am developing a CDROM using Flash 8 with AS 2.0. I would like to suggest a Add to favorite link in my interface for the clients.

My IDEA is

Whenever clicked in this Add to favorite button, the current loaded movie (swf) has to be stored and displayed for later until the time user is surfing the CDROM.Later on i want it to be pesisted in the local system.

Problem, I am facing is

1) how can we store swf files that are playing in a parent movie (I am loading individual swf files into a Loader placed in a main Movie)

2) How to make this happen using Shared Object

For the first problem, i came out with a solution something like this

At the every individual movie loading i wrote the script

var so:SharedObject = SharedObject.getLocal("myMovie");
so.data.path = "movie_name.swf";
so.data.desc = "description to show";

by this manner, i am storing the name of the movie and a description.

now when they press the Add to Favorite button, i wrote this script

on(release)
{

so.flush(); //store it to the local system

}

I know somewhere i am not doing well the script.

Later on when they choose the link they saved, i did passed the path value to a loader's contentPath property i.e.

myLoader.contentPath = so.data.path;

What i want is to implement this for all the movies that are playing.

can anyone guide me in this regard, as this is my live project running.

cheers
sai
saisen76@hotmail.com

Cdrom Links
Hi Guys n Gals

We create CDROMS using Flash MX; as thats what we know, I know we should really be using Director but we're not

We have a need to link an MP3 file on the CDROM for download so people can listen in their own time, but want to do this within Flash rather than pointing people to the root folders.
Ideally we would have a button that will allow people to save the specific files rather than launch them.

Any ideas??

Cdrom Autoexecutable From Mac
Hi,

I have been searching all over the web and forums for a tutorial about how to make an autoexecutable CD in mac.

If someone knows how to do it or knows a tutorial, PLEASE let me know!!!

Thanks.

CDROM Get URL Alternatives
Hi,

This is just a quick post to pick some of your brains.

I've been using flash for years and believe it or not I'm working on my very first flash based CDROM project.
I'm nearing completion of the project when I just got an interesting question.

Why is it that when I open a PDF from the CDROM does it have to open it in a browser window?

Hmmm, good question I thought! - by default I just used get URL as the button commands as this CDROM is an upgrade
of a web based version we used for the same company some time ago and now want to take further.

So...

My question is (hope I don't sound too dull):

Is there an alternate way of scripting the buttons to access a PDF file on the CDROM other than get URL?

cheers dudes

Cdrom + Swf+loadmovie
Hello,
I have a question :
I want to make a cdrom.
All my files are in a folder. There is one main swf ("start.swf") that calls several other external swf.

Now, how can I call this "start.swf" when playing the cdrom?
Do i need to make an exe outside this folder that will call the "start.swf" with an autorun file ?

How?...

Thanx for helping me!

Mel*

CDROM Interface
I want to make a simple CDROM interface in flash that will load in the names of a bunch of PowerPoint Slideshows into a list box and when the user clicks on the name, it will open the .ppt file. Would a get url be best for this?

If found a good example of what I want to do but I think the code just needs to be tweaked a bit.

http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/listbox.htm

It would probably be best to load the data into the list box with xml. Anyone know a good example of this?

Flash On CDROM
Hello All!

I am trying to put together a site that would go on a CD rom and I've come across some issues. Anyone who has done this before should most likely know how to deal with it.

I'm basically going to have a hybrid site: an html framework with some flash pieces.

Issue 1) I would use an exe flash file to open the main html file (or something else I saw online to open html files on autorun). The flash exe remains over the html page. How can I make it automatically go to the background behind the html window?

Issue 2) Internet Explorer 6 has the damn pop up stopper by default so if you open an html page with embeded flash locally (or from a cd) it'll block the flash content. Very bad news! How do I fix this???

1000 thank-us!

Mutimedia Cdrom
Does anyone know how to make a cdrom that also plays audio in a cd player. Some new albums have features where you can watch video and guide youreself through options and you can also use it as an audio cd.

How do you do this??? I know how to make a CDROM, but how do you burn it so it is an audio cd too.

ANY IDEAS??

Autorun Cdrom
Hey,
I am planning on making a cd-rom with some flash files included in html files on it, but it's my first time. I am not sure if the code I'm using will work. I want it to work on a pc and a mac, either using Windows or MacOS. I know the code works for Windows but I'm not sure if it'll work with MacOS..
Another question I have is can I (like with a pop-up) state wich elements of the browser will be displayed (like scrollbars/titlebar etc.)?

Can you help me out?

Code:
[autorun]
open=winopen index.html

FORCE DOWNLOAD FROM CDROM
Hi, Does anyone know how to get a FLASH Standalone File (on a cdrom) to FORCE download a file from the CDROM to a folder on the computers harddrive.

The only way I can do it is using the GET URL Action Command and then it opens explorer, ie it doesn't ask to save the file to disk.

Can anyone help please, this problem is a simple one but it's killing me.

Explore CDrom From Flash EXE
I am cerating a CD that has PDFs.

I have created a CD presentation that allows you to install Acrobat Reader if you like.

Also I have created a button that will allow you to "View PDFs". This is where I need help.

I would like to know what is the Actionscript to view your CDRom contents via Windows Explorer. WITHOUT using 3rd party software (Jester, Northcode).

If there is someone that can help me that would be great.

Thank you in advance.

Create A Hyperlink Of CDrom
How to create a hyperlink to the file in the CD-rom. What is the line of code.

Flash CDROM Question
Hello all.

I have a question that I should know the answer to but am struggling with.

I created a Flash menu, from which end users will install software. The Flash menu buttons will install applications, like Adobe. So it will be linked to an .EXE file on the CD. All files will be kept on the CD. I have done this with a server (Where struct is \serversharefile), but never on a CD-ROM. The autorun part I know.

Would I still use FScommand? And if so, what is the syntax to make it look to the CD. Which to restate is on the same CD as the Flash movie/menu.

CDrom With Auto-exe Flash
I want to know how I can make an auto-executable flash file in a CD-rom. This CD-rom have to run in Mac and PC computers.

Thanks in advance.
(And sorry for my english)

Auto-open A Swf In CDrom
Hello

I want to know how I can do a flash file that starts by itself when inserting the CDrom.

Thanks in advance.

Still Think Director Rocks For CDRom Use
I swear, Flash is a mind bender. But I guess that is the case for a newbie like me. Anyway, I find it colse to imposible to start and stop a sound file that is an internal castmember. I see the "Stopallsounds" AS. Great! But I want to stop/start a particular sound. How difficult is it? Thanks!

Possible To Have Web Flash Access CDROM XML?
We need to have some server based Flash attempt to access a CDROM so that it can tell our server if they have the right CDROM in for playback. We basically want to ask the Flash to load some XML from the CDROM.

It would seem from reading MM's MX Security White Paper that this is impossible. Is there any way to privilege this with signing? Our product consists of a trusted hybrid rich media application with CDROM delivering video and web-based Flash delivering enhanced content. We're looking for a way to tell if the user has put the right CD in.

Any ideas would be appreciated...

TIA,

idealord