Flash :: New Wide Group...questions About Their Soundtrack

Radio Button Group Questions (Flash MX)
davep@echurchessentials.com

I have two grouped radio component buttons in frame 1. I also have a "next" button (standard button, not component). I want to the code to enable me to select radio button #1, then the "Next" button, to send the user to frame 2. Or, select radio button #2, then the "Next" button, to send the user to fram 3.

I cannot find any clear help on setting this up. Thank you for your time and support.

Repeat Scrolling WIDE Image -- Too Wide?
Creating this effect -- tangosol.com

Have done the repeated scrolling image numerous times but never with an image so large that its goes off the 'grey workspace'.

So I attempted to do this set up all the images into a MC and put the AS onto it to constanly add 1 to .x. I just will not work completely because the MC goes out of the 'grey workspace' and starts itself over too early.

The link above has to be easily have a wider MC than mine, so how did they get this to work?

Thanks for the help.

.fla link

Is It Possible To Hide A Group? Or A Group Of Radio Buttons?
I have a frame where I want to hide a group of radio buttons... is it possible... can I do it according to the group name? or should I assign an instance to them individually? if I can do any of this... please give some syntax... thanks...

Carlos

Soundtrack(swf).....fwd.....rwd.....how?
hi everyone......!!!

well...i'm loading a soundtrack movie(swf) in to the base movie at level99.....and i want to give the user all options to control the soundtrack....i.e., i've put play,stop and pause buttons.....which r working great but the problem is with forward and rewind buttons.......can anyone help me scripting these buttons......and let me remind u again that, its a soundtrack movie(swf) for sound.

thanx a million in advance.

Clicking Soundtrack
Hi,

I've inserted and mp3 soundtrack to run with a flash presentation and once published, the sound clicks/jumps all the time. Has anyone else found this?

Is it to do with memory?, compression?

Can anyone suggest a good mp3 compression rate so that the quality is good but the file can still be emailed?

Placing A Soundtrack
Could anyone help me with placing a music track on my website (say a 10second loop or whatever), also I would like it to continue no matter where you go on the site...anyone?

Thanks

P.S I am right in thinking you do this in Flash don't you?, not Dreamweaver?

Soundtrack Problem
Hi,

Ok, I'm stumped. I want to add a soundtrack movie to my flash site. When I publish the movie, the sound works fine. i.e I click on the play button and it plays.

The problem comes when I load it into a new movie. It works fine in level 0, but levels 1 and above, I get nothing. I'm sure it has to do with the _root, but I've tried everything I can think of and I know I'm missing something simple!

I've included my source fla file for help. I've obviously not included the sound file. In case this might shed some light on the subject without having to refer to the fla file, this is the code on the play button:

on (release) {
_root.sexything.start(0, 50);
}

If anyone has any ideas or thoughts I'd appreciate it! This has been driving me crazy lately!

Cheers
G

Loop Soundtrack
hey... ! i need to loop undefined times a soundtrack for my intro, how can i do it?

thanks!

Soundtrack Across Different Scenes
Hello,

I am working on a Flash animation that is compressed of about 15 different scenes. the client requests that I have two pieces of music to play across the animation. The first soundtrack ends around scene 6 and the other start right after that. I looked for help on the boards and tried a few of the suggestions but nothing worked.

Any help and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

Looping Soundtrack
Hi,

I am loading a soundtrack using the following code, but it won't loop. (The sound track is sitting with the rest of my Flash files.) It plays once only and then stops. I don't want to import the sound to my movie and run it from there since it causes the movie to take too long to load. And if remove the Export in First Frame option, the music doesn't play at all! Any ideas how I can make it loop? Here's the code:

my_sound = new Sound();
my_sound.loadSound("track.mp3", true);
my_sound.start(0,1000);
gotoAndStop("4");

Simple Soundtrack?
Help! Son is just learning Flash MX, has made an flash document with two layers and doesn't know how to add sound. He just wants to attach a song to run along with the little animation program he has created. Is there a simple way to do this? Thanks!

Soundtrack & Sceenes
Is there an easy way to have a soundtrack span across different sceenes that are in order? Thanks in advance for any help.

Loadmovie's Messin' Wi' Ma' Soundtrack
Could somebody figure this one out? I was trying to make a soundtrack movie to load into my intro movie with a targeted MC. That way I could tell the soundtrack what to do pretty easily. Or so I thought. My soundtrack was a sound loop trimmed down to single out a particular chord of the loop. So all it had in it was the sound and an action to loop the soundtrack back to the beginning. I put an empty frame before the starting point of the sound with a stop action so I could make the soundtrack wait until the intro movie was ready for it to play.

Then in the intro movie I have a set of actions that target the "loader" MC. It tells the movie to check to see if the soundtrack has fully loaded and if it has then it goes to a frame that tells the soundtrack to play. The soundtrack plays, the animation plays, and then the intro tells the soundtrack to stop. It all seems to work. I preview in Flash. It works. I preview in Dreamweaver. It works. I post it and look at it live. It doesn't work!

So back to the drawing board, I play around with loadmovie stuff and targeted MC's. And I found this. If you load my soundtrack movie into a MC and have the soundtrack play or stop or whatever with an action on a button, it works online. If I add an object to my soundtrack, say a square shaped MC, and then try to have the soundtrack play with frame actions in my intro movie, it works online. But I cannot get frames to command a loaded movie (inside a targeted MC) that doesn't have a physical presence i.e. another MC or object.

Any idea why this works this way? It's a little strange and I don't understand why it would work fine until I try it on my site online. Just a little confused.

Thanks,

E.Costello
[Edited by e.costello on 08-28-2001 at 05:13 PM]

Continous Soundtrack-problems...
I put a button that clicked make music start. Supposedly it should be playing while surfing through the site, but when one goes forward everything is fine, when a backward button is cliked, the music stops.

How can I avoid that and make the music play without stopping??

thanks

Synchronized Soundtrack Using Actionscript 3
Hi guys

I've got a bit of a problem here. I've just managed to synchronize a music soundtrack to a cinematic by adding the track to its own layer on the timeline and setting the Synch setting to Stream. It works great and the music synchs perfectly with the animation!

Now that I've tested it and I know my movie is OK, I want to remove the track from the timeline and play the music using an actionscript 3 object so that I have total control over it (ie: play, stop music, volume, etc)

How do you play music from the library using actionscript 3 code and set it to Stream so that it remains synchronised with the animation?

Is there any way to remove it from memory once its played, to help free up resources? Cos its only going to be played once, for a cinematic thats all. After that its pretty much useless.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!!

Soundtrack Sounds Too Fast
I am playing a soundtrack in my Flash movie :

function callback1() {
my_sound.start(0,1000);
}

my_sound = new Sound();
my_sound.loadSound("mySound1.mp3", true);
my_sound.onSoundComplete = callback1;
my_sound.start(0,1000);
gotoAndStop("4");

the track itself is fine when played in iTunes, but it plays too fast when it runs in my app. What could be the cause?

Soundtrack Syncing In A Movie
Hey guys, I hope there is a simple solution to my problem. I made this movie for a class project and I got an A , but when then movie is played on anything other than my PC, the soundtrack doesn’t sync with the movie. The soundtrack is supposed to end when then main character slams into the ground. I’ve attached the movie so you guys could see what I’m talking about. Thanks in advance.

http://img526.imageshack.us/my.php?image=finaldt8.swf

RSS Feed For Movies Soundtrack
Hello

Does anyone know a good website that give RSS Feed for new movie soundtracks?

Thanks in advance

How To Make Soundtrack Stop
Hi, my movie doesn't cover the whole soundtrack, so how do I make it stop at the last frame?

Thanks in advance

Good Length For A Soundtrack Loop?
Anyone got a good idea of how long a soundtrack loop should be?, I have no idea...well at the moment I have a 17 second loop...too short?

Video Soundtrack Pitch Change
I have one main movie. Into it get loaded a series of swf's (using the load movie action) that contain imported video. So the main movie loads very quickly and all the video clips get loaded as required and stream.

Works fine on all Macs and most pc's i've tried it on but on some Dell's running windows 2000 (which of course happens to be in the offices of some of the people who are going to use the program- typical) the imported swf's run too fast - the pitch of the video sound track is raised significantly, so that the people who are talking sound like Pinky and Perky!

I could start to understand this if it happened on all machines but it doesn't- only on some.

I'm pretty sure all the flash frame rates match and the sound sample rates are the same. Is it some kind of codec problem or have i messed up when i originally imported the video.

Any suggestions gratefully appreciated.

Thanks

Adding A Soundtrack To A Flash Site
Are there tutorials on this here? i havent been able to find them. What i want to do is add a soundtrack to my flash site.. giving the user abilkities to switch songs and stop and play as they please.. help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

LoadMovie() Issues For Background Soundtrack.....
Let's say I have one swf called 'main' that loads in another swf called 'soundtrack'.......

Why doesn't it loop perfectly, there's a 1-2 second delay between loops.......(the original wav loops perfectly, I cut it myself in SF6)

.....if I use the loop in the Properties menu of the 'soundtrack' file then it works but after the second cycle it begins to overlap itself and the trainwreck begins!!!

Any ideas?

I was under the impression that once a loadMovie() is loaded it doesn't need to be reloaded when it's called again......it should be in cache, no?

Anyway heads up, I'm a newbie with Actionscript..........but Friends of ED (and friends of KIRUPA) are helping me progress right quick!

Thanks!

Jay

Laying Soundtrack Over Multiple Scenes.
is this possible ?> or do i have to convert all my scenes to movie clips and bring them in on one scene ?

Chance,

Filmmaker, gentlemen and www.media.5ylac.biz

Forward And Backward Buttons For A Music Soundtrack.
hey all. can someone help me create forwards (play next track) and backwards (play previous track) buttons that I could use for a music soundtrack. I would like to load each track as a separate .swf file. Is there an easy way? arrays???..... thanks a BUNCH.

Load External Soundtrack.swf In Win Executable Movie?
I have a movie with multiple scenes. I set the sound loop to play across scene by calling an external soundtrack.swf. However, when I rip the movie to an Windows executable the sound isn't playing. Works great for the web version. What am I missing in the executable version?

Thanks.

Can I Insert Silence/blank Frames Into A Soundtrack?
I have a flash presentation where I normally insert a bunch of frames (F5) in all layers if I need more time between keyframes. But when there is a sound track it will not work. Is there a way to insert blanks or silence into an importet wav, without having to split up the wav in an external sound editor?

Seemless Soundtrack While Navigating A HTML Site
I would like to have a track playing when my website index page is loaded into a browser. When the user moves to another page I want to avoid the track stopping and starting again.

Is the only way to use frames (i.e. a constant frame througout the website with the sound embeded) or can Flash mx provide a clever alternative?

Thanks

Real Difficulties With Soundtrack Timings - Please Help, I'm Pulling My Hair Out
I'm having real difficulties understanding what is going on here.

I want my movie to play the introduction sound, then check that the introduction sound has finished, then play the main soundtrack.

The introduction sounds and main soundtracks are external swfs that are loaded in.

In the first frame of my main movie I have declared the variables:

introplayed = false
strackplayed = false

I also load in my soundtrack (there is a stop frame in the first frame of the soundtrack movie.)

In the fourth frame of my movie I load the introsound into an MC called introholder. (It's a random introduction sound)

_root.introholder.loadMovie("introsound"+randomNum +".swf");

In the same frame is a movie instance called strackholder that has this code assigned to it.

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (introplayed == true) {
if (strackplayed == false) {
_root.strackholder.gotoAndPlay(2);
strackplayed = true;
}
}
}

In my introsound movie, I have this action at the end of the waveform:

_root.introplayed = true;

It always seems to play the introduction fine but never plays the soundrack.

Any ideas why?

Does this make sense?

Shall I post the fla?

Help please!!!

Thank you
Graeme
http://www.reebox.co.uk

Repeat Mp3 Soundtrack ( URGENT TOMMOROS IS DEAD LINE )
Hello

I have created amultimedia cd-rom in Flash mx 2004 PRO and I'd like to know is there's a way to repeat a mp3 file which is loaded by using the media compoments.

The sfw file that contains the media compoment is loaded on level 10 and I'd like the mp3 file to repeat or loop constantly ( unless i unload it by using the sound of button of cource ).

The mp3 file is a track with lenghth about 3:30 mins.

Please let me know if there's someone who has an answer since the client is going to see the final result in less that 24 hours !!!

Thanks

Stratos A.

Pausing/Unpausing Timeline And External Soundtrack With One Button
In the following .zip is an .swf file, i have a button in the top right corner. I want this button to act as a 'skip to credits' and a 'back to menu' type button, which I have done.

But the problem is that I want it to pause my timeline and the soundtrack (that i have loaded), when this button is pressed. Once the button has been pressed, if neither the 'skip to credits' or 'back to menu' buttons are pressed and the 'x' in the corner is pressed to close the options, it will then unpause the timeline and soundtrack in the correct position.

I hope you understand what I am getting at!

Regards,
Stibily

Can Hear Child Swf Soundtrack Wehn Loaded Into Movie - Help?
I have an interactive swf movie with soundtrack, big file so wanted to build a nice preloader for it. first problem. loaded swf into movieclip called 'movHolder' in my parent 'loader' movie:

movHolder.loadMovie("myMov.swf");
var languageID = cc;

this worked great BUT.. when the child swf loaded into the loader movie soundtrack form child swf could not be heard!.

I tried adding

movHolder._lockroot = true;

this didnt work, it stopped the movie loading in.

so gave up with trying to get child swf to be heard , sampled the soundtrack and added it to the parent movie. --guess what !...this didn't work either - started ok, i could hear the sound track until i clicked on a button within the child swf (obviously with a stopAllSounds command attached to it when pressed) the child movie stopped all sounds in parent movie it was loaded into.

anyone know any way i can either get the movie to play the child sound track OR force the soundtrack sample to keep playing at top level DESPITE the child swf trying to stopAllSounds when buttons are presed within it?

this is baffling the hell outa me..I really hope someone can help...anyone??

Please HELP - Movie Too Wide
I have a scrolling navigation thing that shows my portfolio its in a 500 wide box but the movie itself it about 3 - 4 times that wide. The very last image (snap shot of a webpage) doesnt display. I've tried new images and nothing seems to work. I've moved over the image to the left of it so that it is half way in the last image space and it appears until it hits a certain point. I displays a grey or white space.... Are there any limits as to how wide your movie can be???? Please help! I have to have this project done in 2 hours for a Show in the area....

Wide Screen
How do you make so the flash fills the sides of screen so it dont are scrollable???

//Fredrik

100% High And Wide?
I'm trying to get my flash movie to be the size of the browser window... but using 100% high and 100% wide in the <embed> tag doesn't work in IE... any help's appreciated!

Thanks

Can't Import A 1 Pixel Wide Gif
I've got a gif, 1px wide, 400px high. If I try and import as a gif, I get an error message : "bitmap has invalid dimensions"

I can Import as a png, but this seems to corrupt the fla somehow and causes it to crash a little while later.

Has anyone encountered this before?

Problem With Wide Screen
hi,

the size of my flash movie is currently 800 X 600. my client wants the movie to played on a plasma tv which i think is a wide screen(i.e. 16:9 aspect ratio).

but i don't know what will be screen resolution in correspondence to 800 X 600 so that i can modify my movie according to that.

whether the same movie will play as it is on a wide screen without losing any of the content area.

please help..

cheers
lamus

Set Wide To MX Flash Scrollbar
Need advice how to edit MX Flash scrollbar at list seting wide and maybe colour

Thank you in advance!

World Wide Wait
Is 7mb too large a movie to load in one hit?

I have 28mb connection and it loads in a couple seconds.

I have had some people say it takes too long to load...

So what is the ideal size at this point in time.??? Is 7mb too big???

Too Wide Image Is Not Shown
I'm making a panorama viewer in Flash where the image is loaded using the Loader-object and placed into a movieclip on the timeline. The problem is the image's width, 7 510 pixels, which is the reason Flash won't display it. I tried to load a 2 000 pixel wide image which worked fine.

Is there a solution to get Flash display wide images or should I cut the image into smaller pieces and join the next one to the end of the previous one when it's about to scroll out of the screen?

Wide Screen Format...HELP
Hi folks,

I have a real problem here. I designed a presentation for a client with the dimensions 800x600. However they have now told me that they want to present it on a wide screen plasma tv which means it needs to be widescreen dimensions. Is any there any easy way to resixe4 without having to redo the whole piece? What would my new dimensions be if i just need to lengthen the width?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!!

Thanks Rach

Wide Angle Lens
Im a total noob in Flash. I have absolutely no expeirence with Actionscript. Im only an animator. Some day i will sit down and learn it, but for now.. i dont.

Anyways, is there some way of using code to stretch or skew the screen making it look like a wide angle lens.

Wide angle lenses are used for music videos, and often make the results skewed, centering around one point.

If you could help a noob, that would be great.

Wide Screen Help? Im Stuck
Hi,

Can anyone offer some advice? I have been working on my animation project in flash to the ratio of 550px over 400px and have only just realized it has to be wide screen format of 1024 px over 768 px and now i don't know what to do? will i have to start all over again and stretch out every key? I have tried to see what it looks like with one key and it looks stretched and wrong?! what is the purpose of using wide screen and do you think it would be better if i just kept it at 550px over 400px? its for a university presentation.

Thankyou for your time,

Lauren

X-tra Wide Horiz Scroll Q
I want a continuous scroll of graphics 35,000 pixels wide. I'm following instructions that advise to duplicate the set and combine as a symbol (now 70k pixels wide). Then place a second instance of the symbol later on, on the timeline.

It doesnâ€™t work as simply with my extra-wide symbol. My attempts either don't move or prematurely restarts. And I don't understand the concept enough to know how to compensate.

Here is a simple (290 pixels wide) example of what I want to do:
http://coronasdomain.net/edu/q/hscroll.htm

Any advice greatly appreciated. - Please let me know if I am unclear.

Thanks,
Corona

Edited: 04/28/2008 at 11:08:31 AM by GrnSpdr

As Wide And Long As The Page
hey
I've been trying to recreate the effect on this page
http://www.ianwharton.com/flashindex.html
change the height of the page and notice how it's content moves.

Also curious how you make a .swf placed onto a html page be as wide as the page, and let the flash file know how wide it is being displayed so the content does not stretch out

Thanks
//VoS

Help With A Movieclip Loading To Wide Please
Hi I have a container_ mc that is 560x320wide. I have a "About Us" button beside it with this code in my actionscript file:

_root.about_btn.onRelease = function()
{
_root.loader_mc._visible = true;
emcl.loadClip("about1.swf",container_mc);

}

The about1.swf is a 560x320 wide swf movie with pictures and images in it. When I preview my main movie and load "about us" page the about1 swf is stretched out much wider than 560px. It is about 700px wide and goes off the page.

Any ideas why my swf file is too wide?

Thanks,

Matt.