Loading External SWF Problems

[OGmcgruff]

Hi. I'm working on my first website in Flash, and I'm running into a bit of a problem early on. I've created my own MP3 player in flash in a separate file called musicplayer.fla. It works fine when I test the movie independently. However, when I set it up to load into my index.fla file the volume slider gets quirky. Instead of moving volume from 100% to 0% across 100 px (like it did inside the musicplayer file) it now moves from 100% to 0% (around where it should be 30%) then the volume goes back up as you approach what should be a volume of 0%.

I've uploaded the two swf on my site.
www.controversemedia.com/epk/index.html
www.controversemedia.com/epk/musicplayer.html

Here's the actionscript I used for the music player:
//Setup sound object
var musiclist:Sound = new Sound(this);
musiclist.onSoundComplete = playSong;
musiclist.setVolume(100)

// Array of songs
var sa:Array = new Array();

//Currently playing song
var cps:Number = -1;

//Position of Music
var pos:Number;

//Load the songs XML
var xml:XML = new XML();
xml.ignoreWhite = true;
xml.onLoad = function()
{
var nodes:Array = this.firstChild.childNodes;
for(var i=0;i<nodes.length;i++)
{
sa.push(new Song(nodes[i].attributes.url, nodes[i].attributes.artist, nodes[i].attributes.track));
}
playSong();
}

xml.load("songs.xml");

//Volume Slider
slidervol.onRollOver = function()
{
this.gotoAndStop("volpush");
}

slidervol.onRollOut = next.onReleaseOutside = function()
{
this.gotoAndStop("volrel");
}
slidervol.onPress = function()
{
this.startDrag(true, barvol._x, barvol._y, barvol._x+100, barvol._y);
}
slidervol.onRelease = slidervol.onReleaseOutside = function()
{
this.stopDrag();
}
slidervol.onMouseMove = function()
{
newPoint = new Object();
newPoint.x = this._x;
newPoint.y = this._y;
barvol.globalToLocal(newPoint);
musiclist.setVolume(-1*newPoint.x);
}


// Play the MP3 file
function playSong():Void
{
musiclist = new Sound(this);
musiclist.onSoundComplete = playSong;
musiclist.setVolume(100);
if(cps == sa.length -1)
{
cps = 0;
musiclist.loadSound(sa[cps].earl, true);
}
else
{
musiclist.loadSound(sa[++cps].earl, true);
}
textMC.textMC2.trackInfo.text = sa[cps].artist + " - " + sa[cps].track;
playPause.gotoAndStop("pause");
}

//Pauses the Music
function pauseIt():Void
{
pos = musiclist.position;
musiclist.stop();
}

function unPauseIt():Void
{
musiclist.start(pos/1000);
}

//Music Controls

//Play/Pause Toggle
playPause.onRollOver = function()
{
if(this._currentframe == 1) this.gotoAndStop("pauseOver");
else this.gotoAndStop("playOver")
}

playPause.onRollOut = playPause.onReleaseOutside = function ()
{
if(this._currentframe == 10) this.gotoAndStop("pause");
else this.gotoAndStop("play")
}

playPause.onRelease = function()
{
if(this._currentframe == 10)
{
this.gotoAndStop("playOver");
this._parent.pauseIt();
}
else
{
this.gotoAndStop("pauseOver");
this._parent.unPauseIt();
}
}

//Next Button
next.onRollOver = function()
{
this.gotoAndStop("nextOver");
}

next.onRollOut = next.onReleaseOutside = function()
{
this.gotoAndStop("next");
}

next.onRelease = function()
{
this._parent.playSong();
}

[cancerinform]

Are you using a movieclip to load your external movie, if so use _lockroot:

mc._lockroot = true;
mc.loadMovie("mymovie.swf");

[ewok_poacher]

I had no problems with the volume slider.
PM me for some tips on making the buttons look a little better.