is every sound loaded in Flash Player 6 or 7 streamed?

[jankratochvil]

Hi, i try to do some with sound.

I want test loading of mp3 e.g. background music.
Basic q.
Is every sound loaded as streamed?
Or can i specify it with AS?

Thanks.

[oldnewbie]

Nope... You can load an event sound or a streaming one...

Sound.loadSound

Availability


Flash Player 6.

Usage


mySound.loadSound("url", isStreaming)
Parameters


url The location on a server of an MP3 sound file.

isStreaming A Boolean value that indicates whether the sound is a streaming or event sound.

Returns


Nothing.

Description


Method; loads an MP3 file into an instance of the Sound object. You can use the isSteaming parameter to indicate whether the sound is an event or a streaming sound.

Event sounds are completely loaded before they play. They are managed by the ActionScript Sound object and respond to all methods and properties of this object.

Streaming sounds play while they are downloading. Playback begins when sufficient data has been received to start the decompressor. As with event sounds, streaming sounds exist only in virtual memory, they are not downloaded to the hard drive.

Example


The following example loads an event sound:

s.loadSound( "http://serverpath:port/mp3filename", false);

The following example loads a streaming sound:

loadSound( "http://serverpath:port/mp3filename", true);

[jankratochvil]

thanks for answ.

can be used preloader for streaming sound

i saw e.g. voice mesages on some sites e.g. www.derekfranklin.com

is nice to see how many of the sound was played and what is left.

is difficult to do those preloader for streaming sound?

Thanks

[oldnewbie]

Think you should check this fabulous soundObject tutorial... It describes all of this stuff...

http://www.kennybellew.com/tutorial/

[jankratochvil]

Great thanks

Originally posted by oldnewbie
Think you should check this fabulous soundObject tutorial... It describes all of this stuff...

http://www.kennybellew.com/tutorial/