[F8] making sound pause or wait

[BRock790]

how can I add a pause to a sound with out having to make the whole movie pause? I was trying to add a dumb while loop but that caused the whole movieto pause

[providence0630]

you can create 2 buttons 1 for stop and 1 for play

where my 2 buttons are named musicoff = off button and musicon = on button

stop music

musicoff_btn.onRelease = function(){
	_root.my_music.stop();
}

start music

musicon_btn.onRelease = function(){
	_root.my_music.start();

[BRock790]

is there anyway to do it with out using buttons...for example if i have two audio files that are supposed to play back to back but i just want to add a pause inbetween them

[AfternoonDelite]

So, you want a delay?

A quick and dirty way to do a delay:

PHP Code:

var time:Number = 6;
var count:Number = 0;

function delay(time:Number, count:Number) {
   if(count == time) {
      return true;
   }
}

function onEnterFrame() {
   if(delay(time, count++)) {
      //call function to play next song
      delete onEnterFrame;
   }
}


[BRock790]

wont that delay all the animation going on aswell though?

[AfternoonDelite]

Why would it?

All you're doing is waiting until you play the next song..

You could even use intervals.

PHP Code:

var delayInterval:Number = setInterval(delay, 1000 / 30);
var count:Number = 0;
var time:Number = 10;

function delay() {
   if(count == time) {
      playSong(next);
      clearInterval(delayInterval);
   } else {
      count++;
   }
}


[gorlummeeguvnor]

this will repeat 2 songs with a 3 second gap between them.
it assumes you have 2 songs in your library named s1 and s2.
3000 is milliseconds - so set it to what you need


_root.createEmptyMovieClip("sound1",1);
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("sound2",2);
s1 = new Sound(sound1);
s2 = new Sound(sound2);
s1.attachSound("s1");
s2.attachSound("s2");
s1.start();
s1.onSoundComplete = function() {
delay(s2);
}
s2.onSoundComplete = function() {
delay(s1);
}
function delay(sound) {
sound.del = setInterval(setDelay,3000,sound);
}
function setDelay(sound) {
sound.start();
clearInterval(sound.del);
}