Known bug documented on:
http://www.flashmagazine.com/?345
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Known bug documented on:
http://www.flashmagazine.com/?345
So you're saying that for instance dj's and producers won't be able to put their mix online anymore? That 'd be a mayor step back! So I shouldn't use video?
So you're saying we all have to use realplayer or mediaplayer instead of flash again?
LB Back
Quote:
Originally posted by MikeChambers
umm, don't write a flash movies that loads a 50mb SWF file?Quote:
Originally posted by C4_Tom
Macromedia have now got big problems.
Say my small flash site loads in a 50MB swf, goodbye bandwidth! Hello very frustrated user.
mike chambers
[email protected]
You really should read the whole thread, this issue should be fixed soon
I did,
but after 4 days of trying to debug the mp3-player i built without succes, posting the issue, thinking i was going crazy and finally hearing the problem is a flashplayer-problem, this was an answer that really really pissed me off!! I'm sure MM 'll fix it but it still hurts.
Quote:
Originally posted by C4_Tom
You really should read the whole thread, this issue should be fixed soon
I continue to have issues with pre-loading @ 1 -1.5Mb files (never more than 4 Mb resident in the player at anytime) into a 'controller'. Seems to only happen on Win2K boxes, but with both the plug-in and a projector... Either the player crashes or the audio (pre-loaded, stream) will cut out. Happens at random. I would be curious to hear of your above mentioned "memory issue" - perhaps it is something that is related to my problems.Quote:
Originally posted by harmonixmedia
By the way, there is also a memory issue that you may want to watch out for. Now I told my client, and they told theirs, and I know that an e-mail that I wrote ended somewhere at MM, but I don’t think it got very far.
Thanks -
lol i have problems streaming a 40Kb file! :) the thing is... i want it to stream from another movie... so i would like to preload the preloader spike.... but i cant because flash wants to download the whole flaming thing, that isnt supposed to stream yet :(
Macromedia's fixed ActiveX player is now available for download! The original version was 6.0.23.0 and this version is 6.0.25.0.
http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/...ShockwaveFlash
WOOHOO!!!
I wonder, does it fix any of the other minor bugs in the Flash player?
I am getting the same old results. Am I doing something wrong? I have installed. Resarted Browser. Restarted Computer. Reinstalled. No change.
I dunno what's up with that. I went there, it seemed to reinstall the Flash plugin, but my version is still 6,0,23,0.
Earlier somebody posted this on Were-here, and I figured it was false because no new plugin installed itself there.
And the plugin it installs is still digitally signed 3/11/02 - DOH! *note to self - test before you post*
Bah.
Lets just wait till Mike Chambers tells us offically that there is a new player.
Macromedia indeed lists it as web player 6.0.25.0. The sample movie's object tag even uses #6.0.25.0 as the version control number in the HTML tag. However, even after manually uninstalling Flash Player 6, the old 6.0.23.0 version still gets downloaded. My feeling is that the guy who was supposed to post the file on the server was slower than the guy who did the update on the HTML. Oh well. Let's just wait a few hours for this guy to wake up.
fyi : I am not working today, and will be in and out.
I have sent an email to find out if the new player has been uploaded yet. if it hasn't then the new one will be up shortly.
as soon as a find out that the new player is avaliable i will post here.
mike chambers
[email protected]
thanks. i just got an email back on this. we are aware of it and are fixing it.Quote:
Originally posted by pmineault
Macromedia indeed lists it as web player 6.0.25.0. The sample movie's object tag even uses #6.0.25.0 as the version control number in the HTML tag. However, even after manually uninstalling Flash Player 6, the old 6.0.23.0 version still gets downloaded. My feeling is that the guy who was supposed to post the file on the server was slower than the guy who did the update on the HTML. Oh well. Let's just wait a few hours for this guy to wake up.
The correct version should be up shortly.
mike chambers
[email protected]
Really Cool.
I don't want to bug you on your day off, Mike -- but was anything aside from the Streaming bug fixed? If so, is/will there be there a technote describing this?
I'm sure a fix was a lot higher on the priority list than documentation :)
i believe that there was also a related memory bug fixed. i will try and get a definitive list later on.Quote:
Originally posted by azzyt
Really Cool.
I don't want to bug you on your day off, Mike -- but was anything aside from the Streaming bug fixed? If so, is/will there be there a technote describing this?
I'm sure a fix was a lot higher on the priority list than documentation :)
i also believe the new player fixes some issues people were having about controlling the mp3s.
mike chambers
[email protected]
ooo, the fix is close!!
Mike, do you mean being able to use the mySound.start() command with an offset or somesuch?
since i don't know 100% i am not going to say anything yet. i will wait until i get an offical list.Quote:
Originally posted by Kraken
ooo, the fix is close!!
Mike, do you mean being able to use the mySound.start() command with an offset or somesuch?
that way there won't be any confusion or misunderstanding.
mike chambers
[email protected]
Thanks Mike,
doing a great job.
I thought I'd add a function here to get the minor version,
I know it's available all over the place and most of you can write it easily yourselves,
but seeing as this is the place to look...
hope that helps someone out.Code:// this script is for use within Flash
// after you have detected for the existance
// of at least version 5 of the Flash plugin
_global.minorVersion = function() {
var fullVersion = getVersion();
var minorVersion = Number(fullVersion.substr(8, 2));
return minorVersion;
}
// usage:
if (_global.minorVersion() < 25) {
// get them to upgrade
} else {
// continue
}
amended to include the method in the _global namespace, as per Mike Chambers suggestion (page 14 of this thread)
Mike has included instructions to get this included in a Flash movie without having to type it every time.
enjoy.
[Edited by sonwah on 04-12-2002 at 07:57 PM]
FYI : The new player is avaliable at our website now.
This release only fixed :
1. the streaming bug within ActiveX players on windows.
2. a related memory bug.
if you have downloaded the new player and think you are still experiencing the streaming bug:
1. make sure the new plugin is loaded.
2. reboot your machine (to be sure)
if you still think you are experiencing the issue, then feel free to email me OFFLIST, but make sure that you include:
browser version
OS
web page you are having a problem with.
steps to reduce the issue.
i might not be able to response directly to each post, but i will make sure that the appropriate people see them.
mike chambers
[email protected]
dope.
because this ended up on a new page,
so you all know:
I figured every one would be looking here for the resolution to this, so I posted a MovieClip.prototype method that determines the minor version of the player and returns it, so you can then check whether or not it's < 25 (or whatever really)
it's on the previous page (13)
usage is there too.
use at your free will,
I'd appreciate it if someone answered the request:
how and where to copy it so that it automatically gets included in every .swf published (without me having to code it every time)
tx.
thanks for the method. it will be useful.Quote:
Originally posted by sonwah
I'd appreciate it if someone answered the request:
how and where to copy it so that it automatically gets included in every .swf published (without me having to code it every time)
tx.
couple of comments.
1. first, you probably shoulnd't attach it to the movieclip object, but rather place it in the _global name space like so:
_global.methodName = function()
{
}
this will still allow you to call the method from anywhere in your movie, and will not pollute the MovieClip object.
if you put the method in a include file (checkVersion.as), and then place it in the following directory:
Flash MX\Configuration\Includes
Then, in any movie you want to use the method in, just add this line to the first frame of your movie:
#include "checkVersion.as"
and the method will be avaliable to your entire movie.
hope that helps...
mike chambers
[email protected]
thanks for the tip on _global mike,
I knew the MovieClip object wasn't the best place but couldn't think of anywhere else it was relevant...
code is amended.
cheers :)
thanks Mike!
Will there be a MAC version of the update or did I miss something in the many threads, and the bug did only affect windows?
thanks
chris
the bug only affected ActiveX plugins on windows, so i do not believe there will be a Mac update.Quote:
Originally posted by chris.sauber
thanks Mike!
Will there be a MAC version of the update or did I miss something in the many threads, and the bug did only affect windows?
mike chambers
[email protected]
Mike,
after performing a regsvr32 c:\winnt\system32\macromed\flash\flash.ocx /u
and manually deleting the flash.ocx,
rebooting, downloading the supposedly new plugin,
rebooting again, and checking..
I still get minor version 23.
I think we still might need to wait awhile.
i actually did all of the above.. delete the ocx. then install the new version 25, reboot. download again to be sure.
then go to "about macromedia flash player" link from the popup menu, and it says version 6.25 installed
the bug is still there, (which I've sent Troy an email an hour ago, FYI Mike), and when i used the script sonwah provided, do a
trace(minorVersion())
it comes out to be 21?
I updated the player and the 'stream bug' is gone!
PC Win98, IE5.
Thank you MM,
Now comes the task to announce the new release to everyone and their mothers.
I just this second tried again to install it a still get only (minor) version 23
the reason you're getting minorVersion 21 in your trace is that the test movie environment uses a different player - ie not the same one as your browser.
try using this, (in a browser of course)
Code:getURL("javascript:alert('the full version is " + getVersion() + " and the minorVersion is "+_global.minorVersion()+"');");
Got mine working. Just deleted the c:\winnt\system32\macromed\flash\flash.ocx reinstalled new flash restarted the browser and problem solved. Whoa ya...
Thanks Mike
hmm. interesting. i wonder why i still have the streaming bug.
would any of you guys (who said the streaming bug is gone) test this out for me
http://www.the1stmovement.com/temp
1) click on a song on the background
2) then wait till it's streaming
3) click "unload" on the left
for me, the sound continues to stream, and i have version 6.0.25 installed (as said on the "about Macromedia Player" link at least)
thanks guys
Quote:
Originally posted by chanm7
hmm. interesting. i wonder why i still have the streaming bug.
would any of you guys (who said the streaming bug is gone) test this out for me
http://www.the1stmovement.com/temp
1) click on a song on the background
2) then wait till it's streaming
3) click "unload" on the left
for me, the sound continues to stream, and i have version 6.0.25 installed (as said on the "about Macromedia Player" link at least)
thanks guys
I just downloaded version 25 and it fixed my streaming problems. What exactly does your "UNLOAD" button do? Does the button stop the streaming MP3 using Sound.stop()? My understooding of the "streaming bug" was that aborted downloads would keep silently downloading in the background, not that streaming audio would keep playing after a stop.
the "unload" button unload the whole movie (the right mp3 player)
that's why you'll only see the white, cuz the mp3 player has been unloaded, so the sound should be stopped right?
hmm.. or did i misunderstood the "streaming bug"
I went to the download page:
http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/...ShockwaveFlash
But, it still says 6,0,23,0 and when I downloaded it again, you betcha, it's version 23.
Am I missing something?
fyi:
i am going to post some more info on this shortly.
mike chambers
[email protected]
We have pulled the new player release 6,0,25,0 from the website and are now currently pushing the previous player 6,0,23,0.
After we initially pushed 6,0,25,0 this afternoon, we discovered (with help from the community) that there was still an issue with streaming sounds using LoadSound. Because of this we pulled the 6,0,25,0 player from the website. We are working around the clock to fix the issue, and will be releasing a new version of the player in the next couple of days.
I realize that this is not the best way that this could have transpired, but based on past community feedback, we decided it was best pull the new player until the issue was resolved.
As usual, if you have any comments or questions, please feel free to contact me directly.
mike chambers
[email protected]
thanks mike.
Thanks. Glad you recognized that there were still problems with the new plugin before it caused any havoc. Can't wait for 6.0.26.0!
fair enough.
Here's hoping the rest of the probs get fixed easily.
Cheers to the dev team!