[RESOLVED] No sound in Flash CS6

Suddenly, my loaded sounds with loadSound, stop working with start();

I have

Actionscript Code:

music.loadSound("music.mp3", false);

So i doesn't start streaming when it loads. Then i have this

Actionscript Code:

music.start(0,99)

And i can't hear anything.

It's a flash CS6 problem or something, even the music.attachSound("music"); and the sound imported in the library doesn't work neither.

I made a new canvas, as2, repeat the steps, NO SOUND. I check the flash player preview options, everythings fine. I delete the project cache and tested the movie and nothing. I tested in HTML, nothing. OMG!!! I checked the sound and the sound file music.mp3 is healthy!

I'm getting crazy! heelp!

*Mute sounds is disabled* checked that already.......:'(

What are you trying to make because if you want I have this old flash mp3 player i made and it loads the music from an external library (folder)

Hi,

Sounds do work in CS6, nothing to do with with CS version you are using.

Actionscript Code:

music = new Sound();
music.attachSound("music.mp3");
music.start(0,1);

or in a function

Actionscript Code:

function playMusic()
{
    music = new Sound();
    music.attachSound("music.mp3");
    music.start(0,1);
}

playMusic();

Fruitbeard, thanks, but IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ACTIONSCRIPT!!!! ITS NO SOUND AT ALL!!!!

The only sound i can hear is embedding it in the frames manually and clicking on Stream or Start in the properties panel. But if i put an identifier name on the library, and try using

Actionscript Code:

mySound=new Sound(); mySound.attachSound("mySound"); mySound.start();

or

Actionscript Code:

mySound.loadSound("mySound.mp3", false);

THERE IS NO SOUND AT ALL!!!!!! This is very weird!!!!!!!

This is insane!

No sound at all with actionscript! But yes embedding on the timeline!!!

I made a new canvas, totally empty. I imported a .wav sound to the library named "soundtest.wav".

Used

Actionscript Code:

soundtest= new Sound();
soundtest.attachSound("soundtest");
soundtest.start(0,99);

And NO SOUND!!!

Also, i tried loading it externally this way:

Actionscript Code:

soundtest= new Sound();
soundtest.loadSound("soundtest.mp3");

(obviously i have 2 copies of the sound, one in .mp3, the other in .wav)

And guess what? NO SOUND!!!!!!!!!! This is driving me very crazy!!!! Few days with this issue! I checked the File/Publish Settings Panel and everythings fine!!!!

Also I deleted the project's cache! Would it be a flash CS6 bug? Let me try Flash CS5 portable...

Hello Angel,

Possibly a path issue.

maybe post your fla and music file ????

I too use CS6 for a few months now and have had no issues with it whatsoever.

Incredible not!!! I checked the Output .swf in the Publish Settings, is the same of the .fla and the .mp3 and the .wav!!! Is all in the same folder!!!

The same issue is happening in the Flash CS5 portable, and surely it will happen in the Flash CS3, because now i know is not a program issue!!! Then what!!???

If it was a path issue, the sound wouldn't play on the timeline, because flash wouldn't find the file, and the sound DOES WORK EMBEDDED ON THE TIMELINE!!!

I wanna cry, seriously!

sound will play on the timeline as its embedded, it does not need to find it.

only trying to help

Mmm ok...you are right. Flash stores the imported sound in a cache-like-location, but is not the project's cache, because I deleted the project's cache, and the sound kept playing.

Let's forget about the embedded sound in the timeline, and help me please to get the answer of what's happening! If i try to load the imported sound on the library with attachSound, NO SOUND. If i load it externally with loadSound, NO SOUND NEITHER! Any new .fla document i make, has NO SOUND with actionscript!!!

i assume you are giving the file an identifier name?

from all accounts though you are getting sound in general on your computer

you could still post your fla, you may have overlooked something

Yesssssss!!!

The sound is imported into the library, with identifier name "newlevel" and export to first frame/export for actionscript checked.

Then

Actionscript Code:

newlevel = new Sound();
newlevel.attachSound("newlevel");
newlevel.start(0,99);

Also

Actionscript Code:

newlevel=new Sound();
newlevel.loadSound("newlevel.mp3", false);
newlevel.start(0,99);

None of these codes work, from few days ago, until today.

I'm using windows 7, but I'm going to run another operating system in a virtual machine (virtual box) and run flash cs5 portable there, to check if it's some issue of the system.

I add the same issue for a moment there,

basically play the swf outside of flash, when using the loadSound

Just as I imagined.

Is my computer. I ran Flash CS5 portable in Windows XP , and then sounds with action script work perfectly. What happened? I don't know. Flash player 11.2 is updated, I have java installed and updated, my windows 7 is recently formated an installed...i dont know what it is :'( and the issue started happening few days ago.

I use win 7 64 bit ultimate, all works fine, only i had to play the swf outside of flash to make the loadsound work

I have win 7 64 bit ultimate too, hehe!!! And few days ago, i could loadSound, attachSound, all inside flash, and HTML, an server side!!!!! This is very weird...

I think I will have to do a System Restore to an earlier time... -____-

restore seems a bit harsh for a simple thing

newlevel.loadSound("newlevel.mp3", true); try that instead of false

having quicktime latest also solves some issues with flash and importing mp3 files !!

hahahah you have to be thinking "angel hdz is so noob" or "he is doing something wrong" but i tried using true. True is for starting streaming the sound on Load, is the same as changing it to false, and then a newlevel.start(); But yes, i tried changing it to true and but not results.

well i think i can help you no more, we have the same os, the same cs version, even the same actionscript, probably not the same mp3, but you never know

Heheheh i have a lot of mp3's in my game and none of them work. I tried using Windows Demo Mp3's (Sleep Away.mp3) no results. I proceed to system restore my pc. -_____- thanks for all the help, i thought it was something about the flash cs6 program, because i recently installed it. Thanks for all the help man!

FINALLY! The System Restore did the job.

Now i can start the sounds with attachSound and loadSound. Now i need help with the loadSound. If if load the sound snd.loadSound("mySound.mp3", false); and then try to start it automatically with mySound.start(); , nothing happen. But if a create a button and put onPress { mySound.start(); } it plays it!!!!!

That's weird. I achieved doing this

Actionscript Code:

mysnd=new  Sound();
mysnd.loadSound("newlevel.mp3", false);

mysnd.onLoad=function (){
    this.start();
}

Few days ago, i could do the same with just

Actionscript Code:

mysnd=new  Sound();
mysnd.loadSound("newlevel.mp3", false);


    mysnd.start();

Now is another issue LOL. I imported all the sounds into the library, gave an identifier name and calling them with attachMovie("identifiername");

BUT GUESS WHAT!!?!? NO SOUND!!!!!!
*Relax angel, relax, don't cry*

Omg...i think my Game's .fla got corrupted :'(

I surrender. I give up. I'm going to sleep. Maybe in my dreams i come up with the solution.
Sounds can be played/previewed on the library... but not attachSound("mysound");, nor loadSound("mysound.mp3", true); can start it, not in my game, not in a new totally empty .fla document. Not sound at all.

It's my computer. I did the system restore, and the problem persists. New .fla document,

Actionscript Code:

piano.attachSound ("piano");

piano = new Sound();
 piano.start();

import sound> piano.wav > identifier name "piano"

NO SOUND.

I then did the same proccedure in my Windows XP, in Flash CS5 PORTABLE, and yes, there is SOUND.
And last, I test the same Flash CS5 PORTABLE in my windows 7, and NO SOUND.

The system restore didn't work at all. So i think i have now to FORMAT my windows 7...

Going to install the flash player 11.3 to check if it's that...if not, i'll try a Repair Windows. If not, bye bye windows, format C:/

-____-

Installing Windows 8 Consumer...heh

Well...reinstalled windows 7, and the sound is working again, at least in a new .fla document. My game .fla sounds still don't work. This is all my code in the frame when is suppose to load the sounds, and start the background music instances name music

actionscript Code:

stop();

//Variables
 nuevoBTN.btnTEXT="nuevo"  
  loadBTN.btnTEXT="continuar" 
clearCache.btnTEXT="borrar cache" 

var canLoad:Boolean;

var saveState:SharedObject = SharedObject.getLocal("cookie");

total_lvls = 8;

var globalVolume:Sound = new Sound()


//Functions
    
//Load saved level
function loadlvl(){
    trace("loading lvl");
    for(i=1;i<total_lvls+1;i++){
        if(saveState.data.rooms == i  ){
            
            gotoAndStop("lvl"+i);
        }
    }
};



    function lvlsound(){
trace("This is happening");
newlevel.stop();
    newlevel.start(0,1);


};

//Restart level button
    function restart(){
reiniciarBTN.onPress=function(){
        reiniciar=true;
    stopAllSounds();
gotoAndStop(2); 
}
    };

if(reiniciar==true){
        music.stop();
loadlvl();
};


        



// declare sounds first, so that you may change its volume depending on the saved value

music.attachSound ("music");
music2.attachSound ("music2");
newlevel.attachSound ("newlevel");
music3.attachSound ("music3");
window.attachSound("ventana");
elisa.attachSound("elisa");
success.attachSound("success");
trashing.attachSound("trashing");
failed.attachSound("failed");
broken.attachSound("broken");
broken2.attachSound("broken2");


music = new Sound();
music2 = new Sound();
music3 = new Sound();
newlevel=new Sound();
window=new Sound();
elisa =new Sound();
success=new Sound();
trashing=new Sound();
failed = new Sound
broken=new Sound();
broken2=new Sound();
ventana2=new Sound();


    
//Music

music.start();
// check if saved value is declared/created
if(saveState.data.pressedMut != undefined){
    // if yes, then set pressed's value as the saved value
    pressedMut = saveState.data.pressedMut;
    // execute this function, to execute the same set of code
    // by simply calling that function, saves a lot of time and is easy to edit
    checkMute();
} 
else {
    // if not, then set default value as FALSE
    pressedMut = false;
    checkMute();
};

btn.onPress = function(){
    // this changes pressed's value to the opposite, if it's TRUE,
    // then it will turn to FALSE, and vice versa
    pressedMut = !pressedMut;
     saveState.data.pressedMut = pressedMut;
    checkMute();
    saveState.flush();
};

// the actual function
function checkMute(){
    // check if pressed's value is TRUE
    if(pressedMut == true){
        // if it is, mute sound
        btn.gotoAndStop(2);
        
      globalVolume.setVolume(0);

    }
    else {
        // otherwise, unmute sound
        btn.gotoAndStop(1);
          globalVolume.setVolume(100);
        
    }
        
      
};

music.onSoundComplete=function(){
    music2.start();
};

music2.onSoundComplete=function(){
    music.start();
};


    

//Buttons


//New game button

nuevoBTN.onPress=function(){

this.gotoAndStop(3);
   
}
nuevoBTN.onRelease=nuevoBTN.onReleaseOutside=function(){

this.gotoAndStop(2);

music.stop();
    music2.stop();
    gotoAndStop("lvl1");

reiniciar=false;
}
        
if(saveState.data.rooms!=undefined){
    loadBTN._alpha=100;
    canLoad=true;
}
else {
    loadBTN._alpha=30;
    canLoad=false;
};


    nuevoBTN.onRollOver=function(){

    this.gotoAndStop(2);
    }
    nuevoBTN.onRollOut=function(){

    this.gotoAndStop(1);
    }


//Load button

    loadBTN.onPress=function(){


if(canLoad==true){
this.gotoAndStop(3);
}

   
};

loadBTN.onEnterFrame=function(){
loadBTN.onRelease=loadBTN.onReleaseOutside=function(){
    if(canLoad==true){
music.stop();
music2.stop();
    
    loadlvl();
    
    
    this.gotoAndStop(2);
    }
    
    

    }
    loadBTN.onRollOver=function(){
    
    this.gotoAndStop(2);
    }
    loadBTN.onRollOut=function(){

    this.gotoAndStop(1);
    }


    
};

//Clear cache button

clearCache.onPress=function(){



this.gotoAndStop(3);
   
};
clearCache.onRelease=clearCache.onReleaseOutside=function(){
    
    saveState.clear();

    canLoad=false;
    
    loadBTN._alpha=30;
this.gotoAndStop(2);

gotoAndStop(2);



};

clearCache.onRollOver=function(){
    
    this.gotoAndPlay(2);
    }
    clearCache.onRollOut=function(){

    this.gotoAndStop(1);
    };

I have read that code, once and once again, like 8 times, and i don't find anything wrong. My games sounds are imported into the library with their corresponding identifier. Checked that too. My games sound and script was working , until a few days ago, when I did a system restore to an earlier time due to a Corrupted Messenger Plugin (lol) and then they stopped working. The adobe cs6 was installed long time before the restoration point i choosed to restore windows, so i dont think it has something to do with. If i import the same sounds into a blank .fla document's library, and copy the same attach sound scripts, THEY WORK!!!!! So is something in my game's .fla. I checked everythin, the config is Flash Player 11.2, Actionscript2, export hidden layers unchecked (the layer where is the code is not hidden, just in case) I checked the sounds properties in the library panel, mp3 compression, export for actionscripting, export in first frame, everything's fine.

About everything else, the game script is working, buttons working, saving data to the shared object, levels, drags & drops, restart button, everything's fine, except the sounds. I hope someone help me because i'm tired of this, i could not keep developing the next levels because of this, it's fustrating not to hear a sound when you preview your flash game.

Hi,

Your code gives no errors here, but the sound does not work.

However the sound does work if you swap this code around.

Actionscript Code:

music.attachSound("music");
music2.attachSound("music2");
newlevel.attachSound("newlevel");
music3.attachSound("music3");
window.attachSound("ventana");
elisa.attachSound("elisa");
success.attachSound("success");
trashing.attachSound("trashing");
failed.attachSound("failed");
broken.attachSound("broken");
broken2.attachSound("broken2");


music = new Sound();
music2 = new Sound();
music3 = new Sound();
newlevel = new Sound();
window = new Sound();
elisa = new Sound();
success = new Sound();
trashing = new Sound();
failed = new Sound();
broken = new Sound();
broken2 = new Sound();
ventana2 = new Sound();

put the new sound codes above the attachSound codes

my hobby

Thanks. Your web site is great ;) i like it

Wow...wow...wow. I quiting actionscript...I GIVE UP!!! Wow seriously? Fruitbeard thanks, that did the job!!!!!! O M G!!!!

I thought it doesn't matter where you put the code it would read it...but not...
the new Sound(); MUST BE OVER AND TOGETHERwith the attachSound();
I find this issue so stupid and embarrasing? I wanna cry! I stink in actionscript lol

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADE MY DAY!

Hi,

seems like you've been having a very harsh time, angelhdz, hope it's working now :)

And yes, the order does count in actionscript, because attachSound() is a function of Sound class, and you can't use it if you have not made an instance of that class, e.g.: mySound = new Sound(), then you can use mySound to access the functions of Sound class, like attachSound(), loadSound(), etc.

Thanks Nig, i'm a starter as you've seen. The only thing i learned on university was make a figure stick "dance" o.O and a car follow a path. Everyday, literally, a wake up to learn more and more.

Oh, so you've finished school, lol :P

Yup, experience comes with practice, and I've heard from a lot of people that IT teachers don't educate the students correctly, they're just lazy and make them do simple stuff or something :P