MP3Loader and imported MP3 files

[DagShot]

Hey There,

 

i wonder if there is any way to use the MP3Loader Methods with Mp3 files that are imported in the

.flas library.

 

The admin wants a single .swf rather than over a hundret files.

its such a shame, because it realy works well.

 

i tried to, but it didnt work. maybe im doing it wrong, or maybe its just not meant to be.

 

It would be very nice if you could help me out.

[Carl]

MP3Loader is for loading assets external to the swf. Keeping the mp3s external is usually the best thing for the developer and end-user.

 

If your mp3s are really big it will effect compile time and download time.

 

If you absolutely have to embed the mp3s, look into the GreenSock SelfLoader which allows a swf to monitor its own loading.

 

http://www.greensock.com/as/docs/tween/com/greensock/loading/SelfLoader.html

[DagShot]

yeah i know, thanks for your reply.

 

the loadiing itself isnt the problem,

 

its about the onprogress Event, duration, time, progress propertys witch i use in the program to monitor and dispatch certain actions. Working with these functions is very intuitive and practical.

 

if i know have to embed everything i somehow have to rewrite all the functions.

is there an equivalent to these very features, somehow, somewhere?

 

thx.

[jaxTus]

This is what works for me.

Define Loaders in xml. Set autoPlay to false so we don't hear them play as soon as they are loaded

 

?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<data>
<LoaderMax name="sampleQueue" load="true">
  <MP3Loader  url="H_Drums_AirVentOpen.mp3" name="H_Drums_AirVentOpen" autoPlay="false"/>
  <MP3Loader  url="H_Drums_FuelCapOpen.mp3" name="H_Drums_FuelCapOpen" autoPlay="false"/>
  <MP3Loader  url="H_Drums_HandbrakeOn.mp3" name="H_Drums_HandbrakeOn" autoPlay="false"/>
  <MP3Loader  url="H_Drums_hi-hat.mp3" name="H_Drums_hi-hat" autoPlay="false"/>
  <MP3Loader  url="H_Drums_kickdrum.mp3" name="H_Drums_kickdrum" autoPlay="false"/>
  <MP3Loader  url="H_Drums_snare.mp3" name="H_Drums_snare" autoPlay="false"/>
  <MP3Loader  url="H_Drums_Tap.mp3" name="H_Drums_Tap" autoPlay="false"/>
  <MP3Loader  url="H_ClassicBass_01.mp3" name="H_ClassicBass_01" autoPlay="false"/>
  <MP3Loader  url="H_ClassicBass_02.mp3" name="H_ClassicBass_02" autoPlay="false"/>
  <MP3Loader  url="H_ClassicBass_03.mp3" name="H_ClassicBass_03" autoPlay="false"/>
  <MP3Loader  url="H_ClassicBass_04.mp3" name="H_ClassicBass_04" autoPlay="false"/>
  <MP3Loader  url="H_ClassicBass_05.mp3" name="H_ClassicBass_05" autoPlay="false"/>
  <MP3Loader  url="H_ClassicBass_06.mp3" name="H_ClassicBass_06" autoPlay="false"/>
  <MP3Loader  url="H_ClassicBass_07.mp3" name="H_ClassicBass_07" autoPlay="false"/>
  <MP3Loader  url="H_ClassicBass_08.mp3" name="H_ClassicBass_08" autoPlay="false"/>
  <MP3Loader  url="H_ClassicBass_09.mp3" name="H_ClassicBass_09" autoPlay="false"/>
  <MP3Loader  url="H_ClassicBass_10.mp3" name="H_ClassicBass_10" autoPlay="false"/>
  <MP3Loader  url="H_ClassicBass_11.mp3" name="H_ClassicBass_11" autoPlay="false"/>
  <MP3Loader  url="H_ClassicBass_12.mp3" name="H_ClassicBass_12" autoPlay="false"/>
  <MP3Loader  url="H_ClassicBass_13.mp3" name="H_ClassicBass_13" autoPlay="false"/>
  <MP3Loader  url="H_ClassicBass_14.mp3" name="H_ClassicBass_14" autoPlay="false"/>
  <MP3Loader  url="H_ClassicBass_15.mp3" name="H_ClassicBass_15" autoPlay="false"/>
  <MP3Loader  url="H_ClassicBass_16.mp3" name="H_ClassicBass_16" autoPlay="false"/>
</LoaderMax>
</data>

 

 

 

Load the XML with the MP3 loaders defined. I'm Using a couble of inner functions to keep tabs on progress, errrors etc

 

 

  public function loadStuff() : void {
  LoaderMax.activate([MP3Loader]);
  // only necessary once - allows XMLLoader to recognize MP3Loader's in the XML
  try {
loader = new XMLLoader(_cs_samplesPath + "samples.xml", {prependURLs:_cs_samplesPath, onProgress:sampleLoadProgressHandler, onComplete:sampleLoadCompleteHandler, onError:sampleLoadErrorHandler, estimatedBytes:50000});
loader.load();
  } catch(error : Error) {
trace("Load Stuff has ");
  }
  function sampleLoadProgressHandler(event : LoaderEvent) : void {
// trace("progress: " + event.target.progress);
  }
  function sampleLoadErrorHandler(event : LoaderEvent) : void {
trace("error occured with " + event.target + ": " + event.text);
  }
  function sampleLoadCompleteHandler(event : LoaderEvent) : void {
createSamples();
  }
 }

 

 

 

Once they are loaded I use their names from the XML and the content of the MP3Loader to do what I need

 

  private function createSamples() : void {
  var sampleXML : XML = loader.content;
  var sampleloaders : XMLList = sampleXML.child("LoaderMax").child("MP3Loader");
  for (var i : int = 0; i < sampleloaders.length(); i++) {
var sampleName : String = sampleloaders[i].@name;
var voiceSound : Sound = LoaderMax.getContent(sampleName);
var newPCMVoice : SiONVoice = new SiONVoice();
newPCMVoice.setPCMVoice(voiceSound);
samplerVoices.push(newPCMVoice);
samplerVoicesNames.push(String(i) + "-" + sampleName);
  }
  getStarted();
 }

[DagShot]

thank you for your reply.

i will check out if this is what i was looking for, tomorrow!

i don't have time today.

thanks a lot.

 

*EDIT

 

Are all these mp3s located inside your swf?

this is important

[Benjamin Waller]

Hi Jobbies,

 

I was interested to understand your code and have a question.

What is the prependURLs:_cs_samplesPath .?

Is that (_cs_samplePath) just that a example path location to where your mp3 files are located?

I was trying your code in my project and got errors, that the following properties are undefined

For example: say my mp3 files are located in 2 sub folders so my location is prependURLs:folder1/folder2

 

Not sure how I should resolve this.

Ben