Hiya,
I've downloaded and successfully installed the FSound Extension:

(http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm#view=sn106&viewName=Exchan
ge%20Search%20Details&loc=en_us&authorid=7679632&page=0&scrollPos=0&subcatid=0&s
nid=sn106&itemnumber=0&extid=743383&catid=0)
I can drag the component to the stage, export & preview it, but it obviously
doesnt play anything as theres no xml/mp3 to reference.

What do i need to do get it to reference/play an mp3 file? i'm assuming I need
an xml file bu i've no idea how that should be formatted & whats in it.

any help greatly appreciated.

I just need a very basic play/stop control for an mp3 within a page which i
need to reuse for about 20 mp3 files on the 1 page. I'm very much a newbie with
flash but am an old hand with css/html. ie: I apologise for my flash skill
crapness but I'm not a total cluts. If you can point me in the right direction
or give me a tip I'd greatly appreciate it. i have 4 hours to knock out a page
and this must be on it :) arrrhhhggg :)

pete

ps: i've tried the creators site for a tutorial but no go

partially answered my own question, http://ore.lt/sounds/fsoundv110/Readme.txt
that shows what the format of the xml file should be (pasted below) .... but i
still dont know what to name the xml file or whereabouts i define what xml file
the swf should read..... still need help if theres any out there...


Playlist XML format
================================
XML definition:

<FSound-XML /> | Root container
<playlist /> | Playlist container
<entry /> | Track container
Playstring | Path attribut
<Name /> | Track Name
<Length /> | Track Length in ms


The XML playlist should look like the follwing sample.
_____________________________________________________________

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<FSound-XML>
<playlist>
<entry Playstring="../MP3/01 - Lexxodus - Lay Down.mp3">
<Name>Lexodus - Lay Down</Name>
<Length>376000</Length>
</entry>
<entry Playstring="../MP3/02 - Dirty Vegas - Days go by (Acoustic
Version).mp3">
<Name>Dirty Vegas - Days go by (Acoustic Version)</Name>
<Length>164000</Length>
</entry>
</playlist>
</FSound-XML>

Pete,

Not sure if you've figured this out but I think that in addition to the xml
file that you found, you should name the file playlist.xml - if you click on
the component on the stage, then look at the properties > parameters dialog
box, you'll see the component's binds to a document called that... Good news is
that using your xml file source worked for me, but then all I could really hear
was the music, nothing else... like the advertised fader bar, stop, pause
button, etc weren't really there. I guess I'll be in touch with the author. Not
sure if you have Flash 8 or not but it comes with a tutorial file for its own
jukebox that's worth looking at. In addition, one nice tutorial is found at
http://www.thegoldenmean.com/technique/mp3player01.html - page 3 contains the
tutorial files.

Don't apologize about your Flash experience, it's a complicated and sometimes
cumbersome program, wish more Flash jocks would be less arrogant!

Good luck,
Heshan