Music plays fine from that scene in to the next scene , however, I have a
button on the end frame of that 2nd scene, that jumps to a 3rd scene. When you
click on the button, the background music stops.

The 3rd scene has the bulk of my actionscript which runs the entire project.
The first two scenes are pretty much a preload, and a animated scene that leads
up to the 3rd scene, when a button is clicked from the 2nd scene

Why would a button press stop all sounds from continuing?

Flash 8 Version:
http://www.arus.org/album/albums/userpics/10001/soundtest.zip

this is a slimmed down version of my project, but it does exactly the same
thing.

I dont have Flash 8 but can probably help anyway... In Flash scenes are all
actually thought of as one big timeline so if you play one scene to the next
Flash sees it as continuous whereas if you use the goto methods you are jumping
scenes which may obviously break your sound. Since you're just moving from the
end of one scene to the next, try changing the actionscript of the button to
play(); instead of gotoScene();

Originally posted by: caskater
I dont have Flash 8 but can probably help anyway... In Flash scenes are all
actually thought of as one big timeline so if you play one scene to the next
Flash sees it as continuous whereas if you use the goto methods you are jumping
scenes which may obviously break your sound. Since you're just moving from the
end of one scene to the next, try changing the actionscript of the button to
play(); instead of gotoScene();

Im not using gotoScene();

the buttons have this:
on (press) {
gotoAndPlay("cars");
}

which are frame labels.

You're still using a goto method which is frame hopping... therefore will still
break your sound. Use the play(); command. Also its good form to stay away from
placing actionscript on actual instances themselves and instead reference
actionscript by instance name in the main timeline. It helps to identify better
where actionscript code exists. Regardless... try changing your code above to
be:
on (press) {
_root.play();
}

But if I were you i'd create an Actions layer in the timeline and then use the
following code:
myButton_btn.onRelease() = function {
_root.play();
}
Where myButton_btn is the instance name of the button on the stage.

Originally posted by: caskater
You're still using a goto method which is frame hopping... therefore will
still break your sound. Use the play(); command. Also its good form to stay
away from placing actionscript on actual instances themselves and instead
reference actionscript by instance name in the main timeline. It helps to
identify better where actionscript code exists. Regardless... try changing your
code above to be:
on (press) {
_root.play();
}

But if I were you i'd create an Actions layer in the timeline and then use the
following code in an empty frame:
myButton_btn.onRelease() = function {
_root.play();
}
Where myButton_btn is the instance name of the button on the stage.


It still doesn't answer why it does this.

This is why you need to see the file ( i can't save it lower than flash 8
because the computer im on doesn't have flash 8 installed).

It works fine from scene 1 to scene 2 with the Frame jumps (as you call it).
this is at the end of the movieClip in Scene1 :
stop();
_root.gotoAndPlay("second");

So it jumps to the second scene, frame lable called "second". The music
continues to play. Its only when it reaches the buttons in scene two at frame
"starts"; when I click on that button to goto the next scene (which is only to
the frame label)
that's when the music stops playing

So, why does the BG music work fine from scene 1 to scene 2 but when a button
is pressed and goes to scene three it stops?

This is the initial coding I have in scene three that the button would "jump"
to:
stop();
var clunking:Sound = new Sound(this);
clunking.attachSound("clunk");
clunking.setVolume(100);
clunking.stop();
// ----- SFX 2 -----
var boing = new Sound(this);
boing.attachSound("spring");
boing.setVolume(100);
boing.stop();


Which adds two "sound effects" to the project. I dont see anything in this
code that would cause the bgmusic to stop playing.

You used:

new Sound(this);

3 times. Do you know what the significance of this is? It is the channel in
which the sound is played. So, if you are placing all the sounds in the same
channel, they will all be controlling the same sound. So, when you hit the cars
frame, you will be putting a new sound into the channel, and stopping it, which
will obviously stop the previous sound (the song) from playing.

To remedy, create 3 clips, one for each sound and then pass each clip for the
target/channel. So:

createEmptyMovieClip("sfxbg_mc",0);
var bg_music:Sound = new Sound(sfxbg_mc);
bg_music.attachSound("bgmusich");
bg_music.start(0, 9999);
bg_music.setVolume(45);


// ----- SFX 1 -----
createEmptyMovieClip("sfx1_mc",1);
var clunking:Sound = new Sound(sfx1_mc);
clunking.attachSound("clunk");
clunking.setVolume(100);
clunking.stop();
// ----- SFX 2 -----
createEmptyMovieClip("sfx2_mc",1);
var boing = new Sound(sfx2_mc);
boing.attachSound("spring");
boing.setVolume(100);
boing.stop();

Originally posted by: NSurveyor
You used:

new Sound(this);

3 times. Do you know what the significance of this is? It is the channel in
which the sound is played. So, if you are placing all the sounds in the same
channel, they will all be controlling the same sound. So, when you hit the cars
frame, you will be putting a new sound into the channel, and stopping it, which
will obviously stop the previous sound (the song) from playing.

To remedy, create 3 clips, one for each sound and then pass each clip for the
target/channel. So:

createEmptyMovieClip("sfxbg_mc",0);
var bg_music:Sound = new Sound(sfxbg_mc);
bg_music.attachSound("bgmusich");
bg_music.start(0, 9999);
bg_music.setVolume(45);


// ----- SFX 1 -----
createEmptyMovieClip("sfx1_mc",1);
var clunking:Sound = new Sound(sfx1_mc);
clunking.attachSound("clunk");
clunking.setVolume(100);
clunking.stop();
// ----- SFX 2 -----
createEmptyMovieClip("sfx2_mc",1);
var boing = new Sound(sfx2_mc);
boing.attachSound("spring");
boing.setVolume(100);
boing.stop();



Thank You! didn't realize it was something that simple to do!
Thank you!

Actually, spoke a little too soon

by dong this:
// ----- SFX 1 -----
createEmptyMovieClip("sfx1_mc",1);
var clunking:Sound = new Sound(sfx1_mc);
clunking.attachSound("clunk");
clunking.setVolume(100);
clunking.stop();
// ----- SFX 2 -----
createEmptyMovieClip("sfx2_mc",1);
var boing = new Sound(sfx2_mc);
boing.attachSound("spring");
boing.setVolume(100);
boing.stop();




By doing this, I do not have to put the streams into frame then? As I have it
currently since they are being "loaded" into a movieClip

Actually, spoke a little too soon

by dong this:
// ----- SFX 1 -----
createEmptyMovieClip("sfx1_mc",1);
var clunking:Sound = new Sound(sfx1_mc);
clunking.attachSound("clunk");
clunking.setVolume(100);
clunking.stop();
// ----- SFX 2 -----
createEmptyMovieClip("sfx2_mc",1);
var boing = new Sound(sfx2_mc);
boing.attachSound("spring");
boing.setVolume(100);
boing.stop();




By doing this, I do not have to put the streams into frame then? As I have it
currently since they are being "loaded" into a movieClip.

Right now, since I took the "sounds" out of the frames, I get no sound.
If i keep the "sound" in the frames and use the above coding, they play
automatically ( ie not observing the sound.stop();)

I can't have them "play' as soon as it enter the frame

Oh right, since you are NOT exporting your sounds in first frame (for
preloading purposes I assume), the sounds will need to exist on the channel
timeline *I think*. So, either remove the preloader and get rid of the timeline
stuff (and have a seperate file with loader and load the movie in) OR you could
have 3 empty clips each with the sound on their timeline as you had on the
_root timeline. Give them the instance names, like you have in the
createEmptyMoviClip action and then the new Sound(sfx1_mc); should work.

Originally posted by: NSurveyor
Oh right, since you are NOT exporting your sounds in first frame (for
preloading purposes I assume), the sounds will need to exist on the channel
timeline *I think*. So, either remove the preloader and get rid of the timeline
stuff (and have a seperate file with loader and load the movie in) OR you could
have 3 empty clips each with the sound on their timeline as you had on the
_root timeline. Give them the instance names, like you have in the
createEmptyMoviClip action and then the new Sound(sfx1_mc); should work.

So I create a MovieClip within the library
Put the "sound" in the first frame of this movieClip
Put it on the stage : instance name of "bgmm"

use this:

var bg_music:Sound = new Sound(bgmm);
bg_music.attachSound("bgmusich");
bg_music.start(0, 9999);
bg_music.setVolume(5);


it calls it up fine with the properties as defined (in the first scene)
But if it jumps to the next scene, the background music then returns to 100
volume and still doesn't play in scene 3

I dont want to "export on first frame" because of other things iwthin my
project that are affected if I dont have a preload sequence.

This solution is not working, so Im pretty much back to square 1.

Hmmm... try what I said before, but just with the createEmptyMovieClip. And
then, for each sound, set the Sync to Stop in the Properties Panel?

Also, I noticed you have old code in Scene carsbike, folder Sounds, frame 1 of
the spring layer. You should remove it.

Originally posted by: NSurveyor
Hmmm... try what I said before, but just with the createEmptyMovieClip. And
then, for each sound, set the Sync to Stop in the Properties Panel?

Also, I noticed you have old code in Scene carsbike, folder Sounds, frame 1 of
the spring layer. You should remove it.


If I use this is the carbikes scene (either frame):
// ----- SFX 1 -----
createEmptyMovieClip("sfx1_mc", 1);
var clunking:Sound = new Sound(sfx1_mc);
clunking.attachSound("clunk");
clunking.setVolume(100);
clunking.stop();
// ----- SFX 2 -----
createEmptyMovieClip("sfx2_mc", 1);
var boing = new Sound(sfx2_mc);
boing.attachSound("spring");
boing.setVolume(100);
boing.stop();

The soundfx on the buttons are "delayed" if I set the sound sync on the
timeline to "stop" in the properties panel.

What would be the "code" needed for the buttons to activate the sound to
prevent the delay from happening. this is my current code on my buttons:

on (press) {
gotoAndPlay("starts");
clunking.start();
}

So as it stands, if someone hits the button, the sounfx for that button is
delayed and sometimes doens't even play.

How many times do I have to reply to this to get an answer?