flash data integration: hi
Any flash, php, mysql genius's out there, i need to stream dozens of short
pieces of audio in to a flash site, they are guitar notes so i need up to 6 of
these pieces of audio playing at the same time. I was just woundering where is
the best place to store this audio on the server or in a database and if i
store it on a database how does it get called in to flash just like it was
calling in an external file on the server. any help would be much appreciated
:confused;

Flash audio can be embedded into a Flash movie and so you can load external
swf movies that just have the sound in them imported with any of the allowed
import formats. You would use the MovieClip AS class loadMovie method or the
MovieClipLoader class as potential techniques for loading the external swf
movies. Drawback is the manual importing of sound and manipulation into each
swf.

Flash also can load mp3 files externally using the Sound Actionscript
object. Simplier because one Flash program is all that is needed.

If needed you could use a combo of the techniques.

The SQL DB would likely keep track of the file names of either the external
movie swfs or mp3.

Getting to a more sophisticated method you could deploy the Flash Media
Player on a web server or rent the service and use mp3. A bit more involved
but better for larger files.

Again you combine all the techniques into an app, but better to select one
that best meets your more likely sound file needs and convert all sound to
that format.

Then you need to learn about client server networking Actionscript classes
such as LoadVars, XML or in the case of the Media Server using the
Components.

Based on your needs I would guess using mp3 files and a simple Flash movie
using the AS Sound and LoadVars class would do it plus your server side
scripting language which will depend on the server.

--
Lon Hosford
www.lonhosford.com
May many happy bits flow your way!
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hi
Any flash, php, mysql genius's out there, i need to stream dozens of short
pieces of audio in to a flash site, they are guitar notes so i need up to 6
of
these pieces of audio playing at the same time. I was just woundering where
is
the best place to store this audio on the server or in a database and if i
store it on a database how does it get called in to flash just like it was
calling in an external file on the server. any help would be much
appreciated
:confused;

I think you might be better starting a new thread on Flash printing to get
more attention.

Flash can print. Here is an overview in the docs:

http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/00000901.html

As for me I do not use Flash to print.




--
Lon Hosford
www.lonhosford.com
May many happy bits flow your way!
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thanks for the reply, that give me somewhere to start from.

Does anyone know whether it is possible to print content from a flash movie
while its playing using scripts on a button. for example i have some written
content in a flash site some people want to print off, is there a way of
creating a button that prints the content off.

Also you might want to run the request in the Flash Actionscript forum as
some of what is needed to print is AS.

--
Lon Hosford
www.lonhosford.com
May many happy bits flow your way!
[quoted text, click to view]
I think you might be better starting a new thread on Flash printing to get
more attention.

Flash can print. Here is an overview in the docs:

http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/00000901.html

As for me I do not use Flash to print.

thanks for the reply, that give me somewhere to start from.

Does anyone know whether it is possible to print content from a flash movie
while its playing using scripts on a button. for example i have some written
content in a flash site some people want to print off, is there a way of
creating a button that prints the content off.