Hi folks.
A client has asked for player for his audio library. Currently Real Media is used but the buffer and player start up times are too long so I thinking of going down a flash route.
The files are quite small (30secs at 22k or 32k)
I've found a couple of methods of streaming mp3 thru flash but I'm getting vastly different buffer times.
Method 1: Described http://www.evolt.org/artic
This involves creating a swf with the mp3 embeded, setting the sound to stream, then creating a second swf and loading the first one in at level 1. The first swf is exported with the bitrate for the mp3 set to 32k
Method 2: Described http://metasphere.net/help
This is actionscripting using the sound object, my code looks somthing like
code:---------------------
on (release) {
src = "./1.mp3";
s.loadSound(src, true);
s._soundbuftime = 1;
s.start(0, 1);
play();
}
--------------------------
where s = new sound();
1.mp3 is encoded at 32k
Method 1 is great and the sound plays after 1-2 seconds, method 2 is very poor and I'm getting buffer times of 7-10 seconds.
Why the big difference?
I'd go with method 1 but the site contains 1600 mp3s with another 1600 on the way!
Thanks, Rob.
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by: rascalpantsPosted on 2004-01-12 at 11:32:14ID: 10097511
my first question is where or not you need the MP3s loaded into the SWF?
my second would be what version of Flash and Flash player are you using?
I would most likely set up your movie so that all of your variables are being pulled in from some database or XML file... then parsing the information into other variables and creating button dynamically at runtime...
I am not sure how you have everything set up...
the main reason you are probably getting longer buffer times is because the code has not specified the sound to be a streaming sound, like what you would do in the movie itself with a preloaded sound... I believe it is called the Sync type...
if the sound is set to stream, then there would be less of a buffer...
rp