Loading Movies from Variables

[Lee Parry]

Hey List,


This is my first time here, so be gentle.


I'm making a Flash Radio Station for our site. It simply loads a set of URLs

as variables from a text file (actually a lasso file, but that's

irrelevant), then uses these as a playlist.


It loads the new SWF files (created from MP3s by SwiffPEG), into level1 and

plays them. A forward button needs to tell it to skip to the next track:



RADIO MOVIE LOADS


1. Get Variables


2. load first movie into level1 (URL is a variable)


3. set the 'currenttrack' variable to "track_1", set variable 'changed' to

"false"


4. Play movie in level1


5. If You Press Forward Button




on (release) {

    with (_level1) {

        if (/:changed == "false") {

            trace ("changed equals false");

            if (/:currentTrack == "track_1") {

                trace ("currentTrack equals track_1");

                _level1.unloadMovie(/:track1);

                _level1.loadMovie(/:track2);

                _level1.play();

                /:currentTrack = "track_2";

                /:changed = "true";

            }

        }

        if (/:changed == "false") {

            trace ("changed equals false");

            if (/:currentTrack == "track_2") {

                trace ("currentTrack equals track_2");

                _level1.unloadMovie(/:track2);

                _level1.loadMovie(/:track3);

                _level1.play();

                /:currentTrack = "track_3";

                /:changed = "true";

            }

        }

        if (/:changed == "false") {

            trace ("changed equals false");

            if (/:currentTrack == "track_3") {

                trace ("currentTrack equals track_3");

                _level1.unloadMovie(/:track3);

                _level1.loadMovie(/:track1);

                _level1.play();

                /:currentTrack = "track_1";

                /:changed = "true";

            }

        }

        /:changed = "false";

    }

}



This seems to work fine in Internet Explorer 5 on the PC, but has issues in

anything else, when I debug it it gives me this:


Error opening URL 

"file:///WebSTAR%20Server%20Suite%204.2/realworld/media/swf/radio/"


changed equals false

currentTrack equals track_1


Error opening URL 

"file:///WebSTAR%20Server%20Suite%204.2/realworld/media/swf/radio/"


changed equals false

changed equals false

currentTrack equals track_2


Error opening URL 

"file:///WebSTAR%20Server%20Suite%204.2/realworld/media/swf/radio/"


changed equals false

changed equals false

changed equals false

currentTrack equals track_3


Error opening URL 

"file:///WebSTAR%20Server%20Suite%204.2/realworld/media/swf/radio/"




That's if it doesn't crash Flash!


I'm using Flash 5 on a G3 Mac. And for some reason i can't get the updater

to work!?



Any help, suggestions, questions, or examples gratefully recieved.



PLEASE TAKE PITY ON ME OH GODS OF FLASH!



Lee Parry


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Lee Parry

lee [dot] parryrealworld [dot] co [dot] uk

Real World MultiMedia

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http://www.realworld.co.uk

http://www.petergabriel.com

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